La Toussuire
Summit finish — ski resort, 1,705 m
Show it on the map- Days recorded
- 3Grand Tour days on this road
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- 0stages we hold the route for
- Years covered
- 2006–2015first to most recent
- Approach
- Oneone side on record
A Maurienne ski station reached by the D78 above Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, finishing at La Toussuire – Les Sybelles — a regular summit finish that has repeatedly cracked open the Tour's overall battle.
The climb
The climb, from the foot.
The record
Raced here
0 of 3 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.
- 2015
Stage 19 · Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne → La Toussuire
Won by Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
Defending champion Nibali, out of the GC picture, attacked over the Col de la Croix de Fer and soloed to La Toussuire, while Chris Froome held firm in yellow.
- 2012
Stage 11 · Albertville → La Toussuire
Won by Pierre Rolland (FRA)
Rolland soloed to a home win; behind, Chris Froome rode away from race leader and team-mate Bradley Wiggins before being ordered to wait — a rare public glimpse of Team Sky's internal tension.
- 2006
Stage 16 · Le Bourg-d'Oisans → La Toussuire
Won by Michael Rasmussen (DEN)
Race leader Floyd Landis cracked dramatically on the climb, hemorrhaging over ten minutes and the yellow jersey to Óscar Pereiro — the collapse that set up Landis's infamous stage 17 comeback the next day. Rasmussen won atop La Toussuire.
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.