List of mountain passes and hills in the Tour de France
This is a list of mountain passes and hills in the Tour de France. Among the most often passes crossed, Col du Tourmalet, Col d'Aubisque, Col d'Aspin, Col de Peyresourde, Col du Galibier and Col de la Faucille dominate, while the highest peak ever reached is Cime de la Bonette-Restefond (2,802 m (9,193 ft)), used in the 1962, 1964, 1993 and 2008 Tour de France.[1]
The Tour peaked at Val Thorens (2,275 m (7,464 ft)) in the 1994 Tour de France. It is the highest mountain finish in the history of the Tour, after Col du Granon (2,413 m (7,917 ft)) used in the 1986 Tour de France.[1]
In 2007, the Tour arrived at the summit of Col d'Aubisque (1,709 m (5,607 ft)) for the first time. Earlier that year the riders crossed the Alps, both Col de l'Iseran (2,770 m (9,090 ft)) and Col du Galibier (2,645 m (8,678 ft)) on the same stage.[1]
2004 Tour de France
The 2004 Tour de France included 22 mountain passes or summit finishes, categorized HC, 1, or 2.
2005 Tour de France
The 2005 Tour de France included 23 mountain passes or summit finishes, categorized HC, 1, or 2.
2006 Tour de France
The 2006 Tour de France included 22 mountain passes or summit finishes, categorized HC, 1, or 2.
2007 Tour de France
The 2007 Tour de France included 22 mountain passes or summit finishes, categorized HC, 1, or 2.
2008 Tour de France
The 2008 Tour de France included 17 mountain passes or summit finishes, categorized HC, 1, or 2.
Stage 16
2009 Tour de France
The 2009 Tour de France included 20 mountain passes or summit finishes, categorized HC, 1, or 2. Seven of them were situated in the Pyrenees, three in the Vosges, nine in the Alps], and one in the Pre-Alps:[2]
Stage 1
- Category 4 – Côte de Beausoleil
Stage 2
- Category 3 – La Turbie
- Category 4 – Côte de Roquefort-les-Pins
- Category 4 – Côte de Tournon
- Category 4 – Col de l'Ange
Stage 3
- Category 4 – Côte de Calissanne
- Category 4 – Col de la Vayède
Stage 5
- Category 4 – Col de Feuilla
- Category 4 – Côte de Treilles
Stage 6
- Category 4 – Côte de Sant Feliu de Guixols
- Category 4 – Côte de Tossa de Mar
- Category 3 – Côte de Sant Vicenc de Montalt
- Category 3 – Collsacreu
- Category 4 – Côte de la Conreria
Stage 7
- Category 4 – Côte de Montserrat
- Category 3 – Port de Solsona
- Category 1 – Col de Serra-Seca
- Category 3 – Port del Comte
- Category H – Andorre Arcalis
Stage 8
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Stage 9
Stage 10
- Category 4 – Côte de Salvanet
- Category 4 – Côte de Saint-Laurent-les-Eglises
- Category 4 – Côte de Bénévent-l'Abbaye
Stage 11
- Category 4 – Côte d'Allogny
- Category 4 – Côte de Perreuse
Stage 12
- Category 4 – Côte de Baon
- Category 4 – Côte de Gye-sur-Seine
- Category 4 – Côte d'Essoyes
- Category 4 – Côte des Grands-Bois
- Category 4 – Côte de Morlaix
- Category 3 – Côte de Bourmont
Stage 13
- Category 3 – Côte de Xertigny
- Category 2 – Col de la Schlucht
- Category 1 – Col du Platzerwasel
- Category 3 – Col du Bannstein
- Category 2 – Col du Firstplan
Stage 14
- Category 3 – Côte de Lebetain
- Category 3 – Côte de Blamont
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Stage 15
Stage 16
Stage 17
Stage 18
- Category 3 – Côte de Bluffy
Stage 19
- Category 4 – Côte de Culin
- Category 4 – Côte de la forêt de Chambaran
- Category 2 – Col de l'Escrinet
Stage 20
- Category 3 – Côte de Citelle
- Category 3 – Col d'Ey
- Category 4 – Col de Fontaube
- Category 3 – Col des Abeilles
- Category H – Mount Ventoux
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2010 Tour de France
The 2010 Tour de France included 23 mountain passes or summit finishes, categorized HC, 1, or 2. One of them were situated in the Jura, eight in the Alps, two in the Cévennes, and twelve in the Pyrenees:[3]
Stage 2
- Category 4 – Côte de France
- Category 4 – Côte de Filot
- Category 4 – Côte de Werbomont
- Category 3 – Côte d'Aisomont
- Category 3 – Col de Stockeu
- Category 3 – Col du Rosier
Stage 3
- Category 4 – Côte de Bothey
Stage 4
- Category 4 – Côte de Vadencourt
Stage 5
- Category 4 – Côte d'Orbais-l'Abbaye
- Category 4 – Côte de Mécringes
Stage 6
- Category 4 – Côte de Bouhy
- Category 4 – Côte de La Chapelle-Saint-André
- Category 4 – Côte des Montarons
- Category 4 – Côte de la Croix de l'Arbre
Stage 7
- Category 3 – Côte de l'Aubépin
- Category 4 – Côte des Granges, Dessia
- Category 3 – Côte d'Arinthod
- Category 2 – Côte du barrage de Vouglans
- Category 2 – Col de la Croix de la Serra
- Category 2 – Côte de Lamoura
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Stage 8
Stage 9
Stage 10
Stage 11
- Category 3 – Col de Cabre
Stage 12
- Category 3 – Côte de Saint-Barthélémy-le-Plain
- Category 3 – Col des Nonières, Nonières
- Category 2 – Suc de Montivernoux
- Category 3 – Côte de la Mouline
- Category 2 – Côte de la Croix-Neuve (Montée Laurent Jalabert)
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Stage 13
- Category 4 – Côte de Mergals
- Category 4 – Côte de Bégon
- Category 3 – Côte d'Ambialet
- Category 4 – Côte de Puylaurens
- Category 3 – Côte de Saint-Ferréol
Stage 14
Stage 15
Stage 16
Stage 17
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2011 Tour de France
The 2011 Tour de France included 23 mountain passes or summit finishes, categorized HC, 1, or 2. Four of them are situated in the Massif Central, nine in the Pyrenees, and ten in the Alps:[4]
Stage 8
- Category – Col de la Croix Saint-Robert
Stage 9
Stage 12
Stage 13
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Stage 14
Stage 16
Stage 17
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Stage 18
Stage 19
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