Col de la Bonette
Mountain pass — 2,802 m, highest road in the Tour
Show it on the map- Days recorded
- 5Grand Tour days on this road
- Open on the map
- 2stages we hold the route for
- Years covered
- 1962–2024first to most recent
- Sides raced
- 2directions in the record
The pass itself sits at 2,715 m, but a loop road around the Cime above it carries the race to 2,802 m — the highest point the Tour has ever reached. Climbed from Jausiers in the north or Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée in the south, it has been used only a handful of times since 1962.
The record
Raced here
2 of 5 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.
- 2024
Tour de France · Stage 19
Won by Tadej Pogačar
Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée (south)
The Bonette returned after 16 years as the roof of the Tour, and Richard Carapaz led the break over the top to claim the polka-dot jersey. Pogačar waited for the final climb, attacked 10 km from Isola 2000 and won by 21 seconds, hammering another nail into the 2024 race on his way to the Giro–Tour double.
- 2008
Tour de France · Stage 16
Won by Cyril Dessel
Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée (south)
South African John-Lee Augustyn crested the Bonette first, then overshot a corner on the descent and slid down the scree slope — he climbed back up and finished the stage. Dessel won in Jausiers.
- 1993
Stage 11 · first to the top: Robert Millar (GBR)
- 1964
Stage 9 · first to the top: Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
- 1962
Stage 18 · Briançon → Aix-les-Bains
Won by Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
The 'Eagle of Toledo' led over the Bonette on its Tour debut, doing what he did best: crossing the highest point of the race first.
Often ridden with
A Grand Tour stage rarely settles for one col. Col de la Bonette has shared a day's racing with each of these roads.