Cormet de Roselend

Cormet de Roselend
Lac de Roselend near the pass
Elevation	1,967 m (6,453 ft)
Traversed by	D 925
Location
Cormet de Roselend Location of Cormet de Roselend
Location	Savoie,  France
Range	Alps
Coordinates	45°41′28″N 06°41′26″E / 45.69111°N 6.69056°E / 45.69111; 6.69056Coordinates: 45°41′28″N 06°41′26″E / 45.69111°N 6.69056°E / 45.69111; 6.69056

Cormet de Roselend (el. 1967 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France.

It connects Beaufort in the Beaufortain valley and Bourg-Saint-Maurice in the Tarentaise Valley. On the west side of the pass lies the Lac de Roselend, a reservoir that can be reached by the Col de Méraillet or the Col du Pré.

Details of climb

On the north-western side, starting from Beaufort, the climb is 20.3 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1227 m. (an average percentage of 6.0%), with the steepest sections at 10.0%.

From Bourg-Saint-Maurice to the south-east, the Cormet de Roselend is 19.35 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1154 m. (an average percentage of 6.0%), with the steepest sections at 8.9%.

Appearances in Tour de France

The pass was first included in the Tour de France in 1979 and has since featured 9 times, most recently in stage 17 of the 2009 Tour de France.

Year	Stage	Category	Start	Finish	Leader at the summit
2009	17	1	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	Le Grand-Bornand	Franco Pellizotti
2007	8	1	Le Grand-Bornand	Tignes	Michael Rasmussen
2005	10	1	Grenoble	Courchevel	Alejandro Valverde
2002	17	1	Aime	Cluses	Mario Aerts
1996	7	1	Chambéry	Les Arcs	Udo Bölts
1995	9	1	Le Grand-Bornand	La Plagne	Alex Zülle
1992	13	1	Saint-Gervais–Mont Blanc	Sestrières	Claudio Chiappucci
1987	22	1	La Plagne	Morzine	Mathieu Hermans
1984	19	1	La Plagne	Morzine	Francis Castaing
1979	16	1	Morzine	Les Menuires	Henk Lubberding

See also

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

External links

• Profile on climbbybike.com
• Climb profiles (French)