Col de Peyresourde
Col de Peyresourde | |||
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Col de Peyresourde, top of the pass |
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Compass direction | west | east | |
Pass height | 1569 m | ||
department | Hautes-Pyrénées , France | ||
Valley locations | Poor owl | Luchon | |
expansion | Pass road D 618 | ||
Mountains | Pyrenees | ||
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Mountain scoring | 1 | 1 | |
Ø pitch | 7.6% (629 m / 8.3 km) | 6.1% (939 m / 15.2 km) | |
Max. Incline | 11.3% | 9.3% | |
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Coordinates | 42 ° 48 '8 " N , 0 ° 27' 47" E |
The Col de Peyresourde is a 1569 meter high mountain pass in the Central Pyrenees on the border of the French departments of Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées . The D 618 leads over the pass.
From Luchon to the east, the Col de Peyresourde is 15.27 km long. On this side the difference in altitude is 939 m with an average gradient of 6.1%, the maximum gradient is 9.3%.
From Armenteule in the west, the climb is 8.3 km long with an altitude difference of 629 m and an average gradient of 7.6%, the maximum gradient is 11.3%. This climb is equipped with special signs for cyclists at intervals of one kilometer .
One of the special kilometer marks for cyclists in the ascent of Armenteule
Tour de France
The Col de Peyresourde was the first pass to be crossed in the Tour de France in 1910 . There was Octave Lapize the first at the summit. So far, the pass has been included in this cycle race 62 times.
Crossings in the Tour de France (since 1947)
year | stage | category | First at the summit |
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2012 | 17th | - | Alejandro Valverde |
2012 | 16 | 1 | Thomas Voeckler |
2010 | 16 | 1 | Sylwester Szmyd |
2008 | 9 | 1 | Sebastian Lang |
2007 | 15th | 1 | Alexander Vinokurov |
2006 | 11 | 1 | David de la Fuente |
2005 | 15th | 1 | Laurent Brochard |
2003 | 14th | 1 | Gilberto Simoni |
2001 | 13 | 1 | Laurent Jalabert |
1999 | 15th | 1 | Alberto Elli |
1998 | 10 | 1 | Rodolfo Massi |
1995 | 15th | 1 | Richard virusesque |
1994 | 12 | 1 | Roberto Torres |
1993 | 16 | 1 | Claudio Chiappucci |
1989 | 10 | 1 | Robert Millar |
1988 | 15th | 1 | Steven Rooks |
1986 | 13 | 1 | Bernard Hinault |
1983 | 10 | 1 | Robert Millar |
1981 | 6th | 1 | Bernard Hinault |
1980 | 13 | 1 | Raymond Martin |
1979 | 3 | 2 | Bernard Hinault |
1976 | 14th | 1 | Luis Ocaña Pernía |
year | stage | category | First at the summit |
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1974 | 16 | 2 | Vicente Lopez-Carril |
1972 | 8th | 2 | Lucien Van Impe |
1971 | 16 | 2 | Lucien Van Impe |
1970 | 18th | 2 | Raymond Delisle |
1969 | 17th | 2 | Joaquim Galera |
1964 | 16 | 2 | Julio Jiménez |
1963 | 11 | 2 | Federico Bahamontes |
1962 | 12 | 2 | Federico Bahamontes |
1961 | 17th | 2 | Imerio Massignan |
1960 | 11 | 1 | Kurt Gimmi |
1959 | 11 | 1 | Valentin Huot |
1958 | 14th | 1 | Federico Bahamontes |
1956 | 12 | HC | Jean-Pierre Schmitz |
1955 | 17th | 2 | Charly Gaul |
1954 | 12 | 2 | Federico Bahamontes |
1953 | 11 | 2 | Jean Robic |
1952 | 17th | 2 | Antonio Gelabert |
1951 | 14th | 2 | Fausto Coppi |
1949 | 11 | 2 | Jean Robic |
1948 | 8th | 2 | Jean Robic |
1947 | 15th | 1 | Jean Robic |