Col d’Aubisque and Col du Soulor virtual cycling route
France Col d’Aubisque and Col du Soulor
Distance: 26.72 km
Elevation Gain: 1294 m
Elevation Loss: 377 m
Difficulty: 1070 (Hard)
FIETS Index: 8.30 FIETS
Avg Grade: 7.04 %
Max cat climb: HC
Min elevation: 531 m
Max elevation: 1709 m
Ride Category: Epic Climb

Featured over sixty times in โ€™Tour de Franceโ€™ (first appearance in 1910) legendary Col dโ€™Aubisque is the most beautiful and the most inhospitable climb in the Pyrenees. Unlike Tourmalet and the other notorious climbs in this part of the Pyrenees, such as Luz Ardiden and Hautacam, the Aubisque is rarely a decisive part of the Tour de France route. As of 2013, there have been only two stage finishes at the top of the Aubisque, 1971 and 2007. In 1910 Tour boss Henri Desgrange was badgered by assistant Alphonse Steinรจs into sending the Tour de France over high mountains for the first time. The centerpiece of this climbing revolution would be a day in the Pyrenees that would include ascents of the Peyresourde, Aspin, Tourmalet, Aubisque and Osquich. Journalists who doubted the riders could perform the inhuman task labeled the dayโ€™s 326 km stage the "circle of death". Octave Lapize won the stage but as he walked his bike up the Aubisque he called the Tour officials "murderers" [Vous รชtes des assassins! Oui, des assassins!] for inflicting such an arduous race on the riders. Since that day the Col dโ€™Aubisque has become a regular part of the Tour de France. Only the Tourmalet has been climbed more often.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 SmP Nov 16, 2021 01:04:17 302 W 5.21 w/kg 24.88 km/h
🥈 Elton Judd Jul 23, 2022 01:05:57 354 W 4.72 w/kg 24.25 km/h
🥉 Xabier Zanguitu Jun 11, 2020 01:08:15 384 W 4.92 w/kg 23.43 km/h
4 Cedric Bernard Jan 28, 2023 01:09:51 312 W 4.39 w/kg 22.90 km/h
5 Tom Smeets Jun 22, 2022 01:10:27 316 W 4.33 w/kg 22.70 km/h
6 Robert Rijnders Nov 20, 2021 01:11:00 301 W 4.43 w/kg 22.52 km/h
7 Alan Gunner Dec 05, 2019 01:11:30 292 W 4.26 w/kg 22.37 km/h
8 Silvano Turati Sep 13, 2025 01:12:55 217 W 4.43 w/kg 21.93 km/h
9 Jacob Stang Oct 30, 2020 01:12:58 289 W 4.13 w/kg 21.92 km/h
10 Patrick BERNARD Nov 06, 2021 01:13:29 332 W 4.00 w/kg 21.76 km/h
11 Guillaume Babin Nov 02, 2020 01:14:07 293 W 3.97 w/kg 21.58 km/h
12 sebastien rebeyrolles Jan 17, 2020 01:14:32 295 W 3.99 w/kg 21.46 km/h
13 Matias Canedo Dec 08, 2020 01:15:18 244 W 4.21 w/kg 21.24 km/h
14 Sytze Veenstra Nov 21, 2021 01:16:01 277 W 3.96 w/kg 21.04 km/h
15 Timo Achenbach Dec 23, 2021 01:16:14 253 W 4.08 w/kg 20.98 km/h
16 Robert Oroloko Nov 11, 2021 01:17:12 242 W 4.03 w/kg 20.72 km/h
17 Chris Nov 24, 2025 01:18:36 279 W 3.73 w/kg 20.35 km/h
18 Tigo Star Nov 11, 2018 01:19:01 283 W 3.63 w/kg 20.24 km/h
19 Sven Vanstrythem Oct 27, 2020 01:19:39 259 W 3.81 w/kg 20.08 km/h
20 stephansluijmers@xs4all.nl May 24, 2020 01:19:51 340 W 3.66 w/kg 20.03 km/h
21 Igor Tatarinov Nov 08, 2020 01:20:11 293 W 3.59 w/kg 19.94 km/h
22 Gunnar Tojren Oct 24, 2020 01:20:43 270 W 3.60 w/kg 19.81 km/h
23 Bernhard Henrich Oct 30, 2020 01:21:03 279 W 3.67 w/kg 19.73 km/h
24 David Duviquet Oct 30, 2020 01:21:04 217 W 3.81 w/kg 19.73 km/h
25 Artur Chmielewski Jan 17, 2020 01:21:44 218 W 3.82 w/kg 19.57 km/h
26 Jacques Ranger Nov 16, 2020 01:21:47 268 W 3.57 w/kg 19.55 km/h
27 Martin Budd Apr 27, 2018 01:22:45 257 W 3.59 w/kg 19.32 km/h
28 Christopher Epo Apr 17, 2018 01:23:08 285 W 3.31 w/kg 19.24 km/h
29 john giebels Mar 09, 2021 01:23:11 271 W 3.61 w/kg 19.23 km/h
30 Юрий Ермолаев Dec 20, 2021 01:23:33 254 W 3.53 w/kg 19.14 km/h
31 Emiel Keizer Mar 01, 2020 01:23:36 263 W 3.65 w/kg 19.13 km/h
32 Alex Vouillot Nov 01, 2020 01:24:31 264 W 3.47 w/kg 18.92 km/h
33 Tristan Kramers Feb 09, 2021 01:24:56 248 W 3.44 w/kg 18.83 km/h
34 Bart Beuten Apr 14, 2020 01:25:15 256 W 3.28 w/kg 18.76 km/h
35 Peter Kroon Dec 29, 2021 01:25:51 254 W 3.39 w/kg 18.63 km/h
36 Philippe DAVID May 10, 2020 01:26:07 229 W 3.58 w/kg 18.57 km/h
37 erik bruin Sep 05, 2023 01:26:29 268 W 3.31 w/kg 18.49 km/h
38 Douglas Forer Nov 16, 2025 01:26:47 271 W 3.27 w/kg 18.43 km/h
39 Volker Scheid Oct 26, 2020 01:26:51 233 W 3.33 w/kg 18.41 km/h
40 Phil Gastinel Oct 25, 2020 01:26:53 280 W 3.22 w/kg 18.41 km/h
41 jerome limosin Feb 17, 2022 01:26:53 231 W 3.25 w/kg 18.41 km/h
42 Chris Roebuck Aug 03, 2023 01:26:57 260 W 3.33 w/kg 18.39 km/h
43 Bruno Paradis Mar 28, 2020 01:27:18 226 W 3.28 w/kg 18.32 km/h
44 Indalecio Lekerika Dec 04, 2021 01:27:35 201 W 3.59 w/kg 18.26 km/h
45 David Marcel Oct 08, 2025 01:27:42 254 W 3.18 w/kg 18.24 km/h
46 Ilja Booij Jan 19, 2020 01:27:54 236 W 3.13 w/kg 18.19 km/h
47 Raul Grüneberg Nov 28, 2021 01:28:07 230 W 3.24 w/kg 18.15 km/h
48 Geir Skaugen Nov 01, 2020 01:28:24 276 W 3.17 w/kg 18.09 km/h
49 Manuel Peña Mar 31, 2020 01:28:37 246 W 3.51 w/kg 18.05 km/h
50 Sławek Bikeman Feb 10, 2020 01:28:42 257 W 3.29 w/kg 18.03 km/h
51 Robert Rheault Nov 05, 2020 01:29:05 224 W 3.20 w/kg 17.95 km/h
52 Raymond Feile Jul 02, 2022 01:29:08 248 W 3.31 w/kg 17.94 km/h
53 Remy Lemieux Nov 26, 2020 01:29:16 219 W 3.32 w/kg 17.92 km/h
54 Gino Pino Mar 15, 2020 01:29:23 213 W 3.23 w/kg 17.89 km/h
55 borja larrañaga elorza Apr 08, 2020 01:29:26 235 W 3.41 w/kg 17.88 km/h
56 Julien Mar 14, 2026 01:29:35 235 W 3.13 w/kg 17.85 km/h
57 Andrew Mawby Dec 23, 2020 01:29:40 223 W 3.10 w/kg 17.84 km/h
58 javier divar Apr 08, 2020 01:29:44 175 W 3.37 w/kg 17.82 km/h
59 Enrique Sedes May 10, 2020 01:29:52 216 W 3.13 w/kg 17.80 km/h
60 Rene van Leeuwen Nov 14, 2021 01:30:06 234 W 3.12 w/kg 17.75 km/h
61 Maarten Kroon Nov 23, 2024 01:30:13 220 W 3.24 w/kg 17.73 km/h
62 Klaas de Leth Dec 29, 2021 01:30:24 209 W 3.17 w/kg 17.69 km/h
63 Frederik Vanrietvelde Nov 11, 2020 01:30:28 228 W 3.17 w/kg 17.68 km/h
64 JJosef Kluson Oct 12, 2022 01:32:26 227 W 3.03 w/kg 17.30 km/h
65 Francisco Maltez Feb 13, 2021 01:32:30 216 W 3.09 w/kg 17.29 km/h
66 Fabio Zanirato Dec 05, 2021 01:33:00 179 W 3.14 w/kg 17.20 km/h
67 Fabrice Maisonneuve Dec 04, 2021 01:33:13 222 W 3.13 w/kg 17.16 km/h
68 kristof himpens Nov 27, 2021 01:33:47 228 W 3.04 w/kg 17.05 km/h
69 John Jardine Jan 18, 2020 01:33:49 227 W 2.91 w/kg 17.05 km/h
70 D Speelman Jan 21, 2020 01:33:51 228 W 3.00 w/kg 17.04 km/h
71 Paul Brooks Aug 13, 2020 01:33:58 206 W 3.17 w/kg 17.02 km/h
72 Ivo Beetz Jan 18, 2020 01:34:21 214 W 2.85 w/kg 16.95 km/h
73 Michiel Vaal Dec 03, 2020 01:34:27 234 W 3.00 w/kg 16.93 km/h
74 Andreas Dec 10, 2021 01:34:37 224 W 3.03 w/kg 16.90 km/h
75 Rainer Klee Aug 28, 2025 01:35:12 243 W 2.88 w/kg 16.80 km/h
76 Stuart Crowder Dec 26, 2020 01:35:23 212 W 2.99 w/kg 16.77 km/h
77 Carlos Vieira Oct 30, 2020 01:35:30 207 W 3.14 w/kg 16.75 km/h
78 Ben Vandebroek Nov 18, 2021 01:35:58 210 W 3.00 w/kg 16.66 km/h
79 Uros Valant Jan 26, 2020 01:36:08 196 W 2.80 w/kg 16.64 km/h
80 Werner Unterberger Sep 24, 2020 01:36:22 219 W 2.92 w/kg 16.60 km/h
81 Jos Tusveld Aug 02, 2023 01:36:51 223 W 2.82 w/kg 16.51 km/h
82 quanten mechaniker Nov 23, 2021 01:37:05 238 W 2.77 w/kg 16.47 km/h
83 Laurent Arzur Sep 18, 2023 01:37:07 219 W 2.92 w/kg 16.47 km/h
84 John McCutcheon Nov 28, 2020 01:37:12 214 W 2.74 w/kg 16.45 km/h
85 filip degryse Nov 03, 2020 01:37:16 242 W 2.88 w/kg 16.44 km/h
86 Paul Ellis Oct 25, 2020 01:37:45 230 W 2.95 w/kg 16.36 km/h
87 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Jan 30, 2022 01:37:53 231 W 2.63 w/kg 16.34 km/h
88 Jonathan Peake Jul 02, 2022 01:38:08 200 W 2.90 w/kg 16.30 km/h
89 Gary Rhodes Dec 02, 2021 01:39:22 224 W 2.75 w/kg 16.09 km/h
90 Carl Whorton Nov 11, 2020 01:39:39 206 W 2.82 w/kg 16.05 km/h
91 claire Salisbury Mar 28, 2020 01:39:45 204 W 2.72 w/kg 16.03 km/h
92 Iñaki Erdoiza Apr 18, 2020 01:39:56 203 W 2.71 w/kg 16.00 km/h
93 Bob Anderson Jan 18, 2020 01:40:12 242 W 2.69 w/kg 15.96 km/h
94 daniel Quesnel Jun 05, 2020 01:40:27 193 W 2.76 w/kg 15.92 km/h
95 David Vicente Apr 30, 2020 01:40:38 202 W 2.69 w/kg 15.89 km/h
96 Rafael de Medina Abascal Apr 05, 2020 01:41:01 247 W 2.68 w/kg 15.83 km/h
97 Cameron Lees Oct 22, 2020 01:41:09 191 W 2.83 w/kg 15.81 km/h
98 Thomas Beich Nov 29, 2021 01:41:18 206 W 2.68 w/kg 15.79 km/h
99 Gabriel Gugiu Aug 07, 2023 01:41:29 196 W 2.80 w/kg 15.76 km/h
100 Sergio Apr 20, 2020 01:41:35 198 W 2.83 w/kg 15.74 km/h
101 jef sportsloisirs Mar 22, 2020 01:41:47 195 W 2.79 w/kg 15.71 km/h
102 Hans Petiet May 05, 2019 01:41:55 198 W 2.75 w/kg 15.69 km/h
103 Jan Theron Sep 09, 2023 01:42:06 193 W 2.76 w/kg 15.66 km/h
104 Gilles Caillard Apr 16, 2021 01:42:17 158 W 2.87 w/kg 15.64 km/h
105 Philippe Capelle Apr 28, 2020 01:42:22 188 W 2.76 w/kg 15.62 km/h
106 Artur Calbeto Marzo Apr 30, 2020 01:42:24 204 W 2.72 w/kg 15.62 km/h
107 Stephen Jackson Feb 13, 2022 01:42:27 202 W 2.81 w/kg 15.61 km/h
108 Sytse Schut Jan 08, 2022 01:43:12 209 W 2.61 w/kg 15.50 km/h
109 Hans Meinders Jan 18, 2020 01:43:14 206 W 2.75 w/kg 15.49 km/h
110 Mike 8008 Nov 30, 2021 01:43:24 216 W 2.70 w/kg 15.47 km/h
111 Oriol Tomas Apr 05, 2020 01:43:28 212 W 2.62 w/kg 15.46 km/h
112 Cédric Lamathe Apr 25, 2020 01:43:35 187 W 2.92 w/kg 15.44 km/h
113 Eva Klusoňová Nov 01, 2020 01:44:12 201 W 2.68 w/kg 15.35 km/h
114 Gino Coccia Nov 27, 2021 01:44:16 251 W 2.59 w/kg 15.34 km/h
115 Tobias Prins Aug 30, 2020 01:44:18 213 W 2.51 w/kg 15.33 km/h
116 Jean-Luc Olives Nov 20, 2021 01:44:48 183 W 2.82 w/kg 15.26 km/h
117 Keith Loveman Jun 01, 2022 01:45:33 193 W 2.63 w/kg 15.15 km/h
118 Hendrik Thielemann Dec 27, 2021 01:46:26 194 W 2.49 w/kg 15.03 km/h
119 peter@youngwilkinson.co.nz Jun 24, 2020 01:46:51 197 W 2.63 w/kg 14.97 km/h
120 thirard michel Dec 14, 2021 01:46:51 176 W 2.59 w/kg 14.97 km/h
121 Jean-Pierre Garneau Dec 31, 2020 01:47:13 169 W 2.64 w/kg 14.92 km/h
122 Cédric Foulon Jul 16, 2021 01:47:30 141 W 2.71 w/kg 14.88 km/h
123 PAUL OSHAUGHNESSY Jun 16, 2020 01:47:38 201 W 2.64 w/kg 14.86 km/h
124 Iñigo Tolosa Apr 11, 2020 01:48:23 155 W 2.58 w/kg 14.76 km/h
125 Hugo Saillard Dec 31, 2021 01:48:41 139 W 2.78 w/kg 14.71 km/h
126 Tom Eklund Jan 19, 2020 01:48:44 175 W 2.57 w/kg 14.71 km/h
127 Ralph Schumann Sep 04, 2025 01:48:57 176 W 2.63 w/kg 14.68 km/h
128 Paul Shields Nov 30, 2021 01:49:18 171 W 2.51 w/kg 14.63 km/h
129 rob bolton Oct 02, 2020 01:49:21 179 W 2.39 w/kg 14.63 km/h
130 Jean-Pierre Santa-Maria Dec 07, 2023 01:49:27 176 W 2.59 w/kg 14.61 km/h
131 J Lee Wamble Dec 26, 2020 01:49:45 185 W 2.49 w/kg 14.57 km/h
132 Marc Schmerder Jan 17, 2020 01:50:28 190 W 2.44 w/kg 14.48 km/h
133 GoustiFruit ⓋⒺⒼⒶⓃ Jan 17, 2020 01:50:29 171 W 2.59 w/kg 14.47 km/h
134 Wolfgang Darwin Dec 22, 2021 01:51:12 197 W 2.40 w/kg 14.38 km/h
135 Xavi Beltran Apr 18, 2020 01:51:20 225 W 2.37 w/kg 14.36 km/h
136 Ian Clark Mar 08, 2021 01:51:41 181 W 2.59 w/kg 14.32 km/h
137 Roland Klepzig Apr 13, 2020 01:52:16 190 W 2.38 w/kg 14.24 km/h
138 Guy Vandersmissen Nov 27, 2020 01:52:26 176 W 2.35 w/kg 14.22 km/h
139 Erik Venhuizen Dec 29, 2020 01:52:32 186 W 2.33 w/kg 14.21 km/h
140 Rainer Ertl May 16, 2021 01:52:58 182 W 2.43 w/kg 14.16 km/h
141 Tilman Steinmetz Jan 28, 2020 01:53:18 201 W 2.36 w/kg 14.11 km/h
142 Tony Barlow Jan 19, 2020 01:53:44 181 W 2.35 w/kg 14.06 km/h
143 Alexjei Rais Jan 21, 2020 01:53:45 178 W 2.37 w/kg 14.06 km/h
144 Dorus De Leeuw Jul 28, 2022 01:53:58 193 W 2.27 w/kg 14.03 km/h
145 Maurizio Gaudino Dec 02, 2021 01:54:23 170 W 2.43 w/kg 13.98 km/h
146 Manfred Schwarz Oct 04, 2025 01:54:29 165 W 2.50 w/kg 13.97 km/h
147 Marnix van Voorbergen Dec 27, 2020 01:54:30 213 W 2.37 w/kg 13.97 km/h
148 Charlie McLachlan Dec 03, 2021 01:54:53 217 W 2.30 w/kg 13.92 km/h
149 Brian Snail Feb 06, 2022 01:55:31 182 W 2.36 w/kg 13.84 km/h
150 Robin van Dijk Dec 30, 2021 01:55:38 213 W 2.24 w/kg 13.83 km/h
151 Neill Morrison Mar 28, 2020 01:55:49 177 W 2.36 w/kg 13.81 km/h
152 Rik Lukey Feb 16, 2025 01:56:28 164 W 2.42 w/kg 13.73 km/h
153 Peter Hasperhoven Nov 27, 2021 01:56:35 186 W 2.33 w/kg 13.72 km/h
154 Mark Harris Oct 24, 2020 01:56:37 177 W 2.30 w/kg 13.71 km/h
155 Christian Père Mar 21, 2020 01:57:08 167 W 2.26 w/kg 13.65 km/h
156 Kirby Krieger Jan 17, 2020 01:57:09 168 W 2.29 w/kg 13.65 km/h
157 WIM SLIJTERS Dec 28, 2021 01:57:10 186 W 2.30 w/kg 13.65 km/h
158 Greg Wong Oct 25, 2020 01:57:25 166 W 2.37 w/kg 13.62 km/h
159 Christophe ANNEE Mar 30, 2020 01:57:56 175 W 2.43 w/kg 13.56 km/h
160 Andreas Scheurell Aug 20, 2025 01:58:43 169 W 2.32 w/kg 13.47 km/h
161 Chess Piano Jul 19, 2021 01:58:50 175 W 2.32 w/kg 13.46 km/h
162 Patrick D Jan 17, 2020 01:58:53 180 W 2.40 w/kg 13.45 km/h
163 jack66 Dec 13, 2020 01:59:02 171 W 2.25 w/kg 13.44 km/h
164 Piotr Siemiński Feb 04, 2020 01:59:26 200 W 2.35 w/kg 13.39 km/h
165 Jos Carboex Nov 04, 2020 02:00:20 169 W 2.25 w/kg 13.29 km/h
166 Hans Couvreur Aug 04, 2022 02:01:59 179 W 2.18 w/kg 13.11 km/h
167 Markus Geiger Dec 27, 2021 02:02:22 172 W 2.21 w/kg 13.07 km/h
168 Aurore Behe May 03, 2020 02:05:13 138 W 2.23 w/kg 12.77 km/h
169 Sandro Goos Jul 19, 2022 02:05:23 173 W 2.16 w/kg 12.75 km/h
170 Bart Debeuckelaere Oct 21, 2020 02:05:33 172 W 2.02 w/kg 12.74 km/h
171 Marvin Faure Apr 04, 2020 02:05:45 157 W 2.21 w/kg 12.72 km/h
172 imredoeleman@hotmail.nl Feb 08, 2020 02:06:03 204 W 2.08 w/kg 12.69 km/h
173 Florian ARMARY Oct 06, 2021 02:09:18 188 W 1.98 w/kg 12.37 km/h
174 Geoff Burnett Apr 21, 2020 02:09:36 159 W 2.00 w/kg 12.34 km/h
175 Jean-Claude Panisset Apr 08, 2020 02:09:50 162 W 1.95 w/kg 12.32 km/h
176 lisa Bo Jan 22, 2022 02:10:06 166 W 2.13 w/kg 12.29 km/h
177 michel delamarre Dec 20, 2020 02:11:01 179 W 2.18 w/kg 12.21 km/h
178 Edward Redfoot Oct 30, 2020 02:11:57 143 W 2.04 w/kg 12.12 km/h
179 Joeri Veldeman Jan 30, 2020 02:12:01 129 W 1.98 w/kg 12.11 km/h
180 Lucile CHAZAUX Aug 16, 2025 02:12:40 149 W 2.07 w/kg 12.05 km/h
181 Jeff Burgess Jul 24, 2022 02:13:51 153 W 2.04 w/kg 11.95 km/h
182 sjalie Aug 14, 2023 02:15:00 155 W 2.04 w/kg 11.85 km/h
183 serge albert Mar 22, 2020 02:15:21 152 W 2.03 w/kg 11.82 km/h
184 Francis Chalmers Aug 29, 2024 02:19:52 116 W 2.07 w/kg 11.43 km/h
185 Frantxoa A Jul 21, 2025 02:21:50 153 W 1.99 w/kg 11.28 km/h
186 Alexander Wolf-Reber Feb 26, 2023 02:25:32 139 W 1.85 w/kg 10.99 km/h
187 Greg Boyd Jul 11, 2022 02:28:03 133 W 1.77 w/kg 10.80 km/h
188 M K Nov 07, 2020 02:36:09 173 W 1.57 w/kg 10.24 km/h
189 Bartłomiej Młodawski Jan 24, 2020 02:46:27 139 W 1.62 w/kg 9.61 km/h
190 Mark Thompson May 14, 2021 03:06:56 97 W 1.43 w/kg 8.56 km/h

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