Pas de Morgins

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Pas de Morgins
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Pas de Morgins
Elevation 1,369 m (4,491 ft) [1]
Traversed byRoad
Location Valais, Switzerland
Haute-Savoie, France
Range Alps
Coordinates 46°14′59″N06°50′45″E / 46.24972°N 6.84583°E / 46.24972; 6.84583
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Pas de Morgins
Location in the Alps

Pas de Morgins (el. 1369 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps between the canton of Valais in Switzerland and France. It is located at the top of the Val de Morgins, which turns off the Val d'Illiez at Troistorrents.

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The road through the Val de Morgins is marked by a series of hairpin curves.

It connects Monthey and Abondance.

Tour de France

Pas de Morgins has been used a total of eight times since its debut in the 1977 Tour de France. Seven times the climb was categorized and once the climb was uncategorized. [2]

YearStageCategoryStartFinishLeader at the summit
2022 9 1 Aigle Châtel Les Portes du Soleil Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Bob Jungels  (LUX)
1997 16 3 Morzine Fribourg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Frank Vandenbroucke  (BEL)
1988 11 1 Besançon Morzine Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Ludo Peeters  (BEL)
1985 11 1 Pontarlier Morzine-Avoriaz Flag of Colombia.svg  Luis Herrera  (COL)
1984 20 3 Morzine Crans-Montana Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Theo de Rooij  (NED)
1978 18 3 Morzine Lausanne Flag of France.svg  Mariano Martínez  (FRA)
1977 15a 3 Thonon-les-Bains Morzine Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Paul Wellens  (BEL)


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References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps.
  2. "Le Pas de Morgins dans le Tour de France". www.ledicodutour.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.