The Signal du Mont du Chat is a mountain in the
Jura Mountains with an altitude of 1,504 metres, in France. It is situated in
Savoie
Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population ...
, 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
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, so far only in
1974 and
2017
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. In 2017 it was classified as an
hors catégorie
''Hors catégorie'' (HC) is a French term used in stage bicycle races to designate a climb that is "beyond categorization". The term was originally used for those mountain roads where cars were not expected to be able to pass.
The HC climb is the ...
climb, with a length of 8.7 km à 10.3%.
During the
2017 Critérium du Dauphiné the Mont du Chat was included in stage 6.
Fabio Aru
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was the first over the top, while
Jakob Fuglsang
Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (born 22 March 1985) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Before turning professional for , he was a mountain biker racing for Team Cannondale–Vredestein, winning the Unde ...
won the stage before
Richie Porte
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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, Britt ...
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
Rigoberto Urán Urán, ODB (born 26 January 1987) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the road race. He became the first Colombian ever ...
won the stage, with
Chris Froome
Christopher Clive Froome ɹɪs fɹuːm (born 20 May 1985) is a Kenyan/British road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017), one ...
keeping the yellow jersey.
References
Mountains of the Jura
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