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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.
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 Bonette.
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 .
Dreizinnenhütte in front of the north side of Drei Zinnen. The most easily accessible support point around Drei Zinnen is Rifugio Auronzo (Auronzo hut, 2320 m). The cottage, which belongs to the Club Alpino Italiano (the Italian Alpine Club, CAI), is located immediately south of the massif above Forcella di Longeres, and has good road connections to the tourist resort of Misurina (toll road).
The ouvrage consists of one artillery block and three observation blocks at the summit of the Col de la Bonette. The entry block and an artillery block were not completed, and a further block was never built. [1] At 2,733 metres (8,967 ft), Restefond is the highest Maginot ouvrage. [2]
Cime du Gélas (Italian: Monte Gelàs) is a 3,143 m high mountain on the boundary between France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region) and Italy (province of Cuneo). It is part of the Maritime Alps . It is the highest peak of the Mercantour National Park , while on the Italian side it is included in the Maritime Alps Natural Park .
The highest climb in the race was the Cime de la Bonette-Restefond in the 1962 Tour de France, reaching 2802 m. [4] The highest mountain finish in the Tour was at the Col du Galibier in the 2011 edition. [5] Since 1905, the organising newspaper l'Auto named one cyclist of the Tour de France the meilleur grimpeur (best climber). [6]
This theory is supported by the old name of the Dent de Bonavau, to the south-east, which was called "Dent-d'une-heure" ("tooth of one o'clock") on maps published in 1928. [7] The Cime de l'Est (eastern peak) was called "Mont de Novierre" before 1636, [8] then, after a landslide, "Mont Saint-Michel" in honour of the Archangel Michael and ...