Mont Revard (,) is a mountain in the Bauges Massif near

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with an elevation of 1,562 m (5,125 ft). The mountain is crossed by the D913 road between the villages of

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and Pugny-Chatenod near

Aix-les-Bains Aix-les-Bains (, ; ; ), known locally and simply as Aix, is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern French Departments of France, department of Savoie.Le Revard is situated on the northern edge of the mountain at an elevation of . The summit of D913 has an elevation of and was crossed on the penultimate stage of the

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(Stage 20). The Tour de France has crossed the pass twice previously and has had a stage finish twice on the summit.

Climate

Mont Revard features a

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(

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: ''Dfb'') due to its altitude and far inland position. Located at the western end of the French Alps, Mont Revard receives a lot of precipitation over the year and significant accumulations of snow - up to during the winter of 2012–2013.. Summers are quite warm and sunny and

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are not uncommon. Winters are very cold and snowy.

Details of the climb

In 2013, the climb used by the Tour de France commenced at

and climbs in at an average gradient of 5.6%, and was ranked a Category 1 climb. From Aix-les-Bains, the climb to the ski resort at Le Revard via the D913 is long, climbing at an average gradient of 6%. From Chambery, the climb via the D912/D913 is long with height gained at an average of 5.1%.

Caving

The

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is conducive to

karst Karst () is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and Dolomite (rock), dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground. Ther ...

formations. Some pit caves (called 'tannes') are connected to underground networks such as the Garde-Cavale network, accessible from the Trou du Garde and the Creux de la Cavale. More than 50 km of this network has been explored. The waters, whose flow varies from 14 to 7,000 litres per second, come out at the Doria cave, which is visible from

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Tour de France

The mountain was included in the route of the

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and again in

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, however the latter stage was cancelled in the wake of the 1998 Festina affair. In

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and

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

, the ski resort of Le Revard was used as a stage finish, with the finishing line being situated at . The 1965 stage was a mountain time trial won by

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Appearances in Tour de France

Tour de France stage finishes

References

External links

Mont Revard on Google Maps (Tour de France classic climbs)
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