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Col d'Aspin

Mountain pass in the French Pyrenees

Col d'Aspin
Summary

Mountain pass in the French Pyrenees

FieldValue
nameCol d'Aspin
photoAspin vers Arreau.jpg
photo_captionView from the col d'Aspin showing the climb from Arreau.
elevation_m1489
elevation_ref
traversedD918
mapPyrenees
map_captionLocation of Col d'Aspin
labelCol d'Aspin
coords
locationFrance
rangePyrenees

Col d'Aspin () (elevation 1489 m) is a mountain pass in the French Pyrenees in the department of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It connects Sainte-Marie-de-Campan, in the upper Adour valley, with Arreau, on the River Neste.

Details of the climbs

Signpost at the summit providing information about the ascent from Arreau
Signpost at the summit providing information about the ascent from Sainte-Marie-de-Campan

From Sainte-Marie-de-Campan (west), the ascent is 12.59 km in length, gaining 642 m in height, at an average of 5%. In comparison with its neighbour, the Col du Tourmalet, this is considered an "easy" climb, with only the last five kilometres, at about 8%, being difficult.

From Arreau (east), the climb is more difficult; over 12.0 km the climb averages 6.5%, gaining 779 m in height, with maximum gradient of 9.5%.

On both sides of the Col de l'Aspin mountain pass cycling milestones are placed every kilometre. They indicate the height of the summit, the distance to the summit, the current height, and the average slope in the following kilometre. Such signposting for cyclists has become common in most major mountain passes in the French Pyrenees and Alps.

Tour de France

The pass has been part of the Tour de France 71 times, largely because it is the middle link in a chain of three road climbs, the other links being the Col du Tourmalet (2115 m) and Col de Peyresourde (1569 m). The first time the Col d'Aspin was crossed was in 1910, when the leader over the summit was Octave Lapize.

In the 1950 Tour, there was an altercation at the pass, with bottles and stones being thrown at the riders, and the Italian team with Gino Bartali and Fiorenzo Magni, the leaders at the time, withdrew from the Tour at the end of the stage from Pau to Saint-Gaudens.

Appearances in Tour de France since 1947

YearStageCategoryStartFinishLeader at the summit
1947151Bagnères-de-LuchonPauJean Robic
194882LourdesToulouseJean Robic
1949112PauBagnères-de-LuchonApo Lazaridès
1950112PauSaint-GaudensKléber Piot
1951142TarbesBagnères-de-LuchonFausto Coppi
1952172ToulouseBagnères-de-BigorreRaphaël Géminiani
1953112CauteretsBagnères-de-LuchonJean Robic
1954122PauBagnères-de-LuchonLouison Bobet
1955172ToulouseSaint-GaudensCharly Gaul
1956122PauBagnères-de-LuchonNino Defilippis
1958142PauBagnères-de-LuchonFederico Bahamontes
1959112Bagnères-de-BigorreSaint-GaudensJean Dotto
1960112PauBagnères-de-LuchonKurt Gimmi
1961172Bagnères-de-LuchonPauMarcel Queheille
1962123PauSaint-GaudensFederico Bahamontes
1963112Bagnères-de-BigorreBagnères-de-LuchonGuy Ignolin
1964162Bagnères-de-LuchonPauJulio Jiménez
1969172La MongieMourenxJoaquim Galera
1970181Saint-GaudensLa MongiePrimo Mori
197116A2Bagnères-de-LuchonGourette–les-Eaux-BonnesLucien Van Impe
197282PauBagnères-de-LuchonRoger Swerts
1973142Bagnères-de-LuchonPauJosé Manuel Fuente
1974172Saint-Lary-SoulanLa MongieJean-Pierre Danguillaume
1975112PauSaint-Lary-Soulan–Pla d'AdetLucien Van Impe
1976152Saint-Lary-SoulanPauGerben Karstens
197722AuchPauLuis Balagué
1978112PauSaint-Lary-Soulan–Pla d'AdetMichel Laurent
197931Bagnères-de-LuchonPauRené Bittinger
1980131PauBagnères-de-LuchonRaymond Martin
1982131PauSaint-Lary-Soulan–Pla d'AdetMichel Laurent
1983101PauBagnères-de-LuchonPatrocinio Jiménez
1985172ToulouseLuz-ArdidenJosé Del Ramo
1986131PauSuperbagnèresDominique Arnaud
1988151Saint-GironsLuz-ArdidenSamuel Cabrera
1989102CauteretsSuperbagnèresRobert Millar
1990161BlagnacLuz-ArdidenClaudio Chiappucci
1991132JacaVal-LouronClaudio Chiappucci
1994121LourdesLuz-ArdidenRichard Virenque
1995151Saint-GironsCauterets–Crêtes du LysRichard Virenque
199792PauLoudenviellePascal Hervé
1998101PauBagnères-de-LuchonRodolfo Massi
1999161LannemezanPauMariano Piccoli
2001141TarbesLuz-ArdidenBobby Julich
2003151Bagnères-de-BigorreLuz-ArdidenSylvain Chavanel
2004121CastelsarrasinLa MongieMichael Rasmussen
2006111TarbesVal d'Aran–Pla-de-BeretFabian Wegmann
200891ToulouseBagnères-de-BigorreSebastian Lang
200991Saint-GaudensTarbesFranco Pellizotti
2010161Bagnères-de-LuchonPauAnthony Charteau
2012161PauBagnères-de-LuchonThomas Voeckler
2015111PauCauteretsDan Martin
201671L'Isle-JourdainLac de PayolleSteve Cummings
2018191LourdesLarunsJulian Alaphilippe
2022171Saint-GaudensPeyragudesThibaut Pinot
202361TarbesCauterets–CambasqueNeilson Powless

Tour de France Femmes

YearStageCategoryStartFinishLeader at the summit
202371LannemezanTourmalet Bagnères-de-BigorreKatarzyna Niewiadoma

References

References

  1. [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=0.327389,42.942306&z=0.000316906&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&permalink=yes IGN map]
  2. "Col d'Aspin from Sainte Marie de Campan : 1489m".
  3. "Col d'Aspin from Arreau : 1489m".
  4. [http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf/aspin.php Mémoire du cyclisme] {{webarchive. link. (July 14, 2008)
  5. "Le dico du Tour (passages depuis 1947)".
  6. Woodland, Les. "The Yellow Jersey companion to the Tour de France".
  7. Augendre, Jacques. (2009). "Guide Historique". [[Amaury Sport Organisation]].
  8. Rendell, Matt. (2003). "The Official Tour de France Centennial". L'Equipe / Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
  9. "Le col d'Aspin dans le Tour de France depuis 1947". ledicodutour.
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