Col de la Colombière

Col de la Colombière
Col de la Colombière
Elevation	1,613 m (5,292 ft)
Traversed by	D4
Location
Col de la Colombière Location of Col de la Colombière
Location	Haute-Savoie,  France
Range	Alps
Coordinates	45°59′32″N 06°28′33″E / 45.99222°N 6.47583°E / 45.99222; 6.47583Coordinates: 45°59′32″N 06°28′33″E / 45.99222°N 6.47583°E / 45.99222; 6.47583

Col de la Colombière (el. 1613 m.) is a mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Haute-Savoie in France.

It connects Cluses in the Arve valley with Le Grand-Bornand in the Borne valley. The road then leads further to Annecy or over Col des Aravis to the Arly valley and is situated between the Massif des Bornes to the north-west and the Chaîne des Aravis to the south-east.

The pass is not an important traffic route because there are better roads that parallel it, particularly the A40 autoroute.

Details of climb

Although the pass is not very high, it is technically difficult for cyclists.

Starting from Scionzier, the climb is 16.3 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1108 m. (an average percentage of 6.8%). The steepest section is 10.2% near the summit. From Le Grand-Bornand, the Col de la Colombière is 11.7 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 690 m. (an average percentage of 5.9%).

Appearances in Tour de France

The pass was first included in the Tour de France in 1960 and has since featured 20 times, most recently in 2010. ^[1]

Year	Stage	Category	Leader at the summit
2010	9	1	Christophe Moreau (FRA)
2009	17	1	Fränk Schleck (LUX)
2007	7	1	Linus Gerdemann (GER)
2006	17	1	Floyd Landis (USA)
2002	17	1	Mario Aerts (BEL)
2000	16	1	Marco Pantani (ITA)
1997	15	1	Richard Virenque (FRA)
1994	18	1	Piotr Ugrumov (LAT)
1991	18	1	Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
1990	10	1	Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
1987	22	1	Eduardo Chozas (ESP)
1985	12	1	Luis Herrera (COL)
1984	19	1	Jérôme Simon (FRA)
1983	18	1	Jacques Michaud (FRA)
1982	17	1	Jean-René Bernaudeau (FRA)
1980	18	1	Ludo Loos (BEL)
1978	17	1	René Bittinger (FRA)
1975	17	2	Vicente López Carril (ESP)
1968	19	2	Barry Hoban (GBR)
1960	18	2	Fernando Manzaneque (ESP)

See also

• List of highest paved roads in Europe
• List of mountain passes

References

1. ^ "Le col de la Colombière dans le Tour de France". ledicodutour.com. http://ledicodutour.perso.sfr.fr/montagnes/cols__c/colombiere.htm. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 

External links

• Cycling both sides with map, video, profiles, photos
• Profile on climbbybike.com
• Climb profiles (French)