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Col d'Ornon

Field	Value
name	Col d'Ornon
photo	Col d'Ornon.jpg
photo_caption	Col d'Ornon in spring seen from the road to the village of Ornon
elevation_m	1360
traversed	D526
map	Alps
map_caption	Location of Col d'Ornon
label	Col d'Ornon
coords
location	Isère, France
range	Dauphiné Alps

Col d'Ornon (1360 m) is a mountain pass through the Dauphiné Alps in the department of Isère in France which connects the communities of Le Bourg-d'Oisans and La Mure. The climb is used occasionally in the Tour de France cycle race, including on the "Queen stage" on 18 July 2013 which finishes with two ascents to Alpe d'Huez.

Details of the climb

From the south, the climb starts at Entraigues, from where the ascent is 14.4 km long gaining 563 m in height at an average gradient of 3.9%, with maximum gradient of 7.4%. For the 2013 Tour de France, the climb officially starts at the village of Chantelouve (1030 m) from where the climb to the summit, ranked Category 2, is a further 5.1 km at a gradient of 6.7%.

From the north, the climb commences 3 km from Le Bourg-d'Oisans at La Paute in the Romanche valley. The ascent is 11.1 km long, climbing 643 m at an average gradient of 5.8%, with maximum gradient of 8.6%.

Tour de France

The Col d'Ornon was first used in the Tour de France in 1966 when the leader over the summit was Luis Otaño. Since then, the Tour has passed the summit on eight occasions, usually as a Second Category climb, including on Stage 17 of the 2017 Tour.

Appearances in Tour de France

Year	Stage	Category	Start	Finish	Leader at the summit
2017	17	2	La Mure	Serre Chevalier	Michael Matthews
2013	18	2	Gap	Alpe d'Huez	Arnold Jeannesson
2002	15	2	Vaison-la-Romaine	Les Deux-Alpes	Axel Merckx
1994	16	2	Valréas	Alpe d'Huez	Ángel Camargo
1991	17	2	Gap	Alpe d'Huez	Pello Ruiz Cabestany
1982	16	2	Orcières-Merlette	Alpe d'Huez	Bernard Vallet
1979	18	3	Alpe d'Huez	Alpe d'Huez	Bernard Bourreau
1966	15	2	Privas	Le Bourg-d'Oisans	Luis Otaño

References

"Stage 18: Gap / Alpe-d'Huez". Le Tour de France.
"Col d'Ornon from Entraigues : 1367m".
"Col d'Ornon from La Paute : 1367m".
"Le col d'Ornon dans le Tour de France". ledicodutour.

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