Mapping Le Tour: The unofficial history of all 100 Tour de France races. Ellis Bacon
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The Climbs
“I had one of the hardest moments ever on the Col du Glandon in 1977. I was at the end of my career, and what I had was gone by then.”
Eddy Merckx
Top 10 highest climbs
Climb | Range | Highest point |
Cime de la Bonette | Alps | 2802 m |
Col de l’Iseran | Alps | 2770 m |
Col Agnel | Alps | 2744 m |
Col du Galibier | Alps | 2645 m |
Col du Grand St-Bernard | Alps | 2473 m |
Col du Granon | Alps | 2413 m |
Col d’Izoard | Alps | 2360 m |
Col de la Lombarde | Alps | 2351 m |
Col de la Cayolle
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