Col du Tourmalet

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Col du Tourmalet is one of the highest and most famous mountain passes in the French Pyrenees, renowned as a legendary and frequently featured climb in the Tour de France.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Col du Tourmalet canonical 9
Col d’Aubisque 1
Géant du Tourmalet statue 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain pass ⓘ
road pass ⓘ
averageGradientEastSide about 7.5 % ⓘ
averageGradientWestSide about 7.4 % ⓘ
closedInWinterDueTo snow ⓘ
connects Luz-Saint-Sauveur ⓘ
Sainte-Marie-de-Campan ⓘ
country France ⓘ
crosses Pyrenees main ridge ⓘ
linked to: Pyrenees
elevation 2115 m ⓘ
about 6939 ft ⓘ
firstUsedInTourDeFrance 1910 ⓘ
hasClimbingSide east side from Sainte-Marie-de-Campan ⓘ
west side from Luz-Saint-Sauveur ⓘ
hasFeature exposed upper slopes ⓘ
frequent fog and low clouds ⓘ
steep hairpin bends ⓘ
hasMonument Géant du Tourmalet statue ⓘ
linked to: Col du Tourmalet
hasNearbyTown Bagnères-de-Bigorre ⓘ
Luz-Saint-Sauveur ⓘ
hasNearbyVillage Sainte-Marie-de-Campan ⓘ
hasSkiResort Barèges ⓘ
linked to: Vallée de Barèges

La Mongie ⓘ
hasTourDeFranceRecord most frequently used high pass in the Pyrenees ⓘ
isFamousFor Tour de France stages ⓘ
cycling ⓘ
isOneOf highest paved passes in the French Pyrenees ⓘ
isPartOf Route des Cols ⓘ
lengthOfClimbEastSide about 17 km ⓘ
lengthOfClimbWestSide about 19 km ⓘ
literalNameMeaning Pass of the distant mountain ⓘ
locatedIn French Pyrenees ⓘ
linked to: Pyrenees
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Hautes-Pyrénées ⓘ
locatedInRegion Occitanie ⓘ
maximumGradient about 10 % ⓘ
mountainRange Pyrenees ⓘ
name Col du Tourmalet ⓘ
nameLanguage French ⓘ
near Pic du Midi de Bigorre ⓘ
regionType High Pyrenees ⓘ
roadNumber D918 ⓘ
roadOpenSeason typically from late spring to autumn ⓘ
tourDeFranceCategory Hors catégorie ⓘ
tourismType cycling tourism ⓘ
ski tourism ⓘ
usedBy cyclists ⓘ
hikers ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hautes-Pyrénées → contains → Col du Tourmalet ⓘ
Hautes-Pyrénées → contains → Col d’Aubisque ⓘ
linked to: Col du Tourmalet
La Mongie → near → Col du Tourmalet ⓘ
Hinault–LeMond rivalry era → notableClimb → Col du Tourmalet ⓘ
Luz-Saint-Sauveur → near → Tourmalet Pass ⓘ
linked to: Col du Tourmalet
Lavedan → hasMountainPass → Col du Tourmalet ⓘ
subject linked to: Lavedan (Pyrenean valleys)
Vallée de Barèges → near → Col du Tourmalet ⓘ
Vallée de Campan → hasNearbyPass → Col du Tourmalet ⓘ
Col du Tourmalet → hasMonument → Géant du Tourmalet statue ⓘ
linked to: Col du Tourmalet
Col du Tourmalet → name → Col du Tourmalet ⓘ
Col du Soulor → hasNearbyPass → Col du Tourmalet ⓘ
La Mongie → near → Col du Tourmalet ⓘ
subject linked to: La Mongie ski resort