The Col de Val Louron-Azet (or Col d'Azet) (elevation ) is a

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in the French Pyrenees in the department of

Hautes-Pyrénées Hautes-Pyrénées (; Gascon/Occitan: ''Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus'' awts piɾeˈnɛʊs es, Altos Pirineos; ca, Alts Pirineus alts piɾiˈneʊs English: Upper Pyrenees) is a department in the region of Occitania, southwestern France. ...

, which links

Saint-Lary-Soulan Saint-Lary-Soulan (; oc, Sent Lari e Sola) is a communes of France, commune of Southwestern France, located in the Hautes-Pyrénées departments of France, department, Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. Geography Saint-Lary is locate ...

and Azet, in the Aure Valley to the west, with Génos and Loudenvielle in the Louron Valley to the east. To the east of the pass is the Val-Louron ski station, and the

GR10 GR 10 is a French GR footpath, or hiking trail, that runs the length of the Pyrenees Mountains. It roughly parallels the French–Spanish border on the French side. Those attempting the entire trail often choose to walk it from west to east, from ...

footpath is also nearby.

Details of climb

Starting from Génos, the hairpin climb is long. Over this distance, the climb is at an average gradient of 8.3%, with the steepest section being at 13%. Starting from

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, near to

, the climb is long. Over this distance, the climb is at an average gradient of 6.7%, with the steepest sections being at 11.8%.

Appearances in Tour de France

The Col de Val Louron-Azet was first used 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 ...

in 1997, since when it has featured ten times, most recently in

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References

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