COL DU
TOURMALET
Twelve hairpins. 2,115 metres. The most-ridden pass in the Tour de France.
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COL DU TOURMALET.
In 1910 Octave Lapize screamed at the race officials: "Murderers!" He was talking about the Tourmalet. He won the Tour anyway.
The Col du Tourmalet is the most frequently ridden pass in the history of the Tour de France. Since its first inclusion in 1910 it has featured in the race over 90 times – no other pass comes close to this number. It lies in the French Pyrenees in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, linking Sainte-Marie-de-Campan in the east with Luz-Saint-Sauveur in the west.
The standard ascent from Sainte-Marie-de-Campan covers 19 kilometres with 1,404 metres of altitude and an average gradient of 7.4 percent. The first kilometres are moderate; the race is decided in the final ten kilometres, where the gradient runs consistently between 7 and 10 percent. At the summit stands the statue of the "Géant du Tourmalet" – the cyclist who has become the symbol of the pass.
In 1910, when the Tour first entered the Pyrenees, Octave Lapize begged the officials watching him to recognise what they were putting him through. Today the Tourmalet is for many the embodiment of climbing in the Pyrenees – more accessible than the Galibier, but no less significant.
The descent on the western side to Luz-Saint-Sauveur is one of the fastest and most technical descents in the Pyrenees: 15 kilometres, 1,000 metres of altitude, tight corners and damp sections in the shade. A pass that demands respect not only on the way up.
Tour history & Records.
The Tourmalet has been climbed in over 90 Tour stages since 1910 – no pass in the world has been ridden more often in a Grand Tour. In 1910 it was part of the first Pyrenean stage in Tour history; Octave Lapize was the first to cross the summit.
Most famous stages: Tour 1986, when Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond crossed the Tourmalet together, initiating the test of strength between them. Tour 2010, when Andy Schleck attacked on the Tourmalet and Alberto Contador in the chain-drop moment – one of the most controversial scenes in Tour history.
At the summit a bronze statue commemorates the "Géant du Tourmalet". The restaurant at the top is open daily in season and is one of the most well-known meeting points for road cyclists in the Pyrenees.
- Height
- 2.115 M
- Opened
- TOUR-PREMIERE 1910
- Country
- France
What else you need you should know.
The poster shows the ascent from Sainte-Marie-de-Campan: 19 km, 1,404 metres of altitude, average gradient 7.4%, maximum 10.2%.
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