Coordinates: 45°52′21″N 6°27′53″E / 45.87250°N 6.46472°E / 45.87250; 6.46472

Col des Aravis

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Col des Aravis
File:Col des Aravis (2011).JPG
Elevation1,487 m (4,879 ft)
LocationHaute-Savoie/Savoie, France
RangeAravis Range
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File:Col des Aravis.jpg
Col des Aravis

The Col des Aravis is a mountain pass in the French Alps that connects the towns of La Clusaz in Haute-Savoie with La Giettaz in Savoie. At 1487 m it is the lowest pass in the Aravis Range of mountains.

Climb Details

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Starting from Flumet, the climb is 11.7 km long with an average gradient of 4.9%.[1]

Starting from Thones, the climb is 18.9 km long with an average gradient of 4.6%.[2]

Appearances in Tour de France (Since 1947)

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The pass has been used 41 times in the Tour de France, most recently in 2020. In 1948 Gino Bartali was the first rider over the pass.[3]

Year Stage Category Start Finish Leader at the summit
2020 18 2 Méribel La Roche-sur-Foron File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Richard Carapaz (ECU)
2016 20 2 Megève Morzine File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas De Gendt (BEL)
2010 9 2 Morzine-Avoriaz Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne File:Flag of France.svg Jérôme Pineau (FRA)
2006 17 2 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Morzine File:Flag of France.svg Patrice Halgand (FRA)
2002 17 2 Aime Cluses File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mario Aerts (BEL)
2000 16 2 Courchevel Morzine File:Flag of Italy.svg Marco Pantani (ITA)
1991 18 1 Bourg-d'Oisans Morzine File:Flag of France.svg Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
1990 10 2 Genève Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc File:Flag of France.svg Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
1987 22 2 La Plagne Morzine File:Flag of Spain.svg Eduardo Chozas (ESP)
1984 19 2 La Plagne Morzine File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Millar (GBR)
1983 18 2 Bourg-d'Oisans Morzine File:Flag of France.svg Jacques Michaud (FRA)
1982 17 2 Bourg-d'Oisans Morzine File:Flag of Spain.svg Marino Lejarreta (ESP)
1980 18 2 Morzine Prapoutel Les sept Laux File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ludo Loos (BEL)
1975 17 3 Valloire Morzine-Avoriaz File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien van Impe (BEL)
1968 19 2 Grenoble Sallanches Cordon File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barry Hoban (GBR)
1960 18 2 Aix-les-Bains Thonon-les-Bains File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Fernando Manzanèque (ESP)
1955 8 2 Thonon-les-Bains Briançon File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Charly Gaul (LUX)
1948 15 2 Aix-les-Bains Lausanne File:Flag of Italy.svg Gino Bartali (ITA)

See also

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References

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