Portet-d’Aspet Col de Portet d'Aspet is is a Cat 2 climb in Haute-Garonne. The summit is 1069 metres altitude. It is situated on the D618 road between Aspet, Haute Garonne to the west and Saint-Girons, Ariége in the east. The climb is short but very steep on the western side. It was in the first mountain stage in 1910 Tour de France. Climb Col de Portet d'Aspet Cat 2 from Audressein (Ariège), the climb is 18.14 km @ 3.1%, gaining 557 metres. Road D618. The climb proper starts at St. Lary, 5.9 km from the summit @ 6.8%, with the steepest sections at 10.6% near the summit. Cat 2 from Aspet (Haute-Garonne), the climb is 14.31 km @ 4.2%, gaining 594 metres. Road D618. The climb really starts at the D618/D44 junction (also the start of the climb to the Col de Menté), 4.4 km @ 9.6%, with several sections up to 18%. Fabio Casartelli It was on the descent here, just 100m above the D618/D44 junction that Olympic Champion Fabio Casartelli was killed in a fall in the 1995 Tour de France. There is a memorial to Casartelli 100m further up. The accident happened on July 18, 1995 during the fifteenth stage from Saint-Girons to Cambasque. Casartelli sustained heavy facial and head injuries and lost consciousness. He died in the helicopter on the way to hospital. Tour de France 1910 : Lapize1911 : Duboc1912 : Defraye1913 : Engel1914 : J. Alavoine1919 : (neutralisé)1920 : Lambot1921 : Goethals1922 : Alavoine, H. Barthélémy1923 : H. et F. Pélissier1924 : Beeckmann1925 : Bottecchia1926 : Beeckmann1927 : Frantz1928 : A.Magne1929 : Delannoy1930 : Binda1931 : A. Magne1932 : Barral1933 : Schepers1934 : Vignoli1935 : F. Vervaecke1936 : Ducazeaux1937 : Berrendero1938 : Bartali1947 : Bourlon1951 : Bartali1956 : Gaul1957 : Stolker1958 : Bahamontes1960 : J. Planckaert1962 : Bahamontes, Poulidor1963 : Bahamontes1964 : J. Jimenez1965 : J. Jimenez1966 : J. Jimenez1967 : F. Manzaneque1969 :
Portet-d’Aspet Col de Portet d’Aspet is is a Cat 2 climb in Haute-Garonne. The summit is 1069 metres altitude. It is situated on the D618 road between Aspet, Haute Garonne to the west and Saint-Girons, Ariége in the east. The climb is short but very steep on the western side. It was in the first mountain
