Col de la Couillole
Distance: 15.38 km
Elevation Gain: 1135 m
Elevation Loss: 0 m
Difficulty:
900 (Hard)
FIETS Index: 8.37 FIETS
Avg Grade: 7.38 %
Max cat climb: HC
Min elevation: 542 m
Max elevation: 1676 m
Ride Category:
Climb
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The Col de la Couillole links the Tinée and Cians valleys in the Alpes-Maritimes, France, and its steep 16 km eastern side has become a summit finish for races out of Nice. Paris–Nice finished here in 2017, when Richie Porte won at the highest finish in the race’s history, and again in 2023, when Tadej Pogacar won. In 2024 the Tour de France finished its last road stage here: Jonas Vingegaard attacked, and Pogacar followed and beat him to the line by seven seconds.
This ride starts in Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, which grew up around a Benedictine priory where the Vionène meets the Tinée. Below the perched village of Roure, the road climbs on to Roubion, built on a promontory above the Vionène valley. Just beyond it is the chapel of Saint-Sébastien, whose walls are painted with twelve scenes dated 1513. The ride finishes at the col, on the line where all three races ended.
