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Col de la Croix de Fer ( en, Pass of the Iron Cross) (el. 2067 m.) is a high
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in the
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linking Le Bourg-d'Oisans and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.


Details of climb

The approach from the northeast from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is 29.5 km at an average gradient of 5.5% with some sections at 9.5%, and the one from the southwest from Rochetaillée 31.5 km at an average gradient of 5.75% with short sections in excess of 11%. When coming from Rochetaillée, the road forks 2.5 km before the summit, leading to the
Col du Glandon Col du Glandon () is a high mountain pass in the Dauphiné Alps in Savoie, France, linking Le Bourg-d'Oisans to La Chambre. It is situated between the Belledonne, Grandes Rousses and Arvan-Villards mountain ranges, west of the Col de la Croix de F ...
. There is also an approach from the north from
La Chambre La Chambre (; frp, La Shanbra) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Savoie department The following is a list of the 273 communes of the Savoie departme ...
via
Col du Glandon Col du Glandon () is a high mountain pass in the Dauphiné Alps in Savoie, France, linking Le Bourg-d'Oisans to La Chambre. It is situated between the Belledonne, Grandes Rousses and Arvan-Villards mountain ranges, west of the Col de la Croix de F ...
which is the hardest: 22.7 km at an average gradient of 7.0% (this is the route used for the 2012 Tour de France).


Tour de France

The pass has featured in the
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
twenty one times since it was first passed in the 1947 tour when the race was led over the summit by
Fermo Camellini Fermo Camellini (7 December 1914 – 27 August 2010) was an Italian- French road bicycle racer who became a naturalized French citizen on 8 October 1948. He won the Paris–Nice in 1946 and the Flèche Wallonne in 1948, as well as two stag ...
. It was crossed on Stage 11 of the 2012 race, between Albertville and La Toussuire-Les Sybelles. In the 2015 race it was passed twice in the two finale mountain stages stage 19 between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to La Toussuire - Les Sybelles, and from the other side in stage 20 between Modane to
Alpe d'Huez L'Alpe d'Huez () is a ski resort in southeastern France at . It is a mountain pasture in the Central French Western Alps, in the commune of Huez, which is part of the department of Isère in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is part of th ...
. The route for stage 20 was changed in June 2015 caused by a landslide in April so Col de la Croix de Fer substitutes both
Col du Télégraphe 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 ...
and
Col du Galibier The Col du Galibier (el. ) is a mountain pass in the southern region of the French Dauphiné Alps near Grenoble. It is the eighth highest paved road in the Alps, and recurrently the highest point of the Tour de France. It connects Saint-M ...
.


Appearances in Tour de France


See also

* List of highest paved roads in Europe *
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*
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References


External links


Map and details of 5 Cycling Routes Up to Col)
* ttp://www.tourdoisans.com/col%20de%20la%20croix%20de%20fer.asp Cycling the Col de la Croix der Fer from Bourg d'Oisansbr>Profile on climbbybike.com



Tour de France details

Col de la Croix de Fer on Google Maps (Tour de France classic climbs)Cycling up to the Col de la Croix de Fer: data, profile, map, photos and description
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