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Mont Faron
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mont Faron |
| photo | Mont faron.jpg |
| elevation_m | 584 |
| location | Var, France |
| map | France |
| label_position | left |
| map_caption | France |
| coordinates | |
| easiest_route | road or cable car |
Mont Faron is a mountain overlooking the city and roadstead of Toulon, France. It is 584m high. At its peak is a memorial dedicated to the 1944 Allied landings in Provence (Operation Dragoon), and to the liberation of Toulon.
The top can be reached either by a cable car from Toulon, or by a steep and narrow road which ascends from the west side and descends on the east side. The road is one of the most challenging stages of the annual Paris–Nice and Tour Méditerranéen bicycle races. From 1952 to 1970, there was a Mont Faron hill climb time trial race.
Near the summit there is a zoo which covers an area of 1.5 hectares.
Hill climb
| Year | First | Second | Third | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Dotto | Giancarlo Astrua | Roger Rondeaux | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jean Dotto | Giancarlo Astrua | Eugène Cavallero | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jean Dotto | Louison Bobet | Eugène Cavallero | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federico Bahamontes | Adriano Salviatto | Jean Dotto | ||||||||||||||||||||
| José Gil Sole | Jean Dotto | Charly Gaul | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Valentin Huot | Adriano Salviatto | Manuel Cruz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charly Gaul | Gilbert Salvador | Claude Mattio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Rivière | Federico Bahamontes | Valentin Huot | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Simpson | José Gil Sole | Valentin Huot | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Poulidor | Federico Bahamontes | Jacques Anquetil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federico Bahamontes | Raymond Poulidor | Manuel Manzano | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federico Bahamontes | Gilbert Salvador | Manuel Manzano | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federico Bahamontes | Tom Simpson | Claude Mattio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacques Anquetil | Arie den Hartog | André Zimmermann | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Poulidor | Roger Pingeon | Luis Ocaña | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lucien Aimar | Julio Jiménez | Paul Gutty | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Rigon | Jacques Anquetil | Roger Pingeon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| No race | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bernard Thévenet | Felice Gimondi | Roger Pingeon |
References
References
- "Le Mont-Faron "chrono" (Fra) - Ex.". Mémoire du cyclisme.
- "Mont Faron, Chrono". Cycling Archives.
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