sentences:  For the 2012 Tour de France, the height at the summit is shown as 2,000 m., whereas in previous years it has been shown as 1,993 m.
  
  From Aigueblanche, the climb is 28.28 km.long, climbing 1,533 m. at an average of 5.4%.On both sides of the Col de la Madeleine mountain pass cycling milestones are placed every kilometre.