Col des Aravis, the Glossary
The Col des Aravis is a mountain pass in the French Alps that connects the towns of La Clusaz in Haute-Savoie with La Giettaz in Savoie.[1]
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- Landforms of Haute-Savoie
- Transport in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Aime
Aime (Éma) is a former commune in the Savoie département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Aix-les-Bains
Aix-les-Bains (Èx-los-Bens; Aquae Gratianae),known locally and simply as Aix, is a commune in the southeastern French department of Savoie.
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Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
Aravis Range
The Aravis (Chaîne des Aravis) is a mountain range in Savoie and Haute-Savoie, eastern France.
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Avoriaz
Avoriaz is a French mountain resort in the heart of the Portes du Soleil.
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Barry Hoban
Barry Hoban (born 5 February 1940) is a former English professional cyclist who rode during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Briançon
Briançon is the sole subprefecture of the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
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Charly Gaul
Charly Gaul Sporting Cyclist, UK, undated cutting (8 December 1932 – 6 December 2005) was a Luxembourgish professional cyclist.
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Cluses
Cluses (Clluses) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
Cordon, Haute-Savoie
Cordon is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
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Courchevel
Courchevel is a French Alps ski resort located in the Tarentaise Valley.
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Eduardo Chozas
Eduardo Chozas Olmo (born 5 July 1960 in Madrid) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist.
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Fernando Manzaneque
Fernando Manzaneque Sánchez (4 February 1934 – 5 June 2004) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist born in Campo de Criptana.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Geneva
Geneva (Genève)Genf; Ginevra; Genevra.
Gino Bartali
Gino Bartali, (18 July 1914 – 5 May 2000), nicknamed Gino the Pious and (in Italy) Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist.
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Grenoble
Grenoble (or Grainóvol; Graçanòbol) is the prefecture and largest city of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France.
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Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy.
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Jacques Michaud
Jacques Michaud (born 11 July 1951) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who won the eighteenth stage in the 1983 Tour de France.
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Jérôme Pineau
Jérôme Pineau (born 2 January 1980) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the, and squads.
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La Clusaz
La Clusaz (La Klyuza) is an alpine commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
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La Giettaz
La Giettaz is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
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La Plagne
La Plagne is a French ski area in the alpine valley of the Tarentaise (Savoie).
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La Roche-sur-Foron
La Roche-sur-Foron (Arpitan: La Roche) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
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Lausanne
Lausanne (Losena) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud.
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Le Bourg-d'Oisans
Le Bourg-d'Oisans is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
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Les Sept Laux
Les Sept Laux is a group of three winter sports resorts of the Alps located in the Belledonne (Isère) about from Grenoble and from Chambery in the communes of Theys, Les Adrets and Le Haut-Bréda.
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List of highest paved roads in Europe
This is a list of the highest paved roads in Europe. Col des Aravis and list of highest paved roads in Europe are mountain passes of the Alps.
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Lucien Van Impe
Lucien Van Impe (born 20 October 1946) is a Belgian cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987.
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Ludo Loos
Ludo Loos (13 January 1955 – 1 March 2019) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.
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Marco Pantani
Marco Pantani (13 January 1970 – 14 February 2004) was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely regarded as one of the greatest climbing specialists in the history of the sport by measures of his legacy, credits from other riders, and records.
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Marino Lejarreta
Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga (born 14 May 1957) is a retired Basque professional road racing cyclist.
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Mario Aerts
Mario Aerts (born 31 December 1974 in Herentals, Belgium) is a former professional road bicycle racer, who competed between 1996 and 2011.
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Méribel
Méribel is a ski resort in the Tarentaise Valley in the French Alps.
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Megève
Megève (Megéva) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France with a population of more than 3,000 residents.
Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc (BrE:; AmE:; Mont Blanc; Monte Bianco, both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, and the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus mountains, rising above sea level, located on the Franco-Italian border.
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Morzine
Morzine (Morzena), alternatively known as Morzine-Avoriaz, is an alpine commune on the Swiss border in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
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Patrice Halgand
Patrice Halgand (born 2 March 1974, in St-Nazaire) is a French former professional road racing cyclist.
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Philippa York
Philippa York (born Robert Millar on 13 September 1958) is a Scottish journalist and former professional road racing cyclist.
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Richard Carapaz
Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (born 29 May 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.
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Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France.
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Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (Sent-Jian-de-Môrièna or Sant-Jian-de-Môrièna; San Giovanni di Moriana) is a subprefecture of the Savoie department, in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (formerly Rhône-Alpes), in southeastern France.
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Sallanches
Sallanches (Salenches) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of France.
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Savoie
Savoie (Arpitan: Savouè or Savouè-d'Avâl; English: Savoy) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France.
Souvenir Henri Desgrange
The Souvenir Henri Desgrange is an award and cash prize given in the yearly running of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tour races.
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Thierry Claveyrolat
Thierry Claveyrolat (31 March 1959 – 7 September 1999) was a French road bicycle racer.
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Thomas De Gendt
Thomas De Gendt (born 6 November 1986) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam.
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Thonon-les-Bains
Thonon-les-Bains (Tonon), often simply referred to as Thonon, is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France.
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Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held primarily in France.
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Valloire
Valloire (Valouère, Vârouère) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
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1948 Tour de France
The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 25 July 1948.
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1955 Tour de France
The 1955 Tour de France was the 42nd edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 7 to 30 July.
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1960 Tour de France
The 1960 Tour de France was the 47th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours.
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1968 Tour de France
The 1968 Tour de France was the 55th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours.
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1975 Tour de France
The 1975 Tour de France was the 62nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours.
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1980 Tour de France
The 1980 Tour de France was the 67th edition of the Tour de France.
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1982 Tour de France
The 1982 Tour de France was the 69th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 2 to 25 July.
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1983 Tour de France
The 1983 Tour de France was the 70th edition of the Tour de France, run from 1 to 24 July, with 22 stages and a prologue covering a total distance of The race was won by French rider Laurent Fignon.
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1984 Tour de France
The 1984 Tour de France was the 71st edition of the Tour de France, run over in 23 stages and a prologue, from 29 June to 22 July.
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1987 Tour de France
The 1987 Tour de France was the 74th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 1 to 26 July.
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1990 Tour de France
The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours.
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1991 Tour de France
The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 6 to 28 July.
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2000 Tour de France
The 2000 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 1 to 23 July, and the 87th edition of the Tour de France.
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2002 Tour de France
The 2002 Tour de France was a multiple-stage bicycle race held from 6 to 28 July, and the 89th edition of the Tour de France.
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2006 Tour de France
The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours.
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2010 Tour de France
The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours.
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2016 Tour de France
The 2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours.
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2020 Tour de France
The 2020 Tour de France was the 107th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours.
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See also
Landforms of Haute-Savoie
- Argentière Glacier
- Bossons Glacier
- Col de Jambaz
- Col de Joux Plane
- Col de la Croix Fry
- Col des Aravis
- Col des Montets
- Désert de Platé
- Glacier Montanvert
- Gouffre Jean-Bernard
- Gouffre Mirolda
- Mer de Glace
- Plateau d'Assy
- Vallée Verte
Transport in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Bridges of Lyon
- Col Bayard
- Col d'Entremont
- Col d'Ornon
- Col de Font-de-Cère
- Col de Joux Plane
- Col de Manse
- Col de Prat-de-Bouc
- Col de la Colombière
- Col de la Croix Haute
- Col de la Croix de Fer
- Col de la Croix-Morand
- Col de la Fageole
- Col des Aravis
- Col des Montets
- Col du Fréjus
- Col du Glandon
- Col du Perthus (Massif Central)
- Col du Télégraphe
- Colle della Rho
- Fades viaduct
- Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet
- Funiculaire de Thonon-les-Bains
- Little St Bernard Pass
- MobiVie
- Pas de Peyrol
- Pont Grand (Tournon-sur-Rhône)
- Pont d'Oxford
- Route nationale 205
- Société de Transports de l'Agglomération Stéphanoise
- Transport in Lyon
- Transport in Rhône-Alpes
- Vélivert
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col_des_Aravis
, 1948 Tour de France, 1955 Tour de France, 1960 Tour de France, 1968 Tour de France, 1975 Tour de France, 1980 Tour de France, 1982 Tour de France, 1983 Tour de France, 1984 Tour de France, 1987 Tour de France, 1990 Tour de France, 1991 Tour de France, 2000 Tour de France, 2002 Tour de France, 2006 Tour de France, 2010 Tour de France, 2016 Tour de France, 2020 Tour de France.