Col du Granier

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Col du Granier
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View of Mont Granier from the Col
Elevation 1,134 m (3,720 ft)
Traversed byD912
Location Savoie, France
Range Alps
Coordinates 45°28′50″N5°54′55″E / 45.48056°N 5.91528°E / 45.48056; 5.91528
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Col du Granier
Location of Col du Granier

Col du Granier (el. 1,134 m.) is a mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France which crosses the Chartreuse Mountains to connect the villages of Entremont-le-Vieux (south), Apremont (north) and Chapareillan (east). It has been traversed several times by the Tour de France cycle race, including on Stage 12 of the 2012 race. It is situated between Mont Granier (1,933 m) (south-east) and Mont Joigny (1,558 m) (north-west).

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Cycle racing

Details of the climbs

From the north, the climb starts at Chambéry, from where there are 15.3 km.of climbing, gaining 864 m. in height at an average of 5.6%. [1]

From Chapareillan (east), the climb (via the D285) is 9.7 km. long, gaining 845 m. at an average of 8.6%, with a maximum of 17.9%. [2]

From St-Pierre-d'Entremont (south), the climb is 9.4 km. at an average of 5.3%, gaining 494m. in height. [3]

Appearances in Tour de France

The pass was first included in the Tour de France in 1947 [4] and has since featured 17 times and is generally ranked as a Category 1 or 2 climb. [5] It was crossed most recently on Stage 12 of the 2012 tour, between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Annonay-Davézieux, approaching from the direction of Chapareillan. [6]

YearStageCategoryDirection
of approach
StartFinishLeader at the summit
2012 12 1East Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Annonay-Davézieux Flag of Croatia.svg  Robert Kišerlovski  (CRO)
1998 162South Vizille Albertville Flag of France.svg  Stéphane Heulot  (FRA)
1989 192North Villard-de-Lans Briançon Flag of Spain.svg  Pedro Delgado  (ESP)
1985 122North Morzine Lans-en-Vercors Flag of Colombia.svg  Reynel Montoya  (COL)
1983 172South La Tour-du-Pin L'Alpe d'Huez Flag of France.svg  Christian Jourdan  (FRA)
1978 172South Grenoble Morzine Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Hennie Kuiper  (NED)
1972 14b1East Valloire Aix-les-Bains Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lucien Van Impe  (BEL)
1970 121North Thonon-les-Bains Grenoble Flag of Spain.svg  Andres Gandarias  (ESP)
1968 181North Saint-Etienne Grenoble Flag of France.svg  Roger Pingeon  (FRA)
1965 172South Briançon Aix-les-Bains Flag of Spain.svg  Julio Jimenez  (ESP)
1962 192South Briançon Aix-les-Bains Flag of France.svg  Raymond Poulidor  (FRA)
1961 91North Saint-Etienne Grenoble Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Charly Gaul  (LUX)
1960 172South Briançon Aix-les-Bains Flag of Spain.svg  René Marigil  (ESP)
1958 212South Briançon Aix-les-Bains Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Charly Gaul  (LUX)
1951 212South Briançon Aix-les-Bains Flag of Spain.svg  Bernardo Ruiz  (ESP)
1948 14Not rankedSouth Briançon Aix-les-Bains Flag of Italy.svg  Gino Bartali  (ITA)
1947 71North Lyon Grenoble Flag of Italy.svg  Pierre Brambilla  (ITA)

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References

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