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{{Short description|Mountain pass on the France–Italy border}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Col de la Lombarde
| photo = French-Italian border in the Maritime Alps.jpg
| photo_caption = A frontier marker on the col de la Lombarde
| elevation_m = 2351
| elevation_ref = 
| traversed = SP.225 / D.97
| map = Alps
| map_caption = Location of Col de la Lombarde
| map_size = 
| label = Col de la Lombarde
| coords = {{coord|44|12|8|N|07|09|1|E|type:pass|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[Province of Cuneo|Cuneo]], [[Italy]]<br />[[Alpes-Maritimes]], [[France]]
| range = [[Alps]]
| topo = 
}}

'''Col de la Lombarde''' (or '''Colle della Lombarda''') (el. 2351 m.) is a high [[mountain pass]] above the ski resort of [[Isola 2000]] on the border between [[France]] and [[Italy]].

[[File:Col de la Lombarde.png|thumb|left|400px|Map of Col de la Lombarde]]

==Details of the climb==
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From [[Italy]], the climb starts at [[Vinadio]] and is 21.5&nbsp;km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1447 m. (an average percentage of 6.9%), with the steepest sections at 9.1% (although some bends reach over 14%).

From [[France]], the climb starts at Isola and is 21.2&nbsp;km long. Over this distance, the climb is 1477 m. (an average percentage of 7%), with the steepest sections at 9.3% at the foot of the climb.

==Tour de France==
The [[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]] crossed the pass for the first time in 2008, approaching from [[Italy]] via [[Vinadio]] on the 157&nbsp;km sixteenth stage from [[Cuneo]] to [[Jausiers]].
 
===Appearances in Tour de France===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Stage
!Category
!Start
!Finish
!Leader at the summit
|-
|[[2008 Tour de France|2008]]
|[[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 16|16]]
|[[Hors Catégorie|HC]]
|[[Cuneo]]
|[[Jausiers]]
|<s>[[Stefan Schumacher]]</s>{{refn|group=n|name=Schumacher|Schumacher was handed a two-year ban and stripped of all results from 2008 to 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-29 |title=Schumacher confesses to doping |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/schumacher-confesses-to-doping/ |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}</ref>}}
|-
|}

==Notes==
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==See also==
* [[List of highest paved roads in Europe]]
* [[List of mountain passes#Europe|List of mountain passes]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.cycling-challenge.com/?p=638 Preview of Bonette Stage in 2008 Tour de France]
*[http://www.climbbybike.com/climb.asp?Col=Col-de-la-Lombarde&qryMountainID=6160 Profile on climbbybike.com]
*[http://ledicodutour.perso.sfr.fr/montagnes/cols__l/lombarde.htm Le col de la Lombarde dans le Tour de France] {{in lang|fr}}

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[[Category:Mountain passes of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of the Alps]]
[[Category:France–Italy border crossings]]


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