Col du Galibier
Mountain pass — 2,642 m
Show it on the map- Days recorded
- 41Grand Tour days on this road
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- 11stages we hold the route for
- Years covered
- 1911–2026first to most recent
- Sides raced
- 2directions in the record
The roof of the Tour for a century: 2,642 m, linking the Lautaret and Valloire. Henri Desgrange's memorial stands near the summit; the Tour's highest finish was held here in 2011.
The climb
One trace for the whole road, up one side and down the other. No separate profile per side is recorded.
The record
Raced here
11 of 41 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.
- 2026
- 2024
- 2022
Tour de France · Stage 11
Won by Jonas Vingegaard
Valloire (north)
Jumbo-Visma attacked Pogačar relentlessly over the Galibier before Vingegaard delivered the knockout on the Granon, taking yellow in one of the great modern mountain ambushes.
- 2019
- 2017
- 2013
- 2011
Tour de France · Stage 18
Won by Andy Schleck
Col du Lautaret (south)
The highest summit finish in Tour history. Schleck launched a 60 km solo raid over the Izoard, gaining over two minutes; Cadel Evans' desperate chase behind saved his Tour, which he won three days later.
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
Stage 16 · first to the top: Michael Rasmussen (DEN)
- 2005
Stage 11 · first to the top: Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
- 2003
Stage 8 · first to the top: Stefano Garzelli (ITA)
- 2002
Stage 16 · first to the top: Santiago Botero (COL)
- 2000
Stage 15 · first to the top: Pascal Hervé (FRA)
- 1999
Stage 9 · first to the top: José Luis Arrieta (ESP)
- 1998
Stage 15 · first to the top: Marco Pantani (ITA)
- 1993
Stage 10 · first to the top: Tony Rominger (SUI)
- 1992
Stage 14 · first to the top: Franco Chioccioli (ITA)
- 1989
Stage 17 · first to the top: Gert-Jan Theunisse (NED)
- 1987
Stage 21 · first to the top: Pedro Muñoz (ESP)
- 1986
Stage 18 · first to the top: Luis Herrera (COL)
- 1984
Stage 18 · first to the top: Francisco Rodríguez (COL)
- 1980
Stage 17 · first to the top: Johan De Muynck (BEL)
- 1979
Stage 17 · first to the top: Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
- 1974
Stage 11 · first to the top: Vicente Lopez-Carril (ESP)
- 1973
Stage 8 · first to the top: Luis Ocaña (ESP)
- 1972
Stage 14a · first to the top: Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
- 1969
Stage 10 · first to the top: Eddy Merckx (BEL)
- 1967
Stage 10 · first to the top: Julio Jiménez (ESP)
- 1966
Stage 16 · first to the top: Julio Jiménez (ESP)
- 1964
Stage 8 · first to the top: Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
- 1959
Stage 18 · first to the top: Charly Gaul (LUX)
- 1957
Stage 10 · first to the top: Marcel Janssens (BEL)
- 1955
Stage 8 · first to the top: Charly Gaul (LUX)
- 1954
Stage 19 · first to the top: Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
- 1952
Stage 11 · first to the top: Fausto Coppi (ITA)
- 1948
Stage 14 · first to the top: Lucien Teisseire (FRA)
- 1947
Stage 8 · first to the top: Fermo Camellini (ITA)
- 1911
Stage 5 · Chamonix → Grenoble
Won by Émile Georget (FRA)
The first crossing of the Galibier, through snow banks on a dirt road. Georget was the only rider to climb it without walking. Tour founder Henri Desgrange declared the Alps 'conquered'.
Often ridden with
A Grand Tour stage rarely settles for one col. Col du Galibier has shared a day's racing with each of these roads.