Ax 3 Domaines

{{Short description|Winter sports resort in the French Pyrenees}}

{{Infobox ski area

| name = Ax 3 Domaines

| logo =

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| picture = Ax3domaines 08.jpg

| caption = The blue piste "Bonascre" at Ax 3 Domaines

| location = Ax-les-Thermes, Ariège, Occitania, France

| nearest_city = Andorra la Vella

| coordinates = {{coord|42|42|03|N|1|48|50|E|region:FR-09_type:city_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=title, inline}}

| pushpin_map = France#France Occitanie#Pyrenees

| pushpin_relief = y

| top_elevation = {{convert|2400|m|abbr=on}}

| base_elevation = {{convert|1400|m|abbr=on}}

| number_trails = 17

| liftsystem =

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| external_link = {{URL|http://www.ax-ski.com/}}

}}

Ax 3 Domaines is a winter sports resort situated in the commune of Ax-les-Thermes, the department of Ariège and the Occitania region of France. Since 2001, the climb to the ski station has been used as a stage finish in the Tour de France cycle race.{{Cite web |title=Plateau de Bonascre ou Ax 3 Domaines dans le Tour de France |url=http://www.ledicodutour.com/villes-etapes/villes_etapes_b/bonascre.html |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.ledicodutour.com |language=French}}

On 6 July 2013, the eighth stage of the Tour de France finished in the resort at an altitude of {{convert|1375|m|0|abbr=on}}.{{cite news | last = Glendenning | first = Barry | title = Tour de France 2013: stage eight | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 6 July 2013 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/06/tour-de-france-stage-eight-live | accessdate = 6 July 2013}}

Tour de France stage finishes

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Year

!Stage

!Start of stage

!Distance (km)

!Category

!Stage winner

!Yellow Jersey

2013

|8

|Castres

|195

|1

|{{flagathlete|Chris Froome|GBR}}

|{{flagathlete|Chris Froome|GBR}}

2010

|14

|Revel

|184.5

|1

|{{flagathlete|Christophe Riblon|FRA}}

|{{flagathlete|Andy Schleck|LUX}}

2005

|14

|Agde

|220.5

|1

|{{flagathlete|Georg Totschnig|AUT}}

|{{flagathlete|Lance Armstrong|USA}}

2003

|13

|Toulouse

|197.5

|1

|{{flagathlete|Carlos Sastre|ESP}}

|{{flagathlete|Lance Armstrong|USA}}

2001

|12

|Perpignan

|166.5

|1

|{{flagathlete|Félix Cárdenas|COL}}

|{{flagathlete|François Simon|FRA}}

References