Col de la Colombière
Mountain pass — 1,613 m
Show it on the map- Days recorded
- 24Grand Tour days on this road
- Open on the map
- 7stages we hold the route for
- Years covered
- 1960–2021first to most recent
- Sides raced
- 2directions in the record
A Haute-Savoie classic linking the Arve valley at Cluses to Le Grand-Bornand in the Aravis. The hard northern side from Scionzier climbs 16.3 km at 6.8%, ramping to over 10% past the Chalets du Reposoir; first raced in 1960, it has featured more than twenty times, usually as the launchpad for a finish down in the valley.
The record
Raced here
7 of 24 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.
- 2021
Tour de France · Stage 8
Won by Dylan Teuns
Cluses / Scionzier (north-east)
Teuns won from the break, but the day belonged to Tadej Pogačar, who attacked on the Colombière and rode clear of every rival to seize the yellow jersey he would carry to Paris.
- 2018
Tour de France · Stage 10
Won by Julian Alaphilippe
Cluses / Scionzier (north-east)
Alaphilippe attacked from the breakaway over the Col de Romme and the Colombière and descended alone to Le Grand-Bornand for his first Tour stage win and the polka-dot jersey; Geraint Thomas kept yellow.
- 2016
- 2010
- 2009
- 2007
- 2006
Stage 17 · first to the top: Floyd Landis (USA)
- 2002
Stage 17 · first to the top: Mario Aerts (BEL)
- 2000
Stage 16 · Courchevel → Morzine
Won by Richard Virenque (FRA)
The ailing Marco Pantani was first over the Colombière after an early attack, then abandoned the Tour later that day; Virenque went on to win in Morzine while Lance Armstrong controlled the yellow jersey behind.
- 1997
Stage 15 · first to the top: Richard Virenque (FRA)
- 1994
Stage 18 · first to the top: Piotr Ugrumov (LAT)
- 1991
Stage 18 · first to the top: Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
- 1990
Stage 10 · first to the top: Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
- 1987
Stage 22 · first to the top: Eduardo Chozas (ESP)
- 1985
Stage 12 · first to the top: Luis Herrera (COL)
- 1984
Stage 19 · first to the top: Jérôme Simon (FRA)
- 1983
Stage 18 · first to the top: Jacques Michaud (FRA)
- 1982
Stage 17 · first to the top: Jean-René Bernaudeau (FRA)
- 1980
Stage 18 · first to the top: Ludo Loos (BEL)
- 1978
Stage 17 · first to the top: René Bittinger (FRA)
- 1975
Stage 17 · first to the top: Vicente López Carril (ESP)
- 1968
Stage 19 · first to the top: Barry Hoban (GBR)
- 1960
Stage 18 · first to the top: Fernando Manzaneque (ESP)
Often ridden with
A Grand Tour stage rarely settles for one col. Col de la Colombière has shared a day's racing with each of these roads.