Col de Tourniol

The Col de Tourniol is a mountain pass located at an altitude of 1,145 meters in the French department of Drôme, in the western part of the Massif du Vercors.

History

On, EAS Flight 602, a Fairchild FH-227B en route from Paris to Valence with 3 crew members and 19 passengers, struck the terrain near the Col de Tourniol during the approach procedure to Valence-Chabeuil Airport. There were no survivors.

Cycling

The Tour de France included this pass, categorized as first category, during the 19th stage of the 1987 Tour de France between Valréas and Villard-de-Lans. The Dutch cyclist Teun van Vliet reached the summit first.