kaput. I was all bruised and shaken up and I didn't know where I was, but nothing was broken. The team's manager, Kees Pellenaars, took a tow rope from the Dutch team's car. It was too short to reach van Est and so to it he tied 40 racing tyres, and thus he was pulled out. Van Est said: "It was all the tyres that Pellenaars had for the team. By the time they'd tugged me up, they were all stretched and they wouldn't stay on the wheels any more! Forty tyres! I wanted to get back on my bike and start racing again. But I couldn't. Pellenaars stopped the whole team." Van Est told journalists: "I had the feeling that I was taking that bend badly but I so much wanted to keep the yellow jersey, so I went flat out and off I flew. A monument spot 50 years later, on 17 July 2001, says: "Here on 17 July 1951 the cyclist Wim van Est fell 70 metres. He survived but lost the yellow jersey." A newspaper advertisement in the Netherlands showed van Est displaying the watch that he'd worn, with the legend: "My heart stopped, but not my Pontiac." Tour de France stage finishes Stage 16 of the 2007 Tour de France finished at the summit of the Aubisque. There has been one previous finish at the summit (in 1985). In 1971, stage 16a finished at Gourette on the western approaches to Aubisque. Rasmussen won stage 16 in 2007, confirming himself as favourite for victory in Paris, but that evening was sacked by his team and thrown off the race. Passages in the Tour de France (since 1947) There have been 47 passages over the summit since 1947, making it the second most visited mountain in the race's history. Vuelta a España Vuelta a España stage finishes Stage 14 of the 2016 Vuelta a España finished at the summit of the Aubisque. See also Souvenir Henri Desgrange References External links Aubisque bicycle climb description excerpt from "Best Cycling Routes of the Pyrenees" Cycling Col d'Ausbique and the History of the Tour de France photos, video and report. Details of climbs Complete list of Tour de France appearances Col d'Aubisque on Google Maps (Tour de France classic climbs) Mountain passes of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Mountain passes of the Pyrenees Climbs in cycle racing in France