Contact:
Maison de la Maurienne
Syndicat du Pays de Maurienne
Centre d'Affaire et de Ressource
Batiment B 1er étage
Avenue d'Italie, BP 82
73303 St Jean de Maurienne Cedex
Tel. 04 79 83 23 94
E-mail : comite@arcalpin.com
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Grand tour of Mont
Thabor
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Difficulty
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 This
cross-frontier circuit circles Mont Thabor, shared between Savoie,
Hautes-Alpes and Italy.
Please note that the length and succession of difficulties
reserves this route to well-trained riders.
A stop in Briançon is advisable, or at least there should be an
assistance vehicle for unprepared or exhausted riders or meteorological
changes that can occur very quickly in the mountain..
A little history
 For
centuries, the Mont Cenis and Montgenèvre passageways have been
competing for exchanges between France and Italy.
The Mont-Cenis will gain advantage and benefit from the rivalries
around the Montgenèvre region and the hostile attitude in Gap.
In 1804, Napoléon starts the Mont-Cenis roadworks, which will
employ up to 4000 Piedmontese workmen. The road across Montgenèvre
will open to traffic in 1807.
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 Fort
du Télégraphe, orientation table at col du Galibier, alpine garden
at col du Lautaret, the fortresses in Briançon, the Exiles fort,
Susa's antique theater, the Mont Cenis forts, the baroque center
in Lanslebourg, the fortified barrier of l'Esseillon, the
Replaton fort in Modane...
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- Difficulty : Black
- Ascent, overall : 4 202 m
- Average grade : 6,5%
Maximum grade : 10%
- Time : 3 jours
- Distance : 200 km
- Guide : Atlas des Cols, p. 168-169, p. 187-188, p. 189-190
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- Information : Tourist Offices
- Access : A 43 exit 29 "St Michel de Maurienne".
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