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COL DU SOULOR

Argelès Gazost, France

The Col du Soulor is a mountain pass with a length of 18.9 kilometers. This is a highest category (HC) pass. It is located in Argelès Gazost, Midi-Pyrénées, France. The average grade of this pass is 5.4% with a maximum of 8.9%. The Col du Soulor ascends from 491 meters at the start, to 1,458 meters at the top, with a total of 970 ascending meters.

FACTS

Distance: 18.9 km

Elevation gain: 970 m

Average grade: 5.4 %

Maximum grade: 8.9 %

Climb category: HC

Minimum elevation: 491 m

Maximum elevation: 1458 m

COL D' AUBISQUE

Arbéost, France

The Col d' Aubisque is a mountain pass with a length of 7.2 kilometers. This is a category 2 pass. It is located in Arbéost, France. The average grade of this pass is 5% with a maximum of 8.7%. The Col d' Aubisque ascends from 1,363 meters at the start, to 1,709 meters at the top, with a total of 346 ascending meters.

FACTS

Distance: 7.2 km

Elevation gain: 346 m

Average grade: 5 %

Maximum grade: 8.7 %

Climb category: 2

Minimum elevation: 1363 m

Maximum elevation: 1709 m

COL D' AUBISQUE

Laruns, France

The Col d' Aubisque is a mountain pass with a length of 17.1 kilometers. This is a highest category (HC) pass. It is located in Laruns, Aquitaine, France. The average grade of this pass is 6.9% with a maximum of 8.8%. The Col d' Aubisque ascends from 534 meters at the start, to 1,709 meters at the top, with a total of 1,175 ascending meters.

FACTS

Distance: 17.1 km

Elevation gain: 1175 m

Average grade: 6.9 %

Maximum grade: 8.8 %

Climb category: HC

Minimum elevation: 534 m

Maximum elevation: 1709 m

DESCRIPTION

One of the most famous mountain passes in the Pyrenees is the Col d'Aubisque. It is known in the Tour de France as a hors category climb.

Stage 16 of the 2007 Tour de France finished at the summit of the Aubisque. There has been one previous finish at the summit (in 1985). In 1971, stage 16a finished at Gourette on the western approaches to Aubisque. Rasmussen won stage 16 in 2007, in the yellow jersey, confirming himself as the favorite for victory in Paris. A few hours later he was sent out of the Tour by his Rabobank team. However, the Aubisque remains one of his favorite mountains.

There have been 45 crossings over the summit since 1947, making it the second most visited mountain in the race's history.

Stage 14 of 2016 Vuelta a España finished at the summit of the Aubisque won by Robert Gesink.

In the sixth stage of the Vuelta 2020, the route would initially lead over the Col de Portalet, the Col d'Aubisque and finally a finish at the top of the Tourmalet. As a result of the Corona problems and the more stringent measures that followed, the organization decided to adapt the stage and no longer ride over French territory.
The organization has already presented an alternative stage. The riders will go over the Alto de Petralba, the Puerto de Cotefablo, after which they will finish at the Sallent de Gállego-Aramón Formigal ski station.

- Tour de France 1965 - Stage 9
- Tour de France 2002 - Stage 11
- Vuelta a España 2016 - Stage 14

COL DU SOULOR

Arbéost, France

The Col du Soulor is a mountain pass with a length of 2 kilometers. This is a category 4 pass. It is located in Arbéost, Midi-Pyrénées, France. The average grade of this pass is 5.3% with a maximum of 8.9%. The Col du Soulor ascends from 1,367 meters at the start, to 1,474 meters at the top, with a total of 107 ascending meters.

FACTS

Distance: 2 km

Elevation gain: 107 m

Average grade: 5.3 %

Maximum grade: 8.9 %

Climb category: 4

Minimum elevation: 1367 m

Maximum elevation: 1474 m