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Col du Soulor
Mountain pass in the French Pyrenees
Mountain pass in the French Pyrenees
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Col du Soulor |
| photo | Corniche Aubisque Soulor.jpg |
| photo_caption | Road from Col d'Aubisque to Col du Soulor. |
| map | Pyrenees#France |
| map_relief | 1 |
| map_caption | Location in the Pyrenees##Location in France |
| label | Col du Soulor |
| elevation | 1474 m |
| elevation_ref | |
| location | Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France |
| Hautes-Pyrénées, France | |
| range | Pyrenees |
| coords |
Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Col du Soulor (elevation 1474 m) is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees in France, linking Argelès-Gazost with Arthez-d'Asson. It connects the Ouzom and Arens valleys. A road leaves the pass to the west to reach the higher Col d'Aubisque.
The road over the col is regularly used in the Tour de France cycling race, normally in conjunction with the Col d'Aubisque.
Details of the climbs
Starting from Argelès-Gazost (east), the Soulor is 19.5 km. It rises 1019 m, an average gradient of 5.2%. It gets tough after Arrens-Marsous with stretches at 10% or steeper.
The col can also be reached from the north, via the D126. Starting from Arthez-d'Asson, the ascent is 22 km long. Over this distance, the climb gains 1074 m, at an average of 4.9%. The real climbing, however, comes at Ferrières, after which the gradient increases to 9%. This was the direction used in the 2010 Tour de France.
Tour de France
The Col du Soulor was first used in the 1910 Tour de France and was most recently featured in the 12th stage of the 2025 Tour de France, as a category 1 climb.
The Col du Soulor is also crossed during the passage over the Col d'Aubisque. When this route is used, for example in stage 16 of the 2012 Tour de France, it is often not a categorized climb, since the amount of re-ascent from the west is relatively small. It has, however, been a categorized climb on 14 occasions, including in 1982 as a hors catégorie climb.
Passages in the Tour de France (since 1947)
The categorized crossings of the Col du Soulor since 1947 were as follows:
| Year | Stage | Category | Start | Finish | Leader at the summit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | Auch | Hautacam | Michael Woods |
| 2019 | 14 | 1 | Tarbes | Col du Tourmalet | Tim Wellens |
| 2010 | 17 | 1 | Pau | Col du Tourmalet | Marcus Burghardt |
| 2000 | 10 | 2 | Dax | Hautacam | Javier Otxoa |
| 1999 | 16 | 1 | Lannemezan | Pau | Pavel Tonkov |
| 1997 | 9 | 1 | Pau | Loudenvielle | Laurent Brochard |
| 1996 | 17 | 1 | Argelès-Gazost | Pamplona | Pascal Hervé |
| 1995 | 16 | 1 | Tarbes | Pau | Stage neutralised |
| 1985 | 18b | 4 | Laruns | Pau | Álvaro Pino |
| 1985 | 18a | 1 | Luz-Saint-Sauveur | Col d'Aubisque | Stephen Roche |
| 1982 | 12 | HC | Fleurance | Pau | André Chalmel |
| 1979 | 3 | 1 | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Pau | Mariano Martinez |
| 1975 | 10 | 1 | Auch | Pau | Lucien Van Impe |
| 1974 | 18 | 1 | Bagnères-de-Bigorre | Pau | Andrés Oliva |
| 1973 | 14 | 1 | Bagnères-de-Luchon | Pau | Pedro Torres |
References
References
- [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-0.261111,42.960556&z=0.000316906&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&permalink=yes IGN map]
- "Col du Soulor: Argelès Gazost". www.climbbybike.com.
- "Col du Soulor: Arthez-d'Asson". www.climbbybike.com.
- (19 July 2010). "2010 Tour de France Stage 17 Preview". www.cycling-challenge.com.
- McKay, Feargal. (2022-07-04). "Mythologies: Assassins of the Aubisque!".
- "The history of the Tour de France, Col du Soulor - letour.fr".
- "Le col du Soulor dans le Tour de France depuis 1947".
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