Col de la Lombarde

{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Col de la Lombarde

| photo = French-Italian border in the Maritime Alps.jpg

| photo_caption = A frontier marker on the col de la Lombarde

| elevation_m = 2351

| elevation_ref =

| traversed = SP.225 / D.97

| map = Alps

| map_caption = Location of Col de la Lombarde

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| label = Col de la Lombarde

| coords = {{coord|44|12|8|N|07|09|1|E|type:pass|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| location = Cuneo, Italy
Alpes-Maritimes, France

| range = Alps

| topo =

}}

Col de la Lombarde (or Colle della Lombarda) (el. 2351 m.) is a high mountain pass above the ski resort of Isola 2000 on the border between France and Italy.

File:Col de la Lombarde.png

Details of the climb

From Italy, the climb starts at Vinadio and is 21.5 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1447 m. (an average percentage of 6.9%), with the steepest sections at 9.1% (although some bends reach over 14%).

From France, the climb starts at Isola and is 21.2 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1477 m. (an average percentage of 7%), with the steepest sections at 9.3% at the foot of the climb.

Tour de France

The Tour de France crossed the pass for the first time in 2008, approaching from Italy via Vinadio on the 157 km sixteenth stage from Cuneo to Jausiers.

=Appearances in Tour de France=

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Year !Stage !Category !Start !Finish !Leader at the summit
2008 \|16 \|HC \|Cuneo \|Jausiers \|~~Stefan Schumacher~~{{refn\|group=n\|name=Schumacher\|Schumacher was handed a two-year ban and stripped of all results from 2008 to 2010.{{Cite web \|date=2013-03-29 \|title=Schumacher confesses to doping \|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/schumacher-confesses-to-doping/ \|access-date=2022-07-24 \|website=cyclingnews.com \|language=en}}}}

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Year

!Stage

!Category

!Start

!Finish

!Leader at the summit

2008

|16

|HC

|Cuneo

|Jausiers

|~~Stefan Schumacher~~{{refn|group=n|name=Schumacher|Schumacher was handed a two-year ban and stripped of all results from 2008 to 2010.{{Cite web |date=2013-03-29 |title=Schumacher confesses to doping |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/schumacher-confesses-to-doping/ |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}}}

Notes

External links

[http://www.cycling-challenge.com/?p=638 Preview of Bonette Stage in 2008 Tour de France]
[http://www.climbbybike.com/climb.asp?Col=Col-de-la-Lombarde&qryMountainID=6160 Profile on climbbybike.com]
[http://ledicodutour.perso.sfr.fr/montagnes/cols__l/lombarde.htm Le col de la Lombarde dans le Tour de France] {{in lang|fr}}

Category:Mountain passes of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Category:Mountain passes of the Alps

Category:France–Italy border crossings