Col des Aravis

{{Short description|Mountain pass in the French Alps}}

{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Col des Aravis

| photo = Col des Aravis (2011).JPG

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| elevation_m = 1487

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| traversed =

| map = Alps | map_caption = Location of Col des Aravis

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| coords = {{coord|45|52|21|N|6|27|53|E|type:pass_region:FR_source:fr|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| location = Haute-Savoie/Savoie, France

| range = Aravis Range

| coordinates_ref = | topo =

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File:Col des Aravis.jpg

The Col des Aravis is a mountain pass in the French Alps that connects the towns of La Clusaz in Haute-Savoie with La Giettaz in Savoie. At 1487 m it is the lowest pass in the Aravis Range of mountains.

Appearances in Tour de France (Since 1947)

The pass has been used 41 times in the Tour de France, most recently in 2020. In 1948 Gino Bartali was the first rider over the pass.{{Cite web |title=Le col des Aravis le Tour de France depuis 1947 |url=http://www.ledicodutour.com/cols/cols_a/aravis.html |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.ledicodutour.com |language=French}}

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Year

!Stage

!Category

!Start

!Finish

!Leader at the summit

2020

|18

|2

|Méribel

|La Roche-sur-Foron

|{{Flagathlete|Richard Carapaz|ECU}}

2016

|20

|2

|Megève

|Morzine

|{{Flagathlete|Thomas De Gendt|BEL}}

2010

|9

|2

|Morzine-Avoriaz

|Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

|{{Flagathlete|Jérôme Pineau|FRA}}

2006

|17

|2

|Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

|Morzine

|{{Flagathlete|Patrice Halgand|FRA}}

2002

|17

|2

|Aime

|Cluses

|{{Flagathlete|Mario Aerts|BEL}}

2000

|16

|2

|Courchevel

|Morzine

|{{Flagathlete|Marco Pantani|ITA}}

1991

|18

|1

|Bourg-d'Oisans

|Morzine

|{{Flagathlete|Thierry Claveyrolat|FRA}}

1990

|10

|2

|Genève

|Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc

|{{Flagathlete|Thierry Claveyrolat|FRA}}

1987

|22

|2

|La Plagne

|Morzine

|{{Flagathlete|Eduardo Chozas|ESP}}

1984

|19

|2

|La Plagne

|Morzine

|{{Flagathlete|Robert Millar|GBR}}

1983

|18

|2

|Bourg-d'Oisans

|Morzine

|{{Flagathlete|Jacques Michaud|FRA}}

1982

|17

|2

|Bourg-d'Oisans

|Morzine

|{{Flagathlete|Marino Lejarreta|ESP}}

1980

|18

|2

|Morzine

|Prapoutel Les sept Laux

|{{Flagathlete|Ludo Loos|BEL}}

1975

|17

|3

|Valloire

|Morzine-Avoriaz

|{{Flagathlete|Lucien van Impe|BEL}}

1968

|19

|2

|Grenoble

|Sallanches Cordon

|{{Flagathlete|Barry Hoban|GBR}}

1960

|18

|2

|Aix-les-Bains

|Thonon-les-Bains

|{{Flagathlete|Fernando Manzanèque|ESP|1945}}

1955

|8

|2

|Thonon-les-Bains

|Briançon

|{{Flagathlete|Charly Gaul|LUX}}

1948

|15

|2

|Aix-les-Bains

|Lausanne

|{{Flagathlete|Gino Bartali|ITA}}

See also

References

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