Col du Granon
Col du Granon is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Hautes-Alpes in France. A narrow tarmac road winds steeply up the southern approach. Gravel roads continue beyond the pass, in a military training zone. It hosted the highest ever mountain-top stage finish in the Tour de France—once only—in 1986, until the 2011 Tour de France, that had a finish in the Col du Galibier, at of altitude. Eduardo Chozas of Spain won the stage after a long lone breakaway.Description
Two roads lead to the pass at. The D234T climbs with a 9% average gradient from Saint-Chaffrey at an altitude of. From the east a dirt road to the military pass at Val-des-Prés climbs at almost 7% gradient.
