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Col du Portillon

Mountain pass on the France–Spain border

Summary

Mountain pass on the France–Spain border

Field	Value
name	Col du Portillon
photo	Col du Portillon - le poste-frontière espagnol (Pyrénées).jpg	photo_caption = Col du Portillon : Spanish frontier post (1965)
elevation_m	1293
elevation_ref
traversed	D618A / N-141
location	Haute Garonne, France
Lleida, Spain
range	Pyrenees
map	Pyrenees
map_relief	1
map_caption	Location in the Pyrenees
label	Col du Portillon
coords

Lleida, Spain The Col du Portillon () (elevation 1293 m) is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the border between France and Spain. It connects Bagnères-de-Luchon in France with Bossòst in the Val d'Aran, Spain.

Details of climb

Starting from Bossòst, the climb is 8.6 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 583 m at an average of 6.8%. The steepest section is at 8.2%, 3 km from the summit.

Starting from Bagnères-de-Luchon, the climb is 10.2 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 663 m at an average of 6.5%. The final 7.9 km is at an average gradient of 8.4%, with the steepest section being at 14%.

Appearances in Tour de France

The Col du Portillon was first used in the Tour de France in 1957, since when it has featured 20 times, most recently in 2018, when the leader over the summit was Adam Yates.

Year	Stage	Category	Start	Finish	Leader at the summit
2018	16	1	Carcassonne	Bagnères de Luchon	Adam Yates
2014	17	1	Saint-Gaudens	Pla d'Adet	Joaquim Rodríguez
2006	11	1	Tarbes	Pla-de-Beret	David de la Fuente
2005	15	1	Lézat-sur-Lèze	Pla d'Adet	Karsten Kroon
2003	14	1	Saint-Girons	Loudenvielle	Richard Virenque
2001	13	1	Foix	Pla d'Adet	Laurent Jalabert
1999	15	1	Saint-Gaudens	Piau-Engaly	Kurt Van De Wouwer
1993	16	2	Andorra	Pla d'Adet	Tony Rominger
1979	1	1	Fleurance	Bagnères de Luchon	Jean-René Bernaudeau
1976	14	2	Saint-Gaudens	Pla d'Adet	Pedro Torres
1974	16	2	Seo de Urgel	Pla d'Adet	Domingo Perurena
1973	13	1	Bourg-Madame	Bagnères de Luchon	Luis Ocaña
1971	14	2	Revel	Bagnères de Luchon	José Manuel Fuente
1969	16	2	Castelnaudary	Bagnères de Luchon	Raymond Delisle
1967	16	2	Toulouse	Bagnères de Luchon	Fernando Manzanèque
1966	11	1	Pau	Bagnères de Luchon	Marcello Mugnaini
1964	15	2	Toulouse	Bagnères de Luchon	Raymond Poulidor
1963	11	2	Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Bagnères de Luchon	Guy Ignolin
1961	16	2	Toulouse	Superbagnères	Imerio Massignan
1957	17	2	Ax-les-Thermes	Saint-Gaudens	Désiré Keteleer

References

[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=0.66,42.769167&z=0.000316906&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&permalink=yes IGN map]
"Col du Portillon from Bossost : 1293m".
"Col du Portillon from Bagneres de Luchon : 1293m".
"Le col du Portillon dans le Tour de France".

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