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Famous roadAlps (Haute-Savoie), France

Col de la Colombière

Mountain pass — 1,613 m

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Days recorded
24Grand Tour days on this road
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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 map

Every 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 2018

    Tour de France women's · Stage 1

    Won by Annemiek van Vleuten

    Cluses / Scionzier (north-east)

    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.

  3. 2016

    Tour de France · Stage 20

    Won by Jon Izagirre

    Le Grand-Bornand (south-west)

  4. 2010

    Tour de France · Stage 9

    Won by Sandy Casar

    Cluses / Scionzier (north-east)

  5. 2009

    Tour de France · Stage 17

    Won by Fränk Schleck

    Cluses / Scionzier (north-east)

  6. 2007

    Tour de France · Stage 7

    Won by Linus Gerdemann

    Cluses / Scionzier (north-east)

  7. 2006

    Stage 17 · first to the top: Floyd Landis (USA)

  8. 2002

    Stage 17 · first to the top: Mario Aerts (BEL)

  9. 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.

  10. 1997

    Stage 15 · first to the top: Richard Virenque (FRA)

  11. 1994

    Stage 18 · first to the top: Piotr Ugrumov (LAT)

  12. 1991

    Stage 18 · first to the top: Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)

  13. 1990

    Stage 10 · first to the top: Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)

  14. 1987

    Stage 22 · first to the top: Eduardo Chozas (ESP)

  15. 1985

    Stage 12 · first to the top: Luis Herrera (COL)

  16. 1984

    Stage 19 · first to the top: Jérôme Simon (FRA)

  17. 1983

    Stage 18 · first to the top: Jacques Michaud (FRA)

  18. 1982

    Stage 17 · first to the top: Jean-René Bernaudeau (FRA)

  19. 1980

    Stage 18 · first to the top: Ludo Loos (BEL)

  20. 1978

    Stage 17 · first to the top: René Bittinger (FRA)

  21. 1975

    Stage 17 · first to the top: Vicente López Carril (ESP)

  22. 1968

    Stage 19 · first to the top: Barry Hoban (GBR)

  23. 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.