The Signal du Mont du Chat is a mountain in the
Jura Mountains
The Jura Mountains ( , , , ; french: Massif du Jura; german: Juragebirge; it, Massiccio del Giura, rm, Montagnas da Jura) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the Frenc ...
with an altitude of 1,504 metres, in France. It is situated in
Savoie, west of
Le Bourget-du-Lac
Le Bourget-du-Lac (, literally ''Le Bourget of the Lake'') or frp, Le Borgèt-du-Lècis a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern/south-eastern France.
It lies near the Lac du Bourget and from Chambéry ...
.
Tour de France
The climb of the Mont du Chat is rarely used in the
Tour de France, so far only in
1974
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and
2017
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. In 2017 it was classified as an
hors catégorie climb, with a length of 8.7 km à 10.3%.
During the
2017 Critérium du Dauphiné
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The race was won on th ...
the Mont du Chat was included in stage 6.
Fabio Aru
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was the first over the top, while
Jakob Fuglsang won the stage before
Richie Porte who kept his lead in the general classification. A month later, during the
2017 Tour de France
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,
Warren Barguil
Warren Barguil (; born 28 October 1991) is a French cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He is best known for winning two mountain stages and the mountains classification of the 2017 Tour de France.
Career Early career
Born in Hennebont, Britta ...
was the first rider over the top of the col. In the descent, there was a heavy crash by Porte who broke his clavicle and pelvis and had to withdraw from the race.
Rigoberto Urán won the stage, with
Chris Froome keeping the yellow jersey.
References
Mountains of the Jura
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