Col du Tourmalet
The most famous pass in the Pyrenees: about 19 km from Luz-Saint-Sauveur at about 7.4%, a long, even effort to 2,115 m. The other popular side starts at Sainte-Marie-de-Campan.
- Start: Luz-Saint-Sauveur
- Length: 19 km
- Elevation gain: 1,404 m
- Average gradient: 7.4%
- Max gradient: 10.2%
- The Tour de France first crossed the Tourmalet in 1910; Octave Lapize was first over the top.
- In 1913 Eugène Christophe broke his fork on the descent and repaired it himself at a forge in Sainte-Marie-de-Campan.
- Summit finishes were won by Andy Schleck (2010) and Thibaut Pinot (2019).
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