Col du Tourmalet

A memorial to Jacques Goddet and Octave Lapize sits atop the Col du Tourmalet. Goddet was a famous journalist in France and the race director of the Tour de France between 1936 and 1986. Lapize had called the Tour de France organizers Assassins for sending the riders up the mountain in 1910. Summit used in: Tour de France 2023 Stage 6 Tour de France 2024 Stage 14 Tour de France 2025 Stage 14 La Route d'Occitanie 2025 Stage 3