Col d'Aspin
Mountain pass — 1,490 m
Show it on the map- Days recorded
- 59Grand Tour days on this road
- Open on the map
- 12stages we hold the route for
- Years covered
- 1910–2026first to most recent
- Sides raced
- 2directions in the record
The gentler, wooded neighbour of the Tourmalet, crossed more than 70 times — usually as the warm-up act between Arreau and Sainte-Marie-de-Campan, with cows grazing at the summit.
The record
Raced here
12 of 59 open on the mapEvery Grand Tour day recorded on this road, newest first. The ones we hold the route for open on the map with that stage selected; the rest are the archive’s own account, most of them from before route data existed.
- 2026
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
- 2018
- 2016
Tour de France · Stage 7
Won by Steve Cummings
Arreau (east)
Cummings soloed away from the break over the Aspin to win at Lac de Payolle just over the top — a masterclass in timing from the British veteran.
- 2015
- 2012
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2006
Stage 11 · first to the top: Fabian Wegmann (DEU)
- 2004
Stage 12 · first to the top: Michael Rasmussen (DEN)
- 2003
Stage 15 · first to the top: Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)
- 2001
Stage 14 · first to the top: Bobby Julich (USA)
- 1999
Stage 16 · first to the top: Mariano Piccoli (ITA)
- 1998
Stage 10 · Pau → Luchon
Won by Rodolfo Massi (ITA)
A brutal wet Pyrenean day during the scandal-hit 1998 Tour. Massi won from the break over the Aspin and Peyresourde while Marco Pantani began winding up for his eventual overall victory.
- 1997
Stage 9 · first to the top: Pascal Hervé (FRA)
- 1995
Stage 15 · first to the top: Richard Virenque (FRA)
- 1994
Stage 12 · first to the top: Richard Virenque (FRA)
- 1991
Stage 13 · first to the top: Claudio Chiappucci (ITA)
- 1990
Stage 16 · first to the top: Claudio Chiappucci (ITA)
- 1989
Stage 10 · first to the top: Robert Millar (GBR)
- 1988
Stage 15 · first to the top: Samuel Cabrera (COL)
- 1986
Stage 13 · first to the top: Dominique Arnaud (FRA)
- 1985
Stage 17 · first to the top: José Del Ramo (ESP)
- 1983
Stage 10 · first to the top: Patrocinio Jiménez (COL)
- 1982
Stage 13 · first to the top: Michel Laurent (FRA)
- 1980
Stage 13 · first to the top: Raymond Martin (FRA)
- 1979
Stage 3 · first to the top: René Bittinger (FRA)
- 1978
Stage 11 · first to the top: Michel Laurent (FRA)
- 1977
Stage 2 · first to the top: Luis Balagué (ESP)
- 1976
Stage 15 · first to the top: Gerben Karstens (NED)
- 1975
Stage 11 · first to the top: Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
- 1974
Stage 17 · first to the top: Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (FRA)
- 1973
Stage 14 · first to the top: José Manuel Fuente (ESP)
- 1972
Stage 8 · first to the top: Roger Swerts (BEL)
- 1971
Stage 16A · first to the top: Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
- 1970
Stage 18 · first to the top: Primo Mori (ITA)
- 1969
Stage 17 · first to the top: Joaquim Galera (ESP)
- 1964
Stage 16 · first to the top: Julio Jiménez (ESP)
- 1963
Stage 11 · first to the top: Guy Ignolin (FRA)
- 1962
Stage 12 · first to the top: Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
- 1961
Stage 17 · first to the top: Marcel Queheille (FRA)
- 1960
Stage 11 · first to the top: Kurt Gimmi (SUI)
- 1959
Stage 11 · first to the top: Jean Dotto (FRA)
- 1958
Stage 14 · first to the top: Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
- 1956
Stage 12 · first to the top: Nino Defilippis (ITA)
- 1955
Stage 17 · first to the top: Charly Gaul (LUX)
- 1954
Stage 12 · first to the top: Louison Bobet (FRA)
- 1953
Stage 11 · first to the top: Jean Robic (FRA)
- 1952
Stage 17 · first to the top: Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)
- 1951
Stage 14 · first to the top: Fausto Coppi (ITA)
- 1950
Stage 11 · first to the top: Kléber Piot (FRA)
- 1949
Stage 11 · first to the top: Apo Lazaridès (FRA)
- 1948
Stage 8 · first to the top: Jean Robic (FRA)
- 1947
Stage 15 · first to the top: Jean Robic (FRA)
- 1910
Stage 10 · Luchon → Bayonne
Won by Octave Lapize (FRA)
One of the four passes of the original Pyrenean 'circle of death' along with Peyresourde, Tourmalet and Aubisque.
Often ridden with
A Grand Tour stage rarely settles for one col. Col d'Aspin has shared a day's racing with each of these roads.