col de Peyresourde

{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Col de Peyresourde

| photo = Peyresourde.jpg

| photo_caption = The eastern approach to the Col de Peyresourde

| elevation_m = 1569

| elevation_ref = [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=0.462778,42.802222&z=0.000316906&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&permalink=yes IGN map]

| traversed = D618

| location = Haute-Garonne/Hautes-Pyrénées, France

| map = Pyrenees

| map_relief = 1

| map_caption = Location in the Pyrenees

| label = Col de Peyresourde

| coords = {{coord|42|48|08|N|0|27|46|E|type:pass_region:FR|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range = Pyrenees

| topo =

}}

The Col de Peyresourde ({{langx|oc|Còth de Pèira Sorda}}) (elevation {{convert|1569|m|ft|abbr=on}}) is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of the department of Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées in France. It is situated on the D618 road between Bagnères-de-Luchon and Arreau.

Details of climb

Starting from Bagnères-de-Luchon (east), the Col de Peyresourde is {{convert|15.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} long. Over this distance, the climb is {{convert|939|m|ft|abbr=on}} (an average gradient of 6.1%). The steepest sections are 9.8%.{{cite web|title=Col de Peyresourde: Bagnères de Luchon |url=http://www.climbbybike.com/climb.asp?Col=Col-de-Peyresourde&qryMountainID=6329|publisher=www.climbbybike.com|accessdate=16 July 2012}} No mountain pass cycling milestones for cyclists are placed on this side of the climb. Only close to Bagnères-de-Luchon and 3 kilometres from the summit signposts inform about the overall climb.

Starting from Armenteule (west), the climb is {{convert|8.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} long. Over this distance, the climb is {{convert|629|m|ft|abbr=on}} (an average gradient of 7.6%).{{cite web |title=Col de Peyresourde: Armenteule |url=http://www.climbbybike.com/climb.asp?Col=Col-de-Peyresourde&qryMountainID=6327 |publisher=www.climbbybike.com|accessdate=16 July 2012}} On this side mountain pass cycling milestones for cyclists are placed every kilometre. They indicate the current height, the distance to the summit, and the average slope in the following passage.

2015 Peyresourde last two kilometers from Armenteule.jpg|View on the last two kilometres in the climb from Armenteule

2015 Mountain pass cycling milestone - Col de Peyresourde Armenteule.jpg|One of the mountain pass cycling milestones at the climb from Armenteule

2015 Peyresourde summit sign.jpg|Sign at the summit showing that the pass is on the border of the department of Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées

Tour de France

The Col de Peyresourde was first used in the Tour de France in 1910 and has appeared frequently since.{{cite web|title=Le col de Peyresourde dans le Tour de France depuis 1947 |url=http://www.ledicodutour.com/cols/cols_p/peyresourde.html|publisher=ledicodutour|accessdate=21 May 2020 |language=French}} The leader over the summit in 1910 was Octave Lapize.{{cite book |first=Les|last= Woodland |title=The Yellow Jersey companion to the Tour de France| publisher= Random House | year=2003| page=264 | isbn=0-224-06318-9}}

In 2007, the Tour de France crossed the Col de Peyresourde on stage 15, joining the climb at Saint-Aventin (5.5 km from Bagnères de Luchon) after descending from the Port de Balès. This stage was selected for the 2007 L'Étape du Tour, in which amateur and club riders ride over a full stage of the tour.

The col was crossed twice in the 2012 Tour de France, firstly on Stage 16

from Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon, when it was ranked a Category 1 climb,{{cite web|title=Stage 16: Pau –Bagnères-de-Luchon|url=http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/us/1600/etape_par_etape.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|accessdate=28 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628102328/http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/us/1600/etape_par_etape.html|archive-date=28 June 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and again on the following day, when it was unranked, with the stage continuing on to the ski station at nearby Peyragudes.{{cite web|title=Stage 17: Bagnères-de-Luchon –Peyragudes|url=http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/us/1700/etape_par_etape.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|accessdate=28 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628103002/http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/us/1700/etape_par_etape.html|archive-date=28 June 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} It was used again in the 2016 Tour de France on Stage 8, from Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon, which saw eventual race winner Chris Froome make a daring descent attack from the top of the Col that caught many of his main rivals off guard, resulting in a solo stage victory.

= Appearances in Tour de France (since 1947) =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
Year !Stage !Category !Start !Finish !Leader at the summit
2024 \|15 \|1 \|Loudenvielle \|Plateau de Beille \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete \|David Gaudu\|FRA}}
2021 \|17 \|1 \|Muret \|Saint-Lary-Soulan Col de Portet \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete \|Anthony Turgis\|FRA}}
2020 \|8 \|1 \|Cazères \|Loudenvielle \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete \|Nans Peters\|FRA}}
2018 \|17 \|Not categorised \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|Saint-Lary-Soulan Col de Portet \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete \|Tanel Kangert\|EST}}
2017 \|12 \|1 \|Pau \|Peyragudes \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete \|Mikel Nieve\|ESP}}
2016 \|8 \|1 \|Pau \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete \|Chris Froome\|GBR}}
2014 \|17 \| 1 \| Saint-Gaudens \| Pla d'Adet \| align=left\|{{Flagathlete \|Vasil Kiryienka\|BLR}}
2013 \|9 \|1 \|Saint-Girons \|Bagnères-de-Bigorre \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete \|Thomas De Gendt\|BEL}}
2012 \|17 \| Not categorised \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|Peyragudes \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete \|Alejandro Valverde\|ESP}}
2012 \|16 \|1 \|Pau \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete \|Thomas Voeckler\|FRA}}
2010 \|16 \|1 \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|Pau \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Sylwester Szmyd\|POL}}
2008 \|9 \|1 \|Toulouse \|Bagnères-de-Bigorre \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Sebastian Lang\|DEU}}
2007 \|15 \|1 \|Foix \|Loudenvielle \|align=left\|~~{{Flagathlete\| Alexander Vinokourov\|KAZ}}~~
\|2006 \|11 \|1 \|Tarbes \| Pla-de-Beret \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| David de la Fuente\|ESP}}
\|2005 \|15 \|1 \|Lézat-sur-Lèze \| Pla d'Adet \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Laurent Brochard\|FRA}}
2003 \|14 \|1 \| Saint-Girons \|Loudenvielle \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Gilberto Simoni\|ITA}}
2001 \|13 \|1 \|Foix \| Pla d'Adet \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Laurent Jalabert\|FRA}}
1999 \|15 \|1 \|Saint-Gaudens \|Piau-Engaly \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Alberto Elli\|ITA}}
1998 \|10 \|1 \|Pau \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Rodolfo Massi\|ITA}}
1995 \|15 \|1 \| Saint-Girons \|Cauterets-Crêtes du Lys \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Richard Virenque\|FRA}}
1994 \|12 \|1 \|Lourdes \|Luz Ardiden \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Roberto Torres\|ESP}}
1993 \|16 \|1 \|Andorra \| Pla d'Adet \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Claudio Chiappucci\|ITA}}
1989 \|10 \|1 \|Cauterets \|Superbagnères \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Robert Millar\|GBR}}
1988 \|15 \|1 \| Saint-Girons \|Luz Ardiden \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Steven Rooks\|NED}}
1986 \|13 \|1 \|Pau \|Superbagnères \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Bernard Hinault\|FRA}}
1983 \|10 \|1 \|Pau \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Robert Millar\|GBR}}
1981 \|6 \|1 \|Saint-Gaudens \| Pla d'Adet \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Bernard Hinault\|FRA}}
1980 \|13 \|1 \|Pau \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Raymond Martin\|FRA}}
1979 \|3 \|2 \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|Pau \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Bernard Hinault\|FRA}}
1976 \|14 \|1 \|Saint-Gaudens \| Pla d'Adet \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Luis Ocaña\|ESP}}
1974 \|16 \|2 \|La Seu d'Urgell \| Pla d'Adet \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Vicente López Carril\|ESP}}
1972 \|8 \|2 \|Pau \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Lucien Van Impe\|BEL}}
1971 \|16a \|2 \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|Gourette-Eaux-Bonnes \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Lucien Van Impe\|BEL}}
1970 \|18 \|2 \|Saint-Gaudens \|La Mongie \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Raymond Delisle\|FRA}}
1969 \|17 \|2 \|La Mongie \|Mourenx \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Joaquim Galera\|ESP}}
1964 \|16 \|2 \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|Pau \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Julio Jiménez\|ESP}}
\|1963 \|11 \|2 \|Bagnères-de-Bigorre \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Federico Bahamontes\|ESP}}
\|1962 \|12 \|2 \|Pau \|Saint-Gaudens \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Federico Bahamontes\|ESP}}
\|1961 \|17 \|2 \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|Pau \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Imerio Massignan\|ITA}}
\|1960 \|11 \|1 \|Pau \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Kurt Gimmi\|SUI}}
\|1959 \|11 \|1 \|Bagnères-de-Bigorre \|Saint-Gaudens \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Valentin Huot\|FRA}}
\|1958 \|14 \|1 \|Pau \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Federico Bahamontes\|ESP}}
\|1956 \|12 \| Not categorised \|Pau \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Jean-Pierre Schmitz\|LUX}}
\|1955 \|17 \|2 \|Toulouse \|Saint-Gaudens \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Charly Gaul\|LUX}}
\|1954 \|12 \|2 \|Pau \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Federico Bahamontes\|ESP}}
\|1953 \|11 \|2 \|Cauterets \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Jean Robic\|FRA}}
\|1952 \|17 \|2 \|Toulouse \|Bagnères-de-Bigorre \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Antonio Gelabert\|ESP}}
\|1951 \|14 \|2 \|Tarbes \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Fausto Coppi\|ITA}}
\|1949 \|11 \|2 \|Pau \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Jean Robic\|FRA}}
\|1948 \|8 \|2 \|Lourdes \|Toulouse \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Jean Robic\|FRA}}
\|1947 \|15 \|1 \|Bagnères-de-Luchon \|Pau \|align=left\|{{Flagathlete\| Jean Robic\|FRA}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

Year

!Stage

!Category

!Start

!Finish

!Leader at the summit

2024

|15

|Loudenvielle

|Plateau de Beille

|align=left|{{Flagathlete |David Gaudu|FRA}}