Today we"re high in the French Pyrenees at the Col d"Aubisque, a beautiful mountain pass topping out at 5,607 feet above sea level. The Col d"Aubisque is one of the legendary climbs of the Tour de France, which starts today in Nice. The grueling bicycle race lasts 23 days (21 days of racing), with riders clocking around 2,200 miles overall, and this mountain pass is often one of its most challenging stages. The road up the pass has grades in either direction that can tilt past 10%. This epic mountain stage was first added to the 1910 race and it"s since appeared in more than half the annual Tours, though not this year as it happens.
Big wheels on a big mountain
Today in History
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Papa was a flightless bird
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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Tintern Abbey, Wales
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Pride Month
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Celebrating Take Your Dog to Work Day
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Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
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A crush in Lavaux
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A tribute to the ancestors
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Monarch butterflies, Pismo Beach, California
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Happy birthday, Capitol Reef National Park
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International Archaeology Day
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A long path to freedom
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Wildebeest on the move
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Shhh, the movie is about to start
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A Latino art exhibition in Denver
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Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, India
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Brown bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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Diving into the underwater nirvana
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The eloquence of elephants
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World Whale Day
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Spotted Lake emerges
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Evidence of human habitation
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Dark Sky Week
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Red skies at Ruby Beach
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A snuggling ball of cute
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Northern coast of Colombia
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Its Halfway Day!
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And you thought moths were boring