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Col du Grand Cucheron

Mountain pass in the French Alps

Field	Value
name	Col du Grand Cucheron
photo	Col du Grand Cucheron depuis Col de Champ-Laurent (octobre 2023).JPG
photo_caption	View of the pass and Lauzière mountain range
elevation_m	1188
traversed	D207
map	Alps
map_caption	Location of Col du Grand Cucheron
label	Col du Grand Cucheron
coords
location	Savoie, France
range	Alps

Col du Grand Cucheron, at an elevation of 1188 m, is a mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France. The pass crosses the northern end of the Belledonne massif, connecting the Maurienne and Isère valleys. The climb to the col was used on Stage 12 of the 2012 Tour de France.

Cycle racing

Details of the climbs

From Les Granges (near Le Pontet) (west) the ascent is 4.01 km long. Over this distance, the elevation changes by 314 m at an average gradient of 7.7 percent.

From La Corbière (near Saint-Pierre-de-Belleville) (east), the climb is 11.6 km long, gaining 805 m at an average of 6.9 percent.This was be the direction from which the col was climbed in the 2012 Tour de France.

The climb can also be accessed from Aiguebelle (northeast) from where the route is 16 km at an average of 6.1 percent, gaining 870 m. This route connects with that from La Corbière just after passing through Saint-Georges-des-Hurtières.

Appearances in Tour de France

The pass was first included in the Tour de France in 1972 and has since featured three times, most recently in 2012. It is generally ranked as a Category 2 climb. It was crossed on Stage 12 of the 2012 tour, between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Annonay-Davézieux, approaching from the direction of Saint-Pierre-de-Belleville.

Year	Stage	Category	Start	Finish	Leader at the summit
2012	12	1	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne	Annonay-Davézieux	Robert Kišerlovski
1998	16	2	Vizille	Albertville	Stéphane Heulot
1983	17	2	La Tour-du-Pin	L'Alpe d'Huez	Serge Demierre
1972	14b	2	Valloire	Aix-les-Bains	Eddy Merckx

References

"Col du Grand Cucheron from Les Granges : 1188m".
"Col du Grand Cucheron from La Corbiere : 1188m".
"Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Annonay Davézieux". Le Tour de France.
"Col du Grand Cucheron • Aiguebelle, France • Climb".
Woodland, Les. (2003). "The Yellow Jersey Companion to the Tour de France". Yellow Jersey Press.
"Le Col du Grand Cucheron dans le Tour de France". ledicodutour.com.
"Stage 12: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Annonay-Davézieux". [[Amaury Sport Organisation]].

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