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Col du Télégraphe

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Col du Télégraphe
Elevation 1,566 m (5,138 ft)
Location Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Range Graian Alps
Coordinates 45°12′9″N 6°26′40″E

Col du Télégraphe is a mountain pass in the French Alps situated above the Maurienne valley between the eastern end of the massif d'Arvan-Villards and the massif des Cerces.

The pass links Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne to the north and Valloire to the south, as well as forming an access point to the col du Galibier via its north face.

The route is often used during the ascent to Col du Galibier in the Tour de France, and is thus popular with cyclists.

Details of the climb

 
Sign at the top of the Col du Télégraphe
 

From the north, starting at Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, the climb is 11.8 kilometres (7.3 mi) long, gaining 856 metres (2,808 ft) in height (an average of 7.3%). The maximum gradient is 9.8% at the summit. On this side mountain pass cycling milestones are placed every kilometre. They indicate the current height, the distance to the summit, the average slope in the following kilometre, and the number of the street. As of July 2015, some milestones are missing in the middle part of the climb.

From the south, the climb starts at Valloire and is 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) long at an average gradient of 3.4% (height gain: 165 metres (541 ft)).

The Tour de France

The Col du Télégraphe was first used in the Tour de France in 1911; the first rider over the summit was Emile Georget.

Since 1947, the Col du Télégraphe has been crossed 29 times by the Tour de France. On several of those occasions it has not been ranked for points in the King of the Mountains competition, being treated as part of the descent from the Col du Galibier, and has been ranked for points only 18 times.

Appearances in the Tour de France (since 1947)

YearStageCategoryLeader at the summit
2011 19 1 Gorka Izagirre
2007 9 1 Mikel Astarloza
2005 11 1 Santiago Botero
2003 8 2 Pierrick Fédrigo
1999 9 1 José-Luis Arrieta
1998 15 2 Rodolfo Massi
1993 10 2 Thierry Claveyrolat
1987 21 2 Thierry Claveyrolat
1979 17 2 Giovanni Battaglin
1974 11 2 Herman Van Springel
1972 14a 3 Pietro Campagnari
1969 10 2 Joaquim Galera
1967 10 2 Julio Jiménez
1966 16 2 Julio Jimenez
1964 8 2 Federico Bahamontes
1957 10 2 Gastone Nencini
1955 8 2 Charly Gaul
1954 19 HC Jean Dotto
1947 8 1 Fermo Camellini

Col du Galibier

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Col du Galibier
Galibier.jpg
Col du Galibier (North view)
Elevation 2,645 m (8,678 ft)
Traversed by D902B
Location Savoie/Hautes-Alpes, France
Range Graian Alps
Coordinates 45°03′50.4″N 06°24′28.8″ECoordinates: 45°03′50.4″N 06°24′28.8″E
Col du Galibier is located in Alps
Col du Galibier
Col du Galibier
Location of Col du Galibier
 
Signpost at the Col du Galibier
 
Col du Galibier (view to the North)

Col du Galibier (el. 2,645 metres (8,678 ft)) is a mountain pass in the southern region of the French Dauphiné Alps near Grenoble. It is the ninth highest paved road in the Alps and the sixth highest mountain pass. It is often the highest point of the Tour de France.

It connects Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne and Briançon via the col du Télégraphe and the Col du Lautaret. The pass is closed during the winter. It is located between the massif d'Arvan-Villards and the massif des Cerces, taking its name from the secondary chain of mountains known as the Galibier.

Before 1976, the tunnel was the only point of passage at the top, at an altitude of 2556 m. The tunnel was closed for restoration until 2002, and a new road was constructed over the summit. The re-opened tunnel is a single lane controlled by traffic lights, which are among the highest such installations in Europe.

 

Details of the climb

 
The last mountain pass cycling milestones along the climb from Valloire

From the north, starting at Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne (including the Col du Télégraphe), the climb is 34.8 kilometres (21.6 mi) long, gaining 2,120 metres (6,960 ft) in height (an average of 6.1%). The actual climb to the summit starts at Valloire and is 18.1 kilometres (11.2 mi) long at an average of 6.9% (height gain: 1,245 metres (4,085 ft)). The maximum gradient is 10.1% at the summit.

From the south, the climb starts from the Col du Lautaret (el. 2,058 metres (6,752 ft)) and is 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) long at an average gradient of 6.9% (height gain: 585 metres (1,919 ft)) with a maximum of 12.1% at the summit.

On both sides of the Col du Galibier mountain pass cycling milestone are placed every kilometre (As of July 2015, some are missing in the final part of the climb from the Col du Lautaret). They indicate the distance to the summit, the current height, and the average slope in the following kilometre. Such signposting for cyclists has become common in most major mountain passes in the French Pyrenees and Alps.

The Tour de France

The Col du Galibier was first used in the Tour de France in 1911; the first rider over the summit was Emile Georget, who, with Paul Duboc and Gustave Garrigou were the only riders not to walk.[1]

The original summit was at 2556 m.; while the tunnel was closed from 1976 until 2002, the tour route went only over the pass closer to the mountain peak at 2645 m. In 2011, the Tour de France went through the tunnel for the first time during the 19th stage from Modane Valfréjus to L'Alpe d'Huez.

At the south portal of the tunnel, at the edge of the road, there is a monument to Henri Desgrange, instigator and first director of the Tour de France. The memorial was inaugurated when the tour passed on 19 July 1949. Whenever the tour crosses the Col du Galibier, a wreath is laid on the memorial. The "Souvenir Henri Desgrange" is awarded to the first rider across the summit of the highest mountain in each year's tour. In 2006, the prize of 5000 euros was claimed on the Col du Galibier by Michael Rasmussen.

Since 1947, the Col de Galibier has been crossed 31 times by the Tour de France. It was scheduled to be used in 1996, but was left out at the last minute due to bad weather. As a result of snow on both the Col de l'Iseran and the Col du Galibier, the scheduled 190 km stage from Val-d'Isère to Sestriere in Italy was reduced to a 46 km sprint from Le-Monetier-les-Bains which was claimed by Bjarne Riis, resulting in him taking the yellow jersey which he retained to the finish in Paris.

In the 2008 Tour, the Col du Galibier had been crossed on 23 July in the 210 km stage 17 from Embrun to Alpe d'Huez.

The 2011 Tour climbed the Col du Galibier twice to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of the pass in the Tour de France, including the first ever summit finish, won by Andy Schleck after a 60 km solo breakaway. This was the highest ever stage finish in the Tour de France.[2] It was scheduled to be used again in stage 20 of the 2015 Tour, but was left out nine days before the race start due to landslides in the Chambon Tunnel, situated towards the bottom of the descent of the climb.

Appearances in the Tour de France (since 1947)

YearStageCategoryStartFinishLeader at the summit
2011 19 HC Modane Alpe d'Huez Andy Schleck
2011 18 HC Pinerolo Col du Galibier Andy Schleck
2008 17 HC Embrun Alpe d'Huez Rémy Di Gregorio
2007 9 HC Val-d'Isère Briançon Mauricio Soler
2006 16 HC Le Bourg-d'Oisans La Toussuire Michael Rasmussen
2005 11 HC Courchevel Briançon Alexander Vinokourov
2003 8 HC Sallanches Alpe d'Huez Stefano Garzelli
2002 16 HC Les Deux Alpes La Plagne Santiago Botero
2000 15 HC Briançon Courchevel Pascal Hervé
1999 9 HC Le Grand-Bornand Sestrières José-Luis Arrieta
1998 15 HC Grenoble Les Deux Alpes Marco Pantani
1993 10 HC Villard-de-Lans Serre-Chevalier Tony Rominger
1992 14 HC Sestrières Alpe d'Huez Franco Chioccioli
1989 17 HC Briançon Alpe d'Huez Gert-Jan Theunisse
1987 21 HC Le Bourg-d'Oisans La Plagne Pedro Muñoz
1986 18 HC Briançon Alpe d'Huez Luis Herrera
1984 18 HC Alpe d'Huez La Plagne Francisco Rodríguez
1980 17 HC Serre-Chevalier Morzine Johan De Muynck
1979 17 HC Les Menuires Alpe d'Huez Lucien Van Impe
1974 11 1 Aix-les-Bains Serre-Chevalier Vicente Lopez-Carril
1973 8 1 Moûtiers Les Orres Luis Ocaña
1972 14a 1 Briançon Valloire Joop Zoetemelk
1969 10 1 Chamonix Briançon Eddy Merckx
1967 10 1 Divonne-les-Bains Briançon Julio Jiménez
1966 16 1 Le Bourg-d'Oisans Briançon Julio Jiménez
1964 8 1 Thonon-les-Bains Briançon Federico Bahamontes
1959 18 2 Grenoble St-Vincent-d'Aoste Charly Gaul
1957 10 1 Thonon-les-Bains Briançon Marcel Janssens
1955 8 1 Thonon-les-Bains Briançon Charly Gaul
1954 19 1 Briançon Aix-les-Bains Federico Bahamontes
1952 11 1 Le Bourg-d'Oisans Sestrières Fausto Coppi
1948 14 2 Briançon Aix-les-Bains Lucien Teisseire
1947 8 1 Grenoble Briançon Fermo Camellini

The Giro d'Italia

The 2013 Giro d'Italia climbed the Col du Galibier, although the stage had to be shortened by 4 km due to heavy snowfall.


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