Col de Peyresourde/Peyregaudes (1569 metres)
16 kilometres from Sarrancolin. The Col de Peyresourde is one of the legendary climbs of the Tour de France, with the race having tackled the climb 65 times since its first appearance in 1910. Leaders over the summit have included the likes of Fausto Coppi, Federico Bahamontes, Bernard Hinault and Alejandro Valverde. Stages regularly uses both sides of the climb and have once finished at the ski station of Peyragudes, just 2km from the top of the Peyresourde. The 10.7 km climb starts at Loudenvielle at an altitude of 950 m heading to Armenteule then Estarvielle with a quite easy gradient of 6% on average and ending at 1,569m meaning a height gain of 789m. The climb will take about 1 hour 15 minutes
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