La Voie Laurent Fignon Col du Tourmalet
Luz Saint Sauveur, France
Le La Voie Laurent Fignon Col du Tourmalet est un col de 18.4 kilomètres. C'est un col de catégorie supérieure (HC). Il est situé à Luz Saint Sauveur, Midi-Pyrénées, France. La pente moyenne de ce col est de 7.6% avec un maximum de 10.2%. Le La Voie Laurent Fignon Col du Tourmalet monte de 730 mètres au départ à 2.115 mètres au sommet, pour un total de 1.385 mètres d'ascension.
Profil
Faits
| Distance | 18.4 km |
| Dénivelé | 1385 m |
| Pente Moyenne | 7.6 % |
| Pente Maximale | 10.2 % |
| Catégorie du Col | HC |
| Altitude Minimale | 730 m |
| Altitude Maximale | 2115 m |
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Description
La voie Laurent Fignon version of the climb.
Some Frenchmen believe that Tourmalet translates into "bad trip" or "bad detour" because in French Tour translates into "trip" and mal translates into "bad"; however, the correct language to translate from is Gascon, not French, because of the mountain's location in the Gascony-region and the "du" in the name, which is the Gascon pendant to the French "de". Then Tour becomes "distance", which is spelled "tur" but pronounced "tour", mal is translated into "mountain", and it becomes "the". The translation from Gascon to English then becomes "The Distance Mountain".
The Col du Tourmalet is one of the most famous climbs on the Tour de France. It has been included more than any other pass, starting in 1910, when the Pyrenees were introduced. The first rider over was Octave Lapize, who went on to win the general classification in Paris. In 1913, Eugène Christophe broke his fork on the Tourmalet and repaired it himself at a forge in Sainte-Marie-de-Campan.
Up to 2019, the Tour has visited the Col du Tourmalet a total of 87 times. The total includes three stage finishes at the summit and three at La Mongie. Since 1980 it has been ranked hors catégorie, or exceptional. The Vuelta a España has also crossed the pass several times.
This is the old route of the climb used until 2011. Now it is a route dedicated to cyclists in homage to the winner of the Tour de France and Haut-Pyrénéen by adoption who died in August 2010.