Tour De France Mountains
The tour s most used climb the col du tourmalet contains the highest paved road in the pyrenees and is a right of passage for any tour de france rider.
Tour de france mountains. Alps massif central pyrenees jura and vosges. The mountains classification was added to the tour de france in the 1933 edition and was first won by vicente trueba. Col de la lusette and suc au may in the massif central col de la hourcère in the pyrenees and col de la loze in the alps as well as.
The highest mountain finishes in the history of. View full results of tour de france 2018 won by julian alaphilippe before warren barguil 2nd and rafał majka 3rd. When approaching from the east the col du soulor must be conquered first which is a 12 mile.
Prizes for the classification were first awarded in 1934. In the following order of appearance. The five mountain ranges of france will be on the menu of the 107th tour de france.
There will be four new climbs. Mountains of the tour de france. While the summit is rarely used for stage finishes the 6 500 foot ascent is as brutal as any on the tour.
Events cycling tour de france courses mountains. The course for the tour de france varies each year see more about the course though there are several mountains and passes that commonly feature in the event and are famous for those who follow the tour the most famous mountains are those in the hors categorie hc which are peaks where the. The jura mountain range extends over 225 miles 360 km in both france and switzerland stretching from the rhône river to the rhine.
View full results of tour de france 2015 won by chris froome before nairo quintana 2nd and romain bardet 3rd. The highest peaks are in the south around geneva with the crêt de la neige in ain at 5 636 feet 1 718 meters and le reculet at 5 633 feet 1 717 meters in france. This is a list of mountain passes and hills in the tour de france among the passes most often crossed col du tourmalet col d aubisque col d aspin col de peyresourde and col du galibier predominate while the highest peak ever reached is cime de la bonette restefond 2 802 m 9 193 ft used in the 1962 1964 1993 and 2008 tour de france.
The mountains classification is the second oldest jersey awarding classification in the tour de france. 15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 christopher froome egan bernal steven kruijswijk 15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 egan bernal julian alaphilippe et thibaut pinot 15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 christian prudhomme directeur du tour de. Much of the western sector is in france.
