939 ft)-high Col du Tourmalet, was used for the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, the second highest climb, the 2,067 m (6,781 ft)-high Col de la Croix de Fer, was...
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List of lakes of France (redirect from Liste des lacs de France)
Lacs du col-de-Longet in the Haute-Ubaye Lac d'Esparron Lac de l'Étoile in the Haute-Ubaye Lac du Lauzanier Lac long in the Haute-Ubaye Lac de Longet...
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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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Swisstopo map shows it to be bare and 2,717 m high. This is the key col for Corno di Ban (3,028 m), which, thanks to the retreat of the glacier, now appears...
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Souvenir Henri Desgrange (redirect from Mountain prizes in the Tour de France)
Seznec at the legendary village of Sainte-Marie de Campan in the valley between the Col du Tourmalet and Col d'Aspin in the Pyrenees, made famous when in...
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Jacques Massu (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
(14 July 1941) Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (8 citations) Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures (3 citations) Croix de la Valeur Militaire...
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hard to climb. In the two previous editions, the highest point was the Col de la République at 1,145 metres (3,757 ft). In 1905, Desgrange chose to overlook...
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the hors categorie Col de la Croix de Fer and Col du Galibier, and ending with a summit finish at Les Deux Alpes. On the Croix de Fer, Massi bridged over...
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Alps with two hors catégorie climbs – the Col de la Madeleine after 40 km (24.9 mi) and the Col de la Croix de Fer after 93 km (57.8 mi); both of which...
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Lance Armstrong (redirect from Tour de Lance)
American to win the La Flèche Wallonne and again won the Tour DuPont. However, Armstrong was able to compete for only five days in the Tour de France. In the...
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first-category Côte de Morgins, a 9.2 km (5.7 mi)-long, 6% climb. After a long and steady descent, another first-category climb of the Col du Corbier – which...
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des voix demandé". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 6 September 2018. "La Cour constitutionnelle du Gabon valide la réélection du président Ali Bongo...
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provisionally buried in graves in the Col du Bonhomme, the Col de la Schlucht, Gérardmer, Mandray, Le Valtin and la Croix-aux-Mines. The cemetery holds the...
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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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Rui Costa (cyclist) (category Portuguese Tour de France stage winners)
later, Costa won stage 19 after escaping from the lead group on the Col de la Croix Fry, he ended up with another solo finish in Le Grand-Bornand. Costa...
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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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Marco Pantani (category Tour de France winners)
stage in the Alps, from Grenoble to Les Deux Alpes, via the Col de la Croix de Fer and Col du Galibier. Pantani launched an attack on the ascent of Galibier...
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Bernard Hinault (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
behind his teammate. Stage 18 featured three major climbs, the Col du Galibier, the Croix de Fer and the final ascent up to Alpe d'Huez. Hinault attacked...
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Provence (section Bouches-du-Rhône)
popular climbing and sight-seeing area. The Var River rises near the Col de la Cayolle (2,326 m; 7,631 ft) in the Maritime Alps and flows generally southeast...
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Geraint Thomas (category British Tour de France stage winners)
Paris–Nice. He took second place on the race's queen stage to the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret, again behind Porte. He lost time on the penultimate stage...
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to free Bruyères from German occupation during World War II. Arboretum du col du Haut-Jacques Gaston About Vielsalm ( Belgium) Honolulu ( United States)...
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Burkina Faso (category Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie)
Burkina Faso, les frontières de la peur, La Croix, 19 octobre 2016. "Le Burkina Faso va renforcer la sécurité de ses postes de police frontaliers". RFI (in...
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Refuge du Théodule Club Alpino Italiano Pennine Alps Refuge du col de la Croix du Bonhomme Club alpin français Mont Blanc massif Refuge du lac du Lou commune...
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centre. It is traversed by the road linking the Urbeis col with the La Salcée col. The terram de cilkenbergh cultam and incultam (land of Climont in its...
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systèmes de représentation : actes du colloque international de l'Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier III, 13 au 15 novembre 1998 » La-Croix.com (23 June...
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History of coffee (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Americas by the Spanish. Galland reported that he was informed by Mr. de la Croix, the interpreter of King Louis XIV of France, that coffee was brought...
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List of last stands (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
[1984]. Historia militar de Chile (in Spanish). Vol. II (3rd ed.). Biblioteca Militar. pp. 165–166. Toit, Stefanns Jacobus Du. How Wilson And His Men Perished...
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Jean-Bédel Bokassa (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
honoured with membership of the Legion of Honour, and was decorated with Croix de guerre. During his stay in Indochina, he married a 17-year-old Vietnamese...
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Mountains with a total of seven rated climbs including the first-category Col de la Croix – the summit of which was at 789 m (2,589 ft) after a 3.7 km (2.3 mi)...
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Ineos Grenadiers (section 2012: Tour de France victory)
with Thomas) at the summit finish of Croix de Chaubouret. Porte won the stage 7 time trial to the summit of Col d'Èze. In the same week, Wout Poels recorded...
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