Port de Pailhères

Port de Pailhères
Sign at Mijanès at the start of the Port de Pailhères
Elevation	2,001 m (6,565 ft)
Traversed by	D25
Location
Port de Pailhères Location of Port de Pailhères
Location	Ariège,  France
Range	Pyrenees
Coordinates	42°44′0″N 01°59′33″E / 42.733333°N 1.9925°E / 42.733333; 1.9925Coordinates: 42°44′0″N 01°59′33″E / 42.733333°N 1.9925°E / 42.733333; 1.9925

The Port de Pailhères or (Col de Pailhères) is a pass in the Ariège department of the French Pyrenees.

The summit is at an altitude of 2,001 metres, and is located on the secondary road D25 between Mijanès (south-eastern) and Ax-les-Thermes (western).

Starting from Mijanes, the Col de Pailhères is 10.6 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 871 m. (an average percentage of 8.2%) with a maximum gradient of 10.2%.

Starting from Ax-les-Thermes, the Col de Pailhères is 18.6 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1281 m. (an average percentage of 6.9%) with a maximum gradient of 10.4% near the summit.

The climb has been used in four stages of the Tour de France cycle race in 2003, 2005, 2007 (14th stage), and 2010 (14th stage).

Appearances in Tour de France

Year	Stage	Category	Start	Finish	Leader at the summit
2010	14	HC	Revel	Ax-3 Domaines	Christophe Riblon
2007	14	HC	Mazamet	Plateau-de-Beille	Rubén Pérez
2005	14	HC	Agde	Ax-3 Domaines	Georg Totschnig
2003	13	1	Toulouse	Ax-3 Domaines	Juan Miguel Mercado

See also

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

External links

• Profile/Photos/Video: Cycling Ax-les-Thermes and Port de Pailheres
• Profile on climbbybike.com
• Le Port de Pailhères dans le Tour de France (French)