Col de Peyresourde

Col de Peyresourde ia a Cat 1 climb on the borders of Hautes Pyrenees and Haute Garonne. The summit is 1569 metres altitude. It was included in the first mountain stage of Le Tour de France in 1910 and has appeared regularly since. In 2012 there was a stage finish at the Peyragudes Ski Station above the col. There is a small airport at the ski station which featured at the start of the James Bond film Golden Eye.

Climb Col de Peyresourde

Cat 1 from Bagnères de Luchon (east) in Haute Garonne, the Col de Peyresourde is 15.27 km @ 6.1% You climb 939m. Road D618. On paper this should be a Cat HC climb but le Tour de France have never categorised it more than 1.

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Col de Peyresourde from Luchon

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Cat 2 from Avajan (west) in Hautes Pyrénées, the climb is 8.3 km @ 7.6%. You gain 629 m.

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Col de Peyresourde from the west. Arreau.

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Tour de France

1910 : Lapize
1911 : Duboc
1912 : Christophe
1913 : Thys
1914 : Lambot
1919 : H. Barthélémy
1920 : Lambot
1921 : Heusghem
1922 : J. Alavoine
1923 : J. Alavoine

1924 : Bottecchia
1925 : A. Benoit
2006 : De La Fuente
1926 : L. Buysse
1927 : Frantz
1933 : Trueba
1934 : Vietto
1935 : F. Vervaecke
1936 : Berrendero
1937 : Berrendero

1938 : F. Vervaecke
1947 : Robic
1948 : Robic
1949 : Robic
1951 : F. Coppi
1952 : Gelabert
1953 : Robic
1954 : Bahamontes
1955 : Gaul
1956 : Schmitz

1958 : Bahamontes
1959 : Huot
1960 : Gimmi
1961 :Massignan
1962 : Bahamontes
1963 : Bahamontes
1964 : J. Jimenez
1969 : Galera
1970 : Delisle
1971 : Van Impe

1972 : Van Impe
1974 : Lopez-Carril
1976 : Ocana
1979 : Hinault
1980 : R. Martin
1981 : Hinault
1983 : Millar
1986 : Hinault
1988 :Rooks
1989 : Millar

1993 : Chiappucci
1994 : R. Torres
1995 : Virenque
1998 : Massi
1999 : Elli
2001 : L. Jalabert
2003 : Simoni
2005 : Brochard
2007 : Zubeldia
2008 : Lang

2010 : Szmyd
2012 : Thomas Voeckler
2012 : Alejandro Valverde
2013 : Thomas De Gendt