Col du Glandon
Mountain pass — 1,924 m
Show it on the map- Days recorded
- 18Grand Tour days on this road
- Open on the map
- 6stages we hold the route for
- Years covered
- 1947–2025first to most recent
- Sides raced
- 2directions in the record
The Croix de Fer's twin, 2.5 km west of it and 150 m off its road: the D927 over the Glandon links La Chambre in the Maurienne to the Eau d'Olle valley and Le Bourg-d'Oisans, opened in 1898 and joined to the Croix de Fer in 1912. From La Chambre it is 21.3 km at 6.9% with the last two kilometres above 10%; the west side shares the long Croix de Fer valley road before the final turn to the pass. A classic staging post on the way to Alpe d'Huez, often crossed unranked when the race carries on to the Croix de Fer.
The record
Raced here
6 of 18 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.
- 2025
- 2024
- 2015
- 2013
- 2012
- 2004
Stage 17 · first to the top: Gilberto Simoni (ITA)
- 2001
Stage 10 · first to the top: Laurent Roux (FRA)
- 1997
Stage 14 · Le Bourg-d'Oisans → Courchevel
Won by Richard Virenque (FRA)
Virenque led over the Glandon from the Bourg-d'Oisans side, attacking with his whole team to distance Jan Ullrich — the gap never passed two minutes, and Ullrich came back to finish on his wheel at Courchevel.
- 1994
Stage 17 · first to the top: Richard Virenque (FRA)
- 1993
Stage 10 · first to the top: Stefano Colagè (ITA)
- 1990
Stage 11 · Saint-Gervais → Alpe d'Huez
Won by Gianni Bugno (ITA)
Thierry Claveyrolat attacked on the Madeleine, caught Miguel Induráin on the Glandon and led the race over the pass; on the Alpe, Bugno outsprinted Greg LeMond for the win.
- 1988
Stage 12 · first to the top: Steven Rooks (NED)
- 1983
Stage 17 · first to the top: Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
Stage 18 · first to the top: Serge Demierre (SUI)
- 1981
Stage 17 · first to the top: Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
- 1977
Stage 17 · Chamonix → Alpe d'Huez
Won by Hennie Kuiper (NED)
Lucien Van Impe led over the Glandon and attacked for the overall, only to be hit by a car on the climb to Alpe d'Huez; Kuiper took the stage while Bernard Thévenet dug deeper than ever to keep yellow.
- 1947
Stage 8 · Grenoble → Briançon
Won by Fermo Camellini (ITA)
The Glandon's Tour debut, together with the first crossing of the Croix de Fer just above it. Poland's Edward Klabiński was first over the Glandon on the stage Fermo Camellini won in Briançon.
Often ridden with
A Grand Tour stage rarely settles for one col. Col du Glandon has shared a day's racing with each of these roads.