Col des Aravis
Mountain pass — 1,487 m
Show it on the map- Days recorded
- 19Grand Tour days on this road
- Open on the map
- 4stages we hold the route for
- Years covered
- 1948–2023first to most recent
- Sides raced
- 2directions in the record
One of the oldest climbs in the Tour, first crossed in 1911 and used more than forty times. It links La Clusaz and Thônes in the north with Flumet to the south-east, a scenic but rarely decisive pass — Gino Bartali was first over it in 1948.
The record
Raced here
4 of 19 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.
- 2023
- 2020
Tour de France · Stage 18
Won by Michał Kwiatkowski
Flumet (south-east)
Ineos, out of the GC fight, sent Kwiatkowski and Richard Carapaz clear over the Aravis and the gravel Glières; the pair crossed the line together, Kwiatkowski taking the win.
- 2016
- 2010
- 2006
Stage 17 · first to the top: Patrice Halgand (FRA)
- 2002
Stage 17 · first to the top: Mario Aerts (BEL)
- 2000
Stage 16 · Courchevel → Morzine
Won by Richard Virenque (FRA)
Marco Pantani led over the Aravis after an early attack before abandoning the Tour; Virenque took the stage in Morzine with Lance Armstrong in yellow.
- 1991
Stage 18 · Le Bourg-d'Oisans → Morzine
Won by Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
On a long Alpine stage to Morzine, the French climber Thierry Claveyrolat — the 'Eagle of Vizille' — won on his home roads over the Aravis and the other cols; Miguel Induráin was marching to the first of his five Tours.
- 1990
Stage 10 · first to the top: Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
- 1987
Stage 22 · first to the top: Eduardo Chozas (ESP)
- 1984
Stage 19 · first to the top: Robert Millar (GBR)
- 1983
Stage 18 · first to the top: Jacques Michaud (FRA)
- 1982
Stage 17 · first to the top: Marino Lejarreta (ESP)
- 1980
Stage 18 · first to the top: Ludo Loos (BEL)
- 1975
Stage 17 · first to the top: Lucien van Impe (BEL)
- 1968
Stage 19 · first to the top: Barry Hoban (GBR)
- 1960
Stage 18 · first to the top: Fernando Manzanèque (ESP)
- 1955
Stage 8 · first to the top: Charly Gaul (LUX)
- 1948
Stage 15 · first to the top: Gino Bartali (ITA)
Often ridden with
A Grand Tour stage rarely settles for one col. Col des Aravis has shared a day's racing with each of these roads.