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Col de la Madeleine
North side of the Col de la MadeleineElevation 1,993 m (6,539 ft) Location 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°ECoordinates: 45°26′05″N 6°22′32″E / 45.43472°N 6.37556°E 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.
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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.
- ^ "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
Categories:- Climbs in cycle racing
- Mountain passes of France
- Mountain passes of the Alps
- Rhône-Alpes geography stubs
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