Col de Vars
Mountain pass — 2,109 m
Show it on the map- Days recorded
- 5Grand Tour days on this road
- Open on the map
- 4stages we hold the route for
- Years covered
- 1953–2024first to most recent
- Sides raced
- 2directions in the record
A high pass on the classic 'Route des Grandes Alpes', linking Guillestre in the north with the Ubaye valley and Barcelonnette in the south. Almost always paired with the Col d'Izoard, it has featured in the Tour more than thirty times since 1922.
The record
Raced here
4 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
- 2019
Tour de France · Stage 18
Won by Nairo Quintana
Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye (south)
Over the Vars, Izoard and Galibier, Quintana attacked on the final climb and soloed down to Valloire for a memorable stage win.
- 2017
Tour de France · Stage 18
Won by Warren Barguil
Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye (south)
On the road to the first-ever summit finish on the Izoard, the race crossed the Col de Vars; Barguil won atop the Izoard and sealed the mountains classification.
- 2016
- 1953
Stage 18 · Gap → Briançon
Won by Louison Bobet (FRA)
Jesús Loroño attacked on the Col de Vars; Louison Bobet dropped him on the descent and soloed over the Izoard to take the yellow jersey — the first of his three consecutive Tour victories.
Often ridden with
A Grand Tour stage rarely settles for one col. Col de Vars has shared a day's racing with each of these roads.