Mont Ventoux
Mountain — the 'Giant of Provence'
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- 14Grand Tour days on this road
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- Years covered
- 1958–2026first to most recent
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A bald, white-capped mountain rising alone out of Provence: 21 km from Bédoin at nearly 9%, finishing in a lunar landscape battered by wind. The most feared single climb in France.
The record
Raced here
6 of 14 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
- 2025
- 2021
Tour de France · Stage 11
Won by Wout van Aert
Bédoin (south) and Sault (east)
The first Tour stage to climb the Ventoux twice. Van Aert soloed over both ascents for a monumental win; behind, Jonas Vingegaard briefly dropped Tadej Pogačar for the first time, though Pogačar clawed back on the descent.
- 2016
Tour de France · Stage 12
Won by Thomas De Gendt
High winds moved the finish down to Chalet Reynard. In the chaos, a motorbike stopped in the crowd and Froome crashed into it — and famously ran up the mountain without his bike before getting a replacement. The jury restored his time and he kept yellow.
- 2013
Tour de France · Stage 15
Won by Chris Froome
Bédoin (south)
On Bastille Day, Froome attacked repeatedly and dropped Nairo Quintana to win atop the Giant in yellow — a 242 km stage that all but decided the Tour.
- 2009
Tour de France · Stage 20
Won by Juan Manuel Gárate
- 2002
Stage 14 · first to the top: Richard Virenque (FRA)
- 2000
Stage 12 · Carpentras → Mont Ventoux
Won by Marco Pantani (ITA)
Pantani and Lance Armstrong rode clear of everyone; Armstrong let Pantani take the win, a 'gift' that sparked a bitter public feud between the two.
- 1987
Stage 18 · first to the top: Jean-François Bernard (FRA)
- 1972
Stage 11 · first to the top: Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
- 1970
Stage 14 · Gap → Mont Ventoux
Won by Eddy Merckx (BEL)
Merckx won alone at the summit but pushed so deep he needed oxygen after the finish. He recovered and dominated the Tour, winning his second of five titles.
- 1967
Stage 13 · Marseille → Carpentras
Won by Jan Janssen (NED)
The Tour's darkest day on the Ventoux: British champion Tom Simpson collapsed and died near the summit in extreme heat, with amphetamines and alcohol in his system. A memorial now stands where he fell.
- 1965
Stage 14 · first to the top: Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
- 1958
Stage 18 · first to the top: Charly Gaul (LUX)
Elsewhere in France
No Grand Tour day on record has taken this road and another of the atlas's famous climbs. These are its nearest neighbours.