The Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez, named after its sponsor EDF, was established in 2006 by Cyrille Neveu (born 1973), Long Distance Triathlon World Champion of the year 2002, not to be confused with the multiple Rallye Dakar winner Cyril Neveu. Right from the beginning it has been one of the most prestigious and most popular French triathlons among the non ITU and non FFTRI competitions.

The Alpe d'Huez triathlon starts at the reservoir Lac du Verney

Lac du Verney

Lac du Verney is an artificial reservoir in the department of Isère, in the Rhône-Alpes of France.Neighbouring lakeside communities include Oz and Allemond.Since 2006 it has hosted the opening swim of the Alpe d'Huez Triathlon...

 and features the famous 21 Tour de France

Tour de France

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 bends climbing up 1120 m to the ski resort Alpe d'Huez

Alpe d'Huez

L'Alpe d'Huez is a ski resort at . It is a mountain pasture in the Central French Alps, in the commune of Huez, in the Isère département in the Rhône-Alpes region.-Tour de France:L'Alpe d'Huez is one of the main mountains in the Tour de France...

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In 2009, the long distance triathlon attracted 671 sportsmen and sportswomen (516 finishers) and the short distance triathlon boasted 839 participants (749 finishers), 62 percent of them were French. In 2010 the start list reached a new record with 1150 short distance participants and 943 long distance participants on 15 July, i.e. two weeks before the triathlon.

Most of the Alpe d'Huez winners are international elite stars, especially on the long distance. In 2007 and in 2008 Chrissie Wellington

Chrissie Wellington

Christine Ann Wellington MBE , known as Chrissie Wellington, is an English triathlete and the current Ironman Triathlon World Champion...

 placed first and in 2009 Nicola Spirig

Nicola Spirig

Nicola Spirig is a professional Swiss triathlete, vice World Champion 2010, member of the Swiss National Team Nicola Spirig (born 7 February 1982 in Winkel) is a professional Swiss triathlete, vice World Champion 2010, member of the Swiss National Team Nicola Spirig (born 7 February 1982 in...

 won gold.
On the short distance, four French triathletes could win the gold medal: Delphine Pelletier

Delphine Pelletier

Delphine Pelletier is an athlete from France, who competes in triathlon. Pelletier competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was the last athlete to finish, placing forty-fourth, out of the fifty athletes that started, with a time of 2:22:39.28.-References:*...

, Hervé Faubre, Bertrand Billard, and Frédéric Belaubre

Frédéric Belaubre

Fred Belaubre , is a professional French triathlete. He was the European Champion of the years 2005, 2006, and 2008, the French Champion of the years 2007 and 2010. Belaubre took part in two Olympic Games, placing 5th in Athens and 10th in Beijing .- Sports career :Fred Belaubre lives in St...

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Charlotte Morel

Charlotte Morel

Charlotte Morel , is a professional French triathlete, nine times National Champion in various duathlon and triathlon categories , e.g...

, the French U23 Champion of the years 2009 and 2010, placed first on the sprint distance in 2007. In 2008 she won the sprint triathlon in Vaujany and the courte distance (1200+30+7) triathlon in Alpe d'Huez in 2008. In the following years, however, she was dogged by misfortune: in 2009, starting as the natural favourite for the gold medal, she was involved in a bicycle crash right at the beginning, and in 2010 due to health problems she could not take part in the race.

Alpe d'Huez Triathlon Winners

Year	Sprint			CD = Courte Distance			LD = Longue Distance
	Date	Male Winner	Female Winner	Date	Male Winner	Female Winner	Date	Male Winner	Female Winner
2006	-	-	-	2 August 2006	Reinaldo COLUCCI	Delphine PELLETIER	-	-	-
2007	29 July 2007	Julien LOY	Charlotte MOREL Charlotte Morel Charlotte Morel , is a professional French triathlete, nine times National Champion in various duathlon and triathlon categories , e.g...	2 August 2007	Hervé FAUBRE	Tameka DAY	1 August 2007	Reinaldo COLUCCI	Chrissie WELLINGTON Chrissie Wellington Christine Ann Wellington MBE , known as Chrissie Wellington, is an English triathlete and the current Ironman Triathlon World Champion...
2008	27 July 2008	Julien LOY	Charlotte MOREL Charlotte Morel Charlotte Morel , is a professional French triathlete, nine times National Champion in various duathlon and triathlon categories , e.g...	31 July 2008	Bertrand BILLARD	Charlotte MOREL Charlotte Morel Charlotte Morel , is a professional French triathlete, nine times National Champion in various duathlon and triathlon categories , e.g...	30 July 2008	Marcus ORNELLAS	Chrissie WELLINGTON Chrissie Wellington Christine Ann Wellington MBE , known as Chrissie Wellington, is an English triathlete and the current Ironman Triathlon World Champion...
2009	?	?	?	30 July 2009	Frédéric BELAUBRE Frédéric Belaubre Fred Belaubre , is a professional French triathlete. He was the European Champion of the years 2005, 2006, and 2008, the French Champion of the years 2007 and 2010. Belaubre took part in two Olympic Games, placing 5th in Athens and 10th in Beijing .- Sports career :Fred Belaubre lives in St...	Eva JANSSEN	29 July 2009	Massimo CIGANA	Nicola SPIRIG Nicola Spirig Nicola Spirig is a professional Swiss triathlete, vice World Champion 2010, member of the Swiss National Team Nicola Spirig (born 7 February 1982 in Winkel) is a professional Swiss triathlete, vice World Champion 2010, member of the Swiss National Team Nicola Spirig (born 7 February 1982 in...
2010	-	-	-	29 July 2010	Alberto CASADEI	Eva JANSSEN	28 July 2010	James CUNNAMA	Jodie SWALLOW
2011	-	-	-	28 July 2011	Tim DON Tim Don Timothy Philip Don is a triathlete from the United Kingdom.-Career:Don competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took tenth place with a total time of 1hr 49min 28.85sec. In the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics he was placed eighteenth with a...	Nicola SPIRIG Nicola Spirig Nicola Spirig is a professional Swiss triathlete, vice World Champion 2010, member of the Swiss National Team Nicola Spirig (born 7 February 1982 in Winkel) is a professional Swiss triathlete, vice World Champion 2010, member of the Swiss National Team Nicola Spirig (born 7 February 1982 in...	27 July 2011	Victor DEL CORRAL	Catriona MORRISON Catriona Morrison Catriona Morrison is a British triathlete and duathlete of Scottish origin.In 2005 she won the silver medal at the ITU Duathlon World Championships. In 2006 she followed this up with gold and took another silver medal at the Long Distance Duathlon World Championships...