Col de la Croix de Fer

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Col de la Croix de Fer
View shortly before the pass in direction southwest

View shortly before the pass in direction southwest

Compass direction Northeast southwest
Pass height 2067  m
Department Savoie , France
Watershed Arc Romanche
Valley locations St. Jean-
de-Maurienne 		Rochetaillée
expansion paved road
Mountains Alps
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Mountain scoring HC HC
Ø pitch 5.2% (1527 m / 29.5 km) 4.3% (1356 m / 31.5 km)
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Col de la Croix de Fer (France)
Col de la Croix de Fer
Coordinates 45 ° 13 '41 "  N , 6 ° 12' 10"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 13 '41 "  N , 6 ° 12' 10"  E
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The Col de la Croix de Fer ( German " Iron Cross Pass ") is a French Alpine pass.

Geographical location

The 2067 meter high crossing is in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ( Savoie department ) on the D 926 and connects Rochetaillée near Le Bourg-d'Oisans in the Romanche Valley with Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne on the Arc River in the Maurienne area .

Iron Cross at the top of the pass
Tour de France 2006 spectators on the pass
One of the special milestones for cyclists

The approach from the northeast from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne measures 29.5 km, that from the southwest from Rochetaillée 31.5 km. When approaching from Rochetaillée, 2.5 km before the top of the pass, the road branches off to Col du Glandon ( 1924  m ), which is reached after a few hundred meters. From the Col du Glandon you can get to Saint-Etienne-de-Cuines in the Maurienne Valley (22 km).

Cycling

The climb from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is marked with special signs for cyclists every kilometer .

The Col de la Croix de Fer has been part of the Tour de France 18 times , but was never a stage destination. The Tour de France first climbed the pass in 1947, and most recently it was used on two consecutive days on July 24th and 25th, 2015 during the 19th and 20th stages of the 2015 Tour de France . The winner of the 2012 mountain classification was honored with the souvenir Henri Desgrange .

See also

literature

  • Peter Leissl : The legendary climbs of the Tour de France. Covadonga, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-936973-09-1 .
  • Kristian Bauer: Roadbook Tour de France. Conquer 40 top climbs from the Alps to the Pyrenees on your own racing bike. (Plus highlights from the history of the tour). Bruckmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-7654-4477-4 .

Web links

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