Cormet de Roselend
| Cormet de Roselend | |
|---|---|
 Lac de Roselend near the pass | |
| Elevation | 1,968 m (6,457 ft) |
| Traversed by | D 925 |
| Location | Savoie, France |
| Range | Alps |
| Coordinates | 45°41′28″N 06°41′26″E / 45.69111°N 6.69056°E |
  Cormet de Roselend Location of Cormet de Roselend | |
Cormet de Roselend (el. 1967 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France.
It connects Beaufort in the Beaufortain valley and Bourg-Saint-Maurice in the Tarentaise Valley. On the west side of the pass lies the Lac de Roselend, a reservoir that can be reached by the Col de Méraillet or the Col du Pré.
Details of climb
[edit]On the north-western side, starting from Beaufort, the climb is 20.3 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1227 m. (an average percentage of 6.0%), with the steepest sections at 9.06%.[1]
From Bourg-Saint-Maurice to the south-east, the Cormet de Roselend is 19.3 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1154 m. (an average percentage of 6.0%), with the steepest sections at 8.9%.[2]
Appearances in Tour de France
[edit]The pass was first included in the Tour de France in 1979 and has since featured 16 times, most recently in stage 19 of the 2025 Tour de France.[3]
| Year | Stage | Category | Start | Finish | Leader at the summit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 2 | Albertville | La Plagne |  Lenny Martinez (FRA)
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| 2023 | 17 | 1 | Saint-Gervais-les-Bains | Courchevel |  Felix Gall (AUT)
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| 2021 | 9 | 2 | Cluses | Tignes |  Nairo Quintana (COL)
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| 2020 | 18 | 1 | Méribel | La Roche-sur-Foron |  Marc Hirschi (SUI)
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| 2018 | 11 | 2 | Albertville | La Rosière | Warren Barguil (FRA)
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| 2009 | 17 | 1 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | Le Grand-Bornand |  Franco Pellizotti (ITA) |
| 2007 | 8 | 1 | Le Grand-Bornand | Tignes |  Michael Rasmussen (DEN)
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| 2005 | 10 | 1 | Grenoble | Courchevel | Laurent Brochard (FRA)
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| 2002 | 17 | 1 | Aime | Cluses |  Mario Aerts (BEL)
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| 1996 | 7 | 1 | Chambéry | Les Arcs |  Udo Bölts (GER)
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| 1995 | 9 | 1 | Le Grand-Bornand | La Plagne | Alex Zülle (SUI)
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| 1992 | 13 | 1 | Saint-Gervais–Mont Blanc | Sestrières | Claudio Chiappucci (ITA)
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| 1987 | 22 | 1 | La Plagne | Morzine |  Mathieu Hermans (NED)
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| 1984 | 19 | 1 | La Plagne | Morzine | Francis Castaing (FRA)
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| 1979 | 16 | 1 | Morzine | Les Menuires | Henk Lubberding (NED)
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In the 1996 Tour de France, just before the summit on the Cormet de Roselend, Frenchman Stéphane Heulot cracked, lost the Maillot Jaune and bowed out of the race.[5] It was also on the Cormet de Roselend that Johan Bruyneel overshot a fast left-hand bend and disappeared over the edge, as he descended towards Bourg-St-Maurice. Spectators feared the worst but Bruyneel managed to climb back up, apparently unscathed.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Cormet de Roselend from Beaufort : 1968m". Cols-cyclisme. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ "Cormet de Roselend from Bourg Saint Maurice : 1968m". Cols-cyclisme. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ "Le Cormet de Roselend dans le Tour de France". www.ledicodutour.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ "Pellizotti banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport". 8 March 2011.
- ^ This is material that comes from a book. (Friebe and Goding, Mountain Higher, 2013, page 147)
- ^ YouTube video
External links
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