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Col de la Ramaz

Mountain pass — 1,619 m

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Days recorded
5Grand Tour days on this road
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3stages we hold the route for
Years covered
1981–2023first to most recent
Sides raced
2directions in the record

A tough Chablais climb above the Giffre valley, reached from Mieussy via the Sommand plateau or from Taninges. Every one of its Tour appearances since 1981 has come on the road to Morzine, where it softens the race before the final descent.

The record

Raced here

3 of 5 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. 2023

    Tour de France · Stage 14

    Won by Carlos Rodriguez

    Mieussy / Sommand (south-west)

    Wout van Aert led over the Ramaz; on the descent Tom Pidcock and Felix Gall crashed, and Rodríguez stayed upright to take the win in Morzine.

  2. 2016

    Tour de France · Stage 20

    Won by Jon Izagirre

    Mieussy / Sommand (south-west)

    Thomas De Gendt led over the Ramaz on the final Alpine day; Izagirre attacked on the wet, twisting descent to Morzine to win the stage.

  3. 2010

    Tour de France · Stage 8

    Won by Andy Schleck

    Mieussy / Sommand (south-west)

  4. 2003

    Stage 7 · Lyon → Morzine

    Won by Richard Virenque (FRA)

    Virenque launched a huge long-range solo, led over the Ramaz and rode into Morzine alone to win the stage and take the yellow jersey in front of his home crowd.

  5. 1981

    Stage 16 · first to the top: Hubert Linard (FRA)

Often ridden with

A Grand Tour stage rarely settles for one col. Col de la Ramaz has shared a day's racing with each of these roads.