Col du Télégraphe, Valloire, France

Col du Télégraphe

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Col du Télégraphe is a mountain pass in the French Alps situated above the Maurienne valley between the eastern end of the massif d'Arvan-Villards and the massif des Cerces.The pass links Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne to the north and Valloire to the south, as well as forming an access point to the col du Galibier via its north face.The route is often used during the ascent to Col du Galibier in the Tour de France, and is thus popular with cyclists.Details of the climbFrom the north, starting at Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, the climb is 11.8km long, gaining 856m in height (an average of 7.3%). The maximum gradient is 9.8% at the summit. On this side mountain pass cycling milestones are placed every kilometre. They indicate the current height, the distance to the summit, the average slope in the following kilometre, and the number of the street. As of July 2015, some milestones are missing in the middle part of the climb.From the south, the climb starts at Valloire and is 4.8km long at an average gradient of 3.4% (height gain: 165m).The Tour de FranceThe Col du Télégraphe was first used in the Tour de France in 1911; the first rider over the summit was Emile Georget.

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