Montée d'Hauteville | |
Elevation M: | 1639 |
Traversed: | N 90 |
Location: | Savoie, France |
Range: | Alps |
Coordinates: | 45.6219°N 6.8453°W |
Montée d'Hauteville (1639 m.) is a mountain climb that was used in the 2007 Tour de France. The race caravan covered the first 15.3 km of the climb from Bourg-Saint-Maurice to the Little St Bernard Pass on the N. 90 border route to Courmayeur in Italy.
From Bourg-Saint-Maurice to the south-west, the climb is 15.5 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 799 m. (an average percentage of 5.1%), with the steepest sections at 8.1% at the start of the climb. The descent is by minor roads to join the D902 at Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise.
In 2007, Montée d'Hauteville was climbed on stage 8 of the Tour de France.