Col du Tourmalet
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Col du Tourmalet is one of the highest and most famous mountain passes in the French Pyrenees, renowned as a legendary and frequently featured climb in the Tour de France.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Col du Tourmalet canonical | 3 |
| Col d’Aubisque | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4301208 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Col du Tourmalet Context triple: [Hautes-Pyrénées, contains, Col du Tourmalet]
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A.
Col du Pourtalet
Col du Pourtalet is a high mountain pass in the central Pyrenees that forms part of the border between France and Spain and serves as a key road link between the Ossau Valley and the Tena Valley.
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B.
Col de l’Échelle
Col de l’Échelle is a high mountain pass in the Alps that provides a key road link between France and Italy.
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C.
Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux is a prominent limestone mountain in Provence, France, famed for its barren, lunar-like summit and its frequent, challenging appearances in the Tour de France.
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D.
Col de Bussang
Col de Bussang is a mountain pass in northeastern France that crosses the Vosges range and serves as an important route between Alsace and Lorraine.
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E.
Col d’Èze
Col d’Èze is a renowned mountain pass above Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes, frequently used as a decisive climbing stage in professional road cycling races.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Col du Tourmalet Target entity description: Col du Tourmalet is one of the highest and most famous mountain passes in the French Pyrenees, renowned as a legendary and frequently featured climb in the Tour de France.
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A.
Col du Pourtalet
Col du Pourtalet is a high mountain pass in the central Pyrenees that forms part of the border between France and Spain and serves as a key road link between the Ossau Valley and the Tena Valley.
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B.
Col de l’Échelle
Col de l’Échelle is a high mountain pass in the Alps that provides a key road link between France and Italy.
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C.
Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux is a prominent limestone mountain in Provence, France, famed for its barren, lunar-like summit and its frequent, challenging appearances in the Tour de France.
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D.
Col de Bussang
Col de Bussang is a mountain pass in northeastern France that crosses the Vosges range and serves as an important route between Alsace and Lorraine.
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E.
Col d’Èze
Col d’Èze is a renowned mountain pass above Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes, frequently used as a decisive climbing stage in professional road cycling races.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain pass
ⓘ
road pass ⓘ |
| averageGradientEastSide | about 7.5 % ⓘ |
| averageGradientWestSide | about 7.4 % ⓘ |
| closedInWinterDueTo | snow ⓘ |
| connects |
Luz-Saint-Sauveur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sainte-Marie-de-Campan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| crosses | Pyrenees main ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation |
2115 m
ⓘ
about 6939 ft ⓘ |
| firstUsedInTourDeFrance | 1910 ⓘ |
| hasClimbingSide |
east side from Sainte-Marie-de-Campan
ⓘ
west side from Luz-Saint-Sauveur ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
exposed upper slopes
ⓘ
frequent fog and low clouds ⓘ steep hairpin bends ⓘ |
| hasMonument | Géant du Tourmalet statue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTown |
Bagnères-de-Bigorre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luz-Saint-Sauveur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyVillage | Sainte-Marie-de-Campan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSkiResort |
Barèges
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Mongie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTourDeFranceRecord | most frequently used high pass in the Pyrenees ⓘ |
| isFamousFor |
Tour de France stages
ⓘ
cycling ⓘ |
| isOneOf | highest paved passes in the French Pyrenees ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Route des Cols NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lengthOfClimbEastSide | about 17 km ⓘ |
| lengthOfClimbWestSide | about 19 km ⓘ |
| literalNameMeaning | Pass of the distant mountain ⓘ |
| locatedIn | French Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Hautes-Pyrénées NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Occitanie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumGradient | about 10 % ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Col du Tourmalet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | French ⓘ |
| near | Pic du Midi de Bigorre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | High Pyrenees ⓘ |
| roadNumber | D918 ⓘ |
| roadOpenSeason | typically from late spring to autumn ⓘ |
| tourDeFranceCategory | Hors catégorie ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cycling tourism
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ski tourism ⓘ |
| usedBy |
cyclists
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hikers ⓘ motor vehicles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Col du Tourmalet Description of subject: Col du Tourmalet is one of the highest and most famous mountain passes in the French Pyrenees, renowned as a legendary and frequently featured climb in the Tour de France.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Col d’Aubisque