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Famous roadAlps (Savoie), France

Col du Pré

Mountain pass — 1,748 m

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Days recorded
2Grand Tour days on this road
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0stages we hold the route for
Years covered
2018–2021first to most recent
Approach
Oneone side on record

A ferociously steep Beaufortain climb from Beaufort — 12 km at nearly 8%, ramping into double digits — used as a brutal variant on the way to the Lac de Roselend and the Cormet. Only introduced to the Tour in 2018.

The climb

The climb, from the foot.

The record

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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. 2021

    Stage 9 · Cluses → Tignes

    Won by Ben O'Connor (AUS)

    One of only five HC climbs in the 2021 Tour, the Pré was crested first by Nairo Quintana; O'Connor went clear over the day's climbs and soloed to Tignes to leap up the general classification.

  2. 2018

    Stage 11 · Albertville → La Rosière

    Won by Geraint Thomas (GBR)

    Warren Barguil crested the fearsome Col du Pré first on a decisive Alpine day; up the road Thomas won at La Rosière and pulled on the yellow jersey he would keep to Paris.

Elsewhere in the Alps

No Grand Tour day on record has taken this road and another of the atlas's famous climbs. These are its nearest neighbours.