Pas de Morgins
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Pas de Morgins | |
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Elevation | 1,369 m (4,491 ft)[1] |
Traversed by | Road |
Location | Valais, Switzerland Haute-Savoie, France |
Range | Alps |
Coordinates | 46°14′59″N 06°50′45″E / 46.24972°N 6.84583°E |
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.
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]
Year | Stage | Category | Start | Finish | Leader at the summit |
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2022 | 9 | 1 | Aigle | Châtel Les Portes du Soleil | Bob Jungels (LUX) |
1997 | 16 | 3 | Morzine | Fribourg | Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL) |
1988 | 11 | 1 | Besançon | Morzine | Ludo Peeters (BEL) |
1985 | 11 | 1 | Pontarlier | Morzine-Avoriaz | Luis Herrera (COL) |
1984 | 20 | 3 | Morzine | Crans-Montana | Theo de Rooij (NED) |
1978 | 18 | 3 | Morzine | Lausanne | Mariano Martínez (FRA) |
1977 | 15a | 3 | Thonon-les-Bains | Morzine | Paul Wellens (cyclist) (BEL) |
See also
References
- ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps.
- ^ "Le Pas de Morgins dans le Tour de France". www.ledicodutour.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
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