Col de la Madeleine
One of the longest and hardest climbs of the French Alps: about 19 km from La Chambre at almost 8%, without long easy sections, to 1,993 m.
- Start: La Chambre
- Length: 19.3 km
- Elevation gain: 1,521 m
- Average gradient: 7.9%
- Max gradient: 12%
- The Tour de France first climbed the Madeleine in 1969.
- The pass is usually rated hors catégorie in the Tour.
- The other side, from La Léchère / Feissons-sur-Isère, is longer but gentler.
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