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Col de la Pierre St Martin

Mountain pass on the France–Spain border

Field	Value
name	Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin
photo	Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin7.jpg
elevation_m	1765
elevation_ref
traversed	D132/NA1370
map	France
map_caption	Location of Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin
label	Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin
coords
location	Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Navarra, Spain
range	Pyrenees

Navarra, Spain

Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin (elevation 1765 m) is a mountain pass on the France–Spain border in the western Pyrenees in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (France) and Navarra (Spain). The climb from the Spanish side was used in the 2007 Tour de France.

Close to the summit of the pass, there is the ski station of Arette-Pierre-Saint-Martin.

In 2015, on Bastille Day, the tenth leg of the Tour climbed the Col in the other direction, from Arette up to the village of Pierre Saint Martin, which hosted the end of a stage for the first time ever.

Every year on 13 July since 1375, the ceremony of the Tribute of the Three Cows takes place on the summit of the mountain pass.

Details of the climb

The southern side of the climb, starting from Isaba (Navarra, Spain) is 27 km long at an average gradient of 3.6% (height gain – 966 m). The final stages of the climb start at Larra Belagua (1026m.) with 14 km at 5.2%, with a maximum of 7.4%.

The pass is situated south east of Oloron-Sainte-Marie. Starting from Arette (north east), the climb is 25.4 km long gaining 1466 m (an average gradient of 5.7%). En route, the climb passes over the Col de Labays (1351 m), the Pas de Guilhers (1436 m) and the Col du Soudet (1540 m).

Tour de France

The climb from the south featured in 2007 in the Tour de France for the first time on the 218.5 km stage 16 from Orthez to Gourette–Col d'Aubisque. In 2015, the climb, coming from the north was featured as a stage finish for the first time on the 167 km stage 10 from Tarbes.

Tour de France stage finishes

Year	Stage	Start of Stage	Distance (km)	Category	Stage winner	Yellow Jersey
2015	10	Tarbes	167	HC	Chris Froome	Chris Froome

Passages in the Tour de France

Year	Stage	Category	Start	Finish	Leader at the summit
2007	16	1	Orthez	Gourette–Col d'Aubisque	Mauricio Soler

References

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