Port de la Bonaigua
| Port de la Bonaigua | |||
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 Sign at the top of the pass |
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| Compass direction | west | east | |
| Pass height | 2072 msnm | ||
| Autonomous community | Catalonia , Spain | ||
| Watershed | Garonne | Ebro | |
| Valley locations | Vielha | Esterri d'Aneu | |
| expansion | Pass road | ||
| Lock | depending on the weather | ||
| Mountains | Pyrenees | ||
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| Mountain scoring | 1 | 1 | |
| Ø pitch | 4.8% (1102 m / 23 km) | 4.9% (1122 m / 23 km) | |
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 39 '50 " N , 0 ° 58' 55" E | ||
The Port de la Bonaigua ( Aranese Pòrt dera Bonaigua , Spanish Puerto de la Bonaigua ) is a 2072 m high mountain pass in the Spanish Pyrenees . It is located in the autonomous community of Catalonia and connects the Comarques Pallars Sobirà and Vall d'Aran .
The Port de la Bonaigua is located on the main European watershed . While the Vall d'Aran drains over the Garonne ( Aranese Garona ) to the Atlantic , the eastern valley with the Noguera Pallaresa belongs to the catchment area of the Ebro and thus the Mediterranean .
Although the pass is generally open in winter, the high altitude and the fact that the saddle is a gateway for the Atlantic low pressure areas on the south side of the Pyrenees often means that bad weather often prevails at the pass and the pass is closed for several days got to.
From Esterri d 'Aneu , a road with a length of 23 kilometers and an average gradient of 4.9 percent leads to the top of the pass. On the other side of Vielha there is another 23-kilometer route with a 4.8 percent gradient.
Twice was the pass of the Tour de France : 1974 was Domingo Perurena first on the pass, 1993 the Swiss Tony Rominger . In 2008 , the 8th stage of the Vuelta a España led over the pass, with David Moncoutié being the first to cross the pass.
Web links
- Le Dico du Tour: Puerto de la Bonaigua (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Amaury Sport Organization : The Tour and its Summit ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (French, PDF, p. 7; 1.2 MB), accessed on July 23, 2010.
- ↑ Le Dico du Tour: Puerto de la Bonaigua . (French), Retrieved July 23, 2010.
- ↑ Live cycling: Vuelta a España - Stage 8 . Retrieved July 23, 2010.
