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Col de la Madeleine

Mountain pass in the French Alps

Summary

Mountain pass in the French Alps

Field	Value
name	Col de la Madeleine
photo	Col de la Madeleine - janvier 2010.jpg
photo_caption	North side of the Col de la Madeleine in January
elevation_m	1993
traversed	D213
map	Alps
map_caption	Location of Col de la Madeleine
label	Col de la Madeleine
coords
location	Savoie, France
range	Alps

Col de la Madeleine (el. 1,993 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France which connects La Chambre in Maurienne with La Léchère in Tarentaise. The pass is closed from November to the beginning of June. It has been described as "beautiful, but heartbreaking".

Cycling

Details of the climb

The southern approach from La Chambre (via the D213) is 19 km long, gaining 1,522 m at an average gradient of 8.01%, with a maximum of 13.5%.

The southern approach from La Chambre via Montgellafrey is 19.8 km long, gaining 1,520 m at an average gradient of 7.68%, with a maximum of 12.5%.

The northern approach can be accessed via Feissons-sur-Isère. From Feissons-sur-Isère (through La Léchère), the climb is 24.5 km. long, gaining 1,543 m at an average gradient of 6.3%, with a maximum of 12%. For the 2012 Tour de France, the height at the summit is shown as 2,000 m., whereas in previous years it has been shown as 1,993 m.

On both sides of the Col de la Madeleine mountain pass cycling milestones are placed every kilometre. They indicate 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.

Appearances in Tour de France

The pass was first included in the Tour de France in 1969 and has since featured 28 times.

It has been ranked hors catégorie, every year since 1995.

Year	Stage	Category	Start	Finish	Leader at the summit
2025	18	HC	Vif	Col de la Loze	Jonas Vingegaard
2020	17	HC	Grenoble	Méribel	Richard Carapaz
2018	12	HC	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	Alpe d'Huez	Julian Alaphilippe
2013	19	HC	Le Bourg-d'Oisans	Le Grand-Bornand	Pierre Rolland
2012	11	HC	Albertville	La Toussuire-Les Sybelles	Peter Velits
2010	9	HC	Morzine-Avoriaz	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne	Anthony Charteau
2005	11	HC	Courchevel	Briançon	Santiago Botero
2004	17	HC	Bourg d'Oisans	Le Grand-Bornand	Gilberto Simoni
2002	16	HC	Les Deux Alpes	La Plagne	Michael Boogerd
2001	10	HC	Aix-les-Bains	Alpe d'Huez	Laurent Roux
2000	15	HC	Briançon	Courchevel	Massimiliano Lelli
1998	16	HC	Vizille	Albertville	Jan Ullrich
1997	14	HC	Le Bourg-d'Oisans	Courchevel	Richard Virenque
1996	7	HC	Chambéry	Les Arcs	Richard Virenque
1995	10	HC	La Plagne	Alpe d'Huez	Richard Virenque
1994	17	1	Le Bourg-d'Oisans	Val Thorens	Piotr Ugrumov
1990	11	HC	Saint-Gervais	Alpe d'Huez	Thierry Claveyrolat
1988	12	1	Morzine	Alpe d'Huez	Henri Abadie
1987	21	HC	Le Bourg-d'Oisans	La Plagne	Anselmo Fuerte
1984	18	HC	Le Bourg-d'Oisans	La Plagne	Pedro Delgado
1983	18	HC	Le Bourg-d'Oisans	Morzine	Lucien Van Impe
1981	19	1	Morzine	Alpe d'Huez	Lucien Van Impe
1980	17	HC	Serre-Chevalier	Morzine	Mariano Martínez
1979	17	1	Les Menuires	Alpe d'Huez	Lucien Van Impe
1977	17	1	Chamonix	Alpe d'Huez	André Chalmel
1975	17	1	Valloire	Morzine-Avoriaz	Francisco Galdós
1973	8	2	Moûtiers	Les Orres	Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
1969	10	2	Chamonix	Briançon	Andrés Gandarias

Appearances in Tour de France Femmes

Col de la Madeleine featured as the finish of Stage 8 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes.

Year	Stage	Start of stage	Distance (km)	Category	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
2025	8	Chambéry	111.9	HC	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot

References

(10 July 2012). "July 12: Stage 11". Daily Telegraph.
"Col de la Madeleine from La Chambre : 1993m".
"Col de la Madeleine from La chambre, via Montgellafrey : 1993m".
"Col de la Madeleine from Feissons sur isere : 1993m".
"Le col de la Madeleine dans le Tour de France". ledicodutour.com.
"Stage 8 - Chambéry > Saint François Longchamp - Col de la Madeleine - Tour de France Femmes 2025".

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