Col de la Madeleine

Col de la Madeleine
North side of the Col de la Madeleine
Elevation	1,993 m (6,539 ft)
Location
Col de la Madeleine Location of Col de la Madeleine
Location	Savoie,  France
Range	Alps
Coordinates	45°26′05″N 6°22′32″E / 45.43472°N 6.37556°E / 45.43472; 6.37556Coordinates: 45°26′05″N 6°22′32″E / 45.43472°N 6.37556°E / 45.43472; 6.37556

Col de la Madeleine (el. 1993 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France.

It connects La Chambre in Maurienne with Aigueblanche and Feissons-sur-Isère in Tarentaise. The southern approach from La Chambre is 19.3 km with an average grade of 8 percent. The northern approach from Aigueblance is 28.3 km with an average grade of 5 percent. The pass is closed from November to the beginning of June.

Appearances in Tour de France

The pass was first included in the Tour de France in 1969 and has since featured 23 times, most recently in 2010.^[1]

It has been ranked hors catégorie, every year since 1995.

Year	Stage	Category	Leader at the summit
2010	9	HC	Anthony Charteau (FRA)
2005	11	HC	Santiago Botero (COL)
2004	17	HC	Gilberto Simoni (ITA)
2002	16	HC	Michael Boogerd (NED)
2001	10	HC	Laurent Roux (FRA)
2000	15	HC	Massimiliano Lelli (ITA)
1998	16	HC	Jan Ullrich (GER)
1997	14	HC	Richard Virenque (FRA)
1996	7	HC	Richard Virenque (FRA)
1995	10	HC	Richard Virenque (FRA)
1994	17	1	Piotr Ugrumov (LAT)
1990	11	HC	Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
1988	12	1	Henri Abadie (FRA)
1987	21	HC	Anselmo Fuerte (ESP)
1984	18	HC	Pedro Delgado (ESP)
1983	18	HC	Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
1981	19	1	Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
1980	17	HC	Mariano Martínez (FRA)
1979	1	HC	Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
1977	17	1	André Chalmel (FRA)
1975	17	1	Francisco Galdós (ESP)
1973	8	2	Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (FRA)
1969	10	2	Andres Gandarias (ESP)

See also

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

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

1. ^ "Le col de la Madeleine dans le Tour de France". ledicodutour.com. http://ledicodutour.perso.sfr.fr/montagnes/cols__m/madeleine.htm. Retrieved 14 July 2010. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Col de la Madeleine and Preview of Stage 9 2010 Tour de France
• Col de la Madeleine cycling. Description, profiles and pictures