The climb from Saint-Ursanne is 3.72 km. long, gaining 342 m. in height at an average of 9.1%. Several sections of the climb are well in excess of this with the maximum gradient of 17% being reached at the summit.[1]
croix, jura, croix, pass, jura, range, connecting, saint, ursanne, courgenay, both, canton, jura, switzerland, croixthe, pass, canton, juraelevation789, locationswitzerlandrangejuracoordinates47, 37278, 14139, 37278, 14139col, croixlocation, croix, contents, c. Col de la Croix el 789 m is a pass in the Jura range connecting Saint Ursanne and Courgenay both in the canton of Jura in Switzerland Col de la CroixThe pass in the canton of JuraElevation789 m 2 589 ft LocationSwitzerlandRangeJuraCoordinates47 22 22 N 07 08 29 E 47 37278 N 7 14139 E 47 37278 7 14139Col de la CroixLocation of Col de la Croix Contents 1 Cycle racing 1 1 Details of the climb 1 2 Tour de France 2 References 3 External linksCycle racing editDetails of the climb edit The climb from Saint Ursanne is 3 72 km long gaining 342 m in height at an average of 9 1 Several sections of the climb are well in excess of this with the maximum gradient of 17 being reached at the summit 1 Tour de France edit It was crossed in Stage 8 of the 2012 Tour de France on 8 July where it was ranked as a Category 1 climb 2 3 The first rider over the climb was Thibaut Pinot who went on to win the stage 4 5 References edit Col de la Croix Sainte Ursanne www climbbybike com Retrieved 8 July 2012 Stage 8 Belfort Porrentruy Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation Archived from the original on 5 July 2012 Retrieved 27 June 2012 July 8 Stage 8 Belfort Porrentruy 157 5km Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 23 June 2012 Archived from the original on 27 June 2012 Retrieved 28 June 2012 Pinot rides to glory in Porrentruy Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 8 July 2012 Archived from the original on 11 July 2012 Retrieved 8 July 2012 The oldest starts the attacking the youngest wins Bravo Thibaut www letour fr 8 July 2012 Archived from the original on 11 July 2012 Retrieved 8 July 2012 External links editLe col de la Croix dans le Tour de France in French nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Col de la Croix JU nbsp This Canton of Jura location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Col de la Croix Jura amp oldid 1184950500, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
