Super Besse

Super Besse
Super Besse
	The station and the foot of the ski slopes
	Super Besse Location within France
Location	Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise
Nearest major city	Clermont-Ferrand
Coordinates	45°30′38.52″N 2°51′24.30″E
Top elevation	1,800 m (5,900 ft)
Base elevation	1,350 m (4,430 ft)
Runs	27
Lift system	23
Lift capacity	24,000 people/hour
Total length	43 km (27 mi)
Website	www.sancy.com

Super Besse is a winter sports resort located in Massif Central, France.

Puy de Sancy from the south

Geography

Super Besse located in the commune of Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise (Parc naturel régional des volcans d'Auvergne in the department of Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne). Situated approximately 50 km from Clermont-Ferrand, it is located at an altitude of 1350 m on the slopes of Puy de Sancy, Puy de la Perdrix and Puy Ferrand.

Facilities

Super Besse in the evening

The on piste skiing consists of 43 km distributed on 27 tracks (5 green, 9 blue, 9 red and 4 black) between 1300 m and 1840 m altitude, on the south-eastern slope of Puy de Sancy. It contains 21 ski lifts. It also includes 125 km of cross-country skiing.

The resort includes:

1 funitel with 20 places (new in 2008)
4 chair-lifts
16 ski-lifts.

Tour de France

Super-Besse hosted the first mountain finish of the 2008 Tour de France. The finish was at an altitude of 1289 m, whereas in previous years the finish was at 1350 m.

Tour de France stage finishes

Year	Stage	Start of stage	Distance (km)	Category of climb	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
2011	8	Aigurande	189	3	Rui Costa	Thor Hushovd
2008	6	Aigurande	195.5	2	Alejandro Valverde	Kim Kirchen
1996	13	Le Puy-en-Velay	177	3	Rolf Sørensen	Bjarne Riis
1978	13	Figeac	221.5	3	Paul Wellens	Joseph Bruyère

Alejandro Valverde is listed as the winner for the 2008 stage as original stage winner Riccardo Riccò was removed from the classification after testing positive for the banned performance enhancer CERA.

Details of climb

Starting from Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise (1040 m), the climb to Super Besse (1325 m) is 7.2 km long. Over this distance, the climb is 285 m (an average of 3.95%). The maximum gradient is 8.4%.

From the valley at Lomprat the total climb is 11 km at 4.7%.

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