Cormet de Roselend
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| Cormet de Roselend | |
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 Lac du Roselend near the pass |
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| Elevation | 1,967 metres (6,453 feet) |
| Location | Savoie,  France |
| Range | Alps |
| Coordinates | |
| Traversed by | D 925 |
Cormet de Roselend (el. 1967 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France.
It connects Beaufort and Bourg-Saint-Maurice in the Isère valley. On the west side of the pass lies the Lac du Roselend, a reservoir that can be reached by the Col de Méraillet or the Col du Pré.
[edit] Details of climb
On the north-western side, starting from Beaufort, the climb is 20.3 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1227 m. (an average percentage of 6.0%), with the steepest sections at 10.0%.
From Bourg-Saint-Maurice to the south-east, the Cormet de Roselend is 19.35 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1154 m. (an average percentage of 6.0%), with the steepest sections at 8.9%.
[edit] Appearances in Tour de France
The pass was first included in the Tour de France in 1979 and has since featured 9 times, most recently in stage 8 of the 2007 Tour de France.
| Year | Stage | Category | Leader at the summit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | 1 | Michael Rasmussen |
| 2005 | 10 | 1 | Alejandro Valverde |
| 2002 | 17 | 1 | Mario Aerts |
| 1996 | 7 | 1 | Udo Bölts |
| 1995 | 9 | 1 | Alex Zülle |
| 1992 | 13 | 1 | Claudio Chiappucci |
| 1987 | 22 | 1 | Mathieu Hermans |
| 1984 | 19 | 1 | Francis Castaing |
| 1979 | 16 | 1 | Henk Lubberding |
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