Col d'Aspin

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Col d'Aspin
Elevation 1,304 metres (4,278 feet)
Location Flag of France France
Range Pyrenees

Col d'Aspin (1304 m) is a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France.

It connects Sainte-Marie-de-Campan and Arreau.

The pass has been part of the Tour de France 66 times. The first time was in 1910, and the most recent in 2006. In the 1950 Tour, there was an altercation at the pass, and the Italian team with Gino Bartali and Fiorenzo Magni, the leaders at the time, withdrew from the Tour.

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This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.