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.

View Col de Peyresourde – Luchon on Strava

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

View Col de Peyresourde – West on Strava

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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

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 Col de Peyresourde Photo Gallery