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    Col de la Croix de Fer (English: Pass of the Iron Cross) (el. 2067 m.) is a high mountain pass in the French Alps linking Le Bourg-d'Oisans and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne...
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  • in the Pilat massif Col de la Croix de Fer, an Alpine pass in France Col de la Croix Fry, an Alpine pass in France Col de la Croix Haute, an Alpine pass...
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  • hills in the Tour de France. Among the passes most often crossed, Col du Tourmalet, Col d'Aubisque, Col d'Aspin, Col de Peyresourde and Col du Galibier predominate...
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  • Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, and covered a 140 km course, climbing the Col de Chaussy, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Mollard, with a summit finish at La Toussuire...
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    of the Col de la Croix de Fer. The road over the Col du Glandon was opened in 1898, although it was not linked to the Col de la Croix de Fer until 1912...
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  • victory atop Croix de Fer". CyclingNews. Retrieved 10 June 2023. "Critérium du Dauphiné - 7 - Porte-de-Savoie - Col de la Croix de Fer-Saint Sorlin"...
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    to Briançon, and on the south side of the Col de la Croix de Fer. It is often on the route of the Tour de France, as the town sits at the base of the...
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    Arvan [fr] which descends the Arves Valley (Col de la Croix de Fer). The neighbouring communes of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne are Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis, Jarrier...
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    break crossed the two hors catégorie climbs – the Col de la Madeleine and the Col de la Croix de Fer – before being caught by the chasing group, which...
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    Hautes-Alpes. They are separated from the Cottian Alps in the east by the Col du Galibier and the upper Durance valley; from the western Graian Alps (Vanoise...
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    stage twenty would be changed, bypassing the Col du Galibier and instead climbing the Col de la Croix de Fer. The stage distance, however, remained intact...
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    toward the Col du Lautaret which gives access in turn (in different directions) towards Grenoble or Briançon The Col de la Croix-de-Fer and the Col du Glandon...
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    ISBN 9783829766135. "Le col ou cime de la Bonette ou col de Restefond dans le Tour de France" (in French). ledicodutour. Retrieved 8 August 2022. "Cols du Télégraphe...
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    stages. On Stage 16, he pulled for most of the early slopes of the Col de la Croix de Fer, after which, team-mates Sastre and Schleck attacked to put then...
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  • Hors catégorie (category Tour de France)
    per Tour. When the mountains classification in the Tour de France originated in the 1933 Tour de France, there was only one type of mountain. Points were...
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  • Télégraphe, the riders made their way towards the hors categorie Col de la Croix de Fer, a 29-kilometre (18 mi) climb with an average of 5.2 percent. Despite...
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    other activities and regularly features in the Tour de France route. The Col de la Croix de Fer attracts many cyclists and also provides a good starting...
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    by several lightning strikes in 2002 and 2003. Col de la Croix de Fer The Cross of Provence (La croix de Provence), in Sainte-Victoire, éd. Édisud / Association...
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    seventeen included the Col d'Ornon, the Col de la Croix de Fer, the Col du Télégraphe and the highest point of elevation in the race, the Col du Galibier, before...
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    the 29 km (18 mi) climb south and then west to the Hors catégorie Col de la Croix de Fer at 2,067 m (6,781 ft). The route then descended west, passing the...
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    Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines. From here the riders turned south-west to begin the 22.4 kilometres (13.9 mi) climb of the Hors catégorie Col de la Croix de Fer at 2...
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    the Col de la Croix-de-Fer (Hors catégorie) with a 6.9% ascent over 22.7 km, the Col du Mollard (Category 2) with a 6.8% ascent over 5.8 km, and La Toussuire...
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    The Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez Railway (NStCM), French: Chemin de fer Nyon–Saint-Cergue–Morez, is a narrow gauge railway in western Switzerland which nowadays...
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  • The altered route included the Lacets de Montvernier and also the ascent of the Col de Croix de Fer via the Col du Mollard (starting from Villargondran)...
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    catégorie Col du Galibier to 2,460 m (8,070 ft) descending to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, followed by the Category 1 climb of the Col de la Croix de Fer to 2...
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    La Marmotte, which was first run in 1982 on a route starting in Le Bourg-d'Oisans and taking in the Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Télégraphe and Col...
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  • Col de la Core Courchevel Col de la Croix de Fer Col de la Croix de Mounis Col de la Croix Fry Col de la Croix-Morand Les Deux Alpes Mont Donon Col d'Entremont...
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  • in the Tinée Lacs de l'Estrop (Entraunes) Lac de Fenestre in the Vésubie Lac Fer in the Tinée Lac Fourchas in the Tinée Lac de la Fous in the Mercantour-Argentera...
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    Col du Galibier. He was joined by two more riders, Franco Vona (Chateau d'Ax) and Laurent Biondi (Fagor–MBK) before the ascent of the Col de la Croix...
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    ranges. For a part of the way, between the summit of Brevent and the Col de la Croix du Bonhomme, the route coincides with the European long-distance footpath...
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