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Cime de la Bonette (el. 2,860 metres or 9,383 feet) is a mountain in the French Alps, near the border with Italy. It is situated within the Mercantour National Park on the border of the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, between the Ubaye Valley and the valley of the Tinée River. "Cime" means "summit" in French.
Stage 16 of the tour approached the summit from Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée (south-east), and after reaching the Col de la Bonette, took a loop round the Cime de la Bonette reaching the summit of 2,802 m (9,193 ft), which is the highest point reached by the Tour de France, [1] before re-passing the Col de la
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Cime de l'Agnel; B. Mont Bégo; Cime de Missun; Monte Bertrand; Cime de la Bonette; C. Cime de Capoves;
La Suisse niçoise, a collection of the writings of Victor de Cessole and Fernand Noetinger, traces the history of the conquest of the massif. Jean Siccardi, a writer from Nice, depicts two shepherd brothers in the heart of the massif, in his book Les brumes du Mercantour .
The actual pass is situated on a gravel track leading off the D64 close to its summit at the Col de la Bonette (2715 m). The passage over the Col de la Bonette is often mistakenly referred to as the Col de Restefond, and in the 2008 Tour de France the summit was referred to as the Cime de la Bonette-Restefond.
The Tour de France Femmes concludes with back-to-back Alpine summit finishes. Saturday’s Stage 7 is the longest of the Tour at 167km and covers five categorized climbs including a summit finish ...
Cime de la Bonette: French Alps France: loop: The highest paved road in France. Hors catégorie climb in the Tour de France: 2770 m: Col de l'Iseran: Graian Alps France: pass: Val-d'Isère & Bonneval-sur-Arc: The highest paved mountain pass in France.
The road then heads through Embrun and over the Col de Vars (2,111 m (6,926 ft)) and onto Barcelonnette via Jausiers, where the choice can be made to turn south over the Col de la Bonette (2,802 m (9,193 ft))—with access to the highest paved through road in Europe, the Cime de la Bonette—or continue via the Col de la Cayolle (2,327 m (7,635 ...