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It has been a summit finish for Tour de France stages on multiple occasions, most notably in 1971, when Luis Oca\u00f1a beat Eddy Merckx by over eight minutes to take the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.Table of ContentsLocation and resort details[edit]History[edit]Tour de France[edit]References[edit]Bibliography[edit]External links[edit]Location and resort details[edit]Orci\u00e8res-Merlette is situated in the French Alps, around 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) from the village of Orci\u00e8res,[1] on the edge of the \u00c9crins National Park.[2][3] It lies above the town of Gap.[4] The highest point of the resort is Col de Freissini\u00e8res\u00a0[fr] at 2,727\u00a0m (8,947\u00a0ft) above sea level.[2]Orci\u00e8res-Merlette covers an area of 16,000\u00a0m2 (170,000\u00a0sq\u00a0ft). The resort has 30 ski lifts and 51 pistes,[3] totalling over 100\u00a0km (62\u00a0mi) in length.[5] Orci\u00e8res-Merlette contains one of Europe’s longest zip lines, with a length of 1,870\u00a0m (6,140\u00a0ft) from Le Drouvet\u00a0[fr] to Lac d’Orci\u00e8res-Merlette.[3]History[edit]Orci\u00e8res-Merlette was built in the 1960s,[2] and opened in 1962.[5] Since the early 2000s, the resort has been owned by Labellemontagne\u00a0[fr].[6] Skiers who have used Orci\u00e8res-Merlette as their home location include Valentin Giraud Moine and Aliz\u00e9e Baron.[7] French rally driver S\u00e9bastien Ogier has also worked as a ski instructor at Orci\u00e8res-Merlette.[8]In 2019, Orci\u00e8res-Merlette hosted a “colour” skiing event, which involved being sprayed with coloured powders whilst skiing down the mountain.[9] A 2020 Alpine Skiing Europa Cup Super-G event scheduled to be held at Orci\u00e8res-Merlette was cancelled due to heavy snowfall and lack of visibility.[10]Tour de France[edit]  Orci\u00e8res-Merlette was first used as a Tour de France stage host in 1971 edition, when it was used for the finish of stage 11 and the start of stage 12, including the rest day in between the stages.[12]Luis Oca\u00f1a won stage 11, attacking from a group of leading contenders and soloing for the final 60\u00a0km (37\u00a0mi). He also gained the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification with a finishing margin of 8:42\u00a0minutes over the former leader Eddy Merckx. Merckx had won the previous year’s race.[14] Following the rest day, stage 12 of the 1971 Tour started with a descent from Orci\u00e8res-Merlette, which Merckx attacked on with a small group and remained in the lead to the finish in Marseille. Oca\u00f1a led the chasing peloton (main field) to limit his loss to Merckx on the stage to two\u00a0minutes. The leading group broke the record for the fastest average speed of a mass-start Tour de France stage at 45.351\u00a0km\/h (28.180\u00a0mph).The Tour returned to Orci\u00e8res-Merlette the following year when it was again used across a rest day.[16]Lucien Van Impe took victory at Orci\u00e8res-Merlette in the initial stage 11.[17] The next time Orci\u00e8res-Merlette was visited by the Tour was ten years later in 1982, when it was used for the finish of stage 15, won by Pascal Simon, before hosting the start of the next stage.[17][18]Orci\u00e8res-Merlette featured in the 1989 Tour as the finish of stage 15’s individual time trial, which was won by Steven Rooks.[19] The yellow jersey was taken by Greg LeMond,[19] in a Tour considered to be one of the greatest in the race’s history.[20] The stage also included an ascent of the Col de Manse mountain pass, which stands between Gap and Orci\u00e8res-Merlette.[19]Orci\u00e8res-Merlette was the summit finish of stage 4 of the 2020 Tour, the first time that the race had ascended the mountain in 31 years.[21] The ascent was 7.1\u00a0km (4.4\u00a0mi) long, with an average gradient of 6.5%.[21] The climb had a reasonably consistent gradient, and features many hairpin turns.[22] It was one of two summit finishes on the first week of the Tour, the other being Mont Aigoual.[23] The stage was won by Slovenian Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d in a sprint finish.[24]References[edit]Bibliography[edit]External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/orcieres-merlette-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Orci\u00e8res-Merlette – Wikipedia"}}]}]