Cormet de Roselend

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Cormet de Roselend
The top of the Cormet de Roselend

The top of the Cormet de Roselend

Compass direction West side East Side
Pass height 1967  m
department Savoie , France
Valley locations Beaufort Bourg-Saint-Maurice
expansion D925 D902
Winter closure December to April
Mountains french alps
profile
Mountain scoring 1 1
Ø pitch 6.1% (1227 m / 20 km) 6.1% (1154 m / 19 km)
Max. Incline (at km 9) (at km 8)
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Cormet de Roselend (France)
Cormet de Roselend
Coordinates 45 ° 41 '28 "  N , 6 ° 41' 26"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 41 '28 "  N , 6 ° 41' 26"  E
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The Cormet de Roselend is a mountain pass with an altitude of 1967  m in the French Alps , department Savoie . The continuously paved road (west side D925 ; formerly D217 / Gc17 - east side D902 ; former national road 202) connects Beaufort in the valley of the Doron with Bourg-Saint-Maurice in the valley of the Isère . On the west side is the Lac du Roselend , which can be reached via the Col du Méraillet (part of the Cormet pass road) or alternatively via the Col du Pré . The road between the lake and Bourg-Saint-Maurice is much narrower. The pass is occasionally crossed by the Tour de France . First the pass was reached from the west side by the Gc17 via the alpine village of Roselend (today flooded by the Lac de Roselend). Only later did the national road 202 reach the pass from the east side. This should then be led further north from the pass over the Col de la Croix du Bonhomme and the valley of Notre-Dame de la Gorge to Les Contamines in order to close the gap in the N202.

Cycling

The Cormet de Roselend has been ridden eleven times as part of the Tour de France. It is a 1st category increase . The following professional cyclists crossed the pass as the first rider in the field:

  • West ramp of the pass through the Doron valley, looking towards Beaufort

  • Pass height

  • The east ramp at Les Chapieux, in the background the Grandes Aiguilles ( 2905  m )

  • The Lac de Roselend on the west side of the pass

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le dico du Tour - The Cormet de Roselend within the Tour de France since 1947 (French)

Web links

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