Ordino-Arcalís

Coordinates: 42 ° 37 ′ 55 "  N , 1 ° 29 ′ 59"  E

Ordino-Arcalís​

Andorra

Ordino-Arcalis is a winter sports station in the Pyrenees , in Andorra . Together with Pal-Arinsal , it forms the Vallnord winter sports area .

Cycling

Increase in the Vuelta 2005

The station is known for its tough ascent and is often used in major bike races such as the Vuelta a España and the Tour de France . 1997 placed Jan Ullrich and his attack up to Andorra Arcalis the foundation for his later tour victory .

Arrivals at the Vuelta

• 2000 : Félix Cárdenas
• 2001 : José María Jiménez (time trial)
• 2005 : Francisco Mancebo
• 2007 : Denis Menchov

Tour de France arrivals

• 1997 : Jan Ullrich
• 2009 : Brice Feillu
• 2016 : Tom Dumoulin

literature

• Daniel Friebe, Pete Golding: Sommets mythiques . Cyclisme, les 50 cols incontournables d'Europe. In: GEO (Ed.): GEO (magazine) . 2012, ISBN 978-2-8104-0296-0 , pp. 150-153 .

Web links

Commons : Ordino-Arcalís  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official site of the ski resort (English)
• Description and profile of the ascent to Ordino-Arcalis on quaeldich.de
• Incline profile on salite.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Philipp Reich: The Ride of Hell up to Andorra-Arcalis – July 15th, 1997: Jan Ullrich keeps looking around until Bjarne Riis finally nods. watson.ch, July 15, 2014, accessed June 24, 2016 .