1,993 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France which connects La Chambre in Maurienne with La Léchère in Tarentaise.

[5] On both sides of the Col de la Madeleine mountain pass cycling milestones are placed every kilometre.

They indicate the distance to the summit, the current height, and the average slope in the following kilometre.

Such signposting for cyclists has become common in most major mountain passes in the French Pyrenees and Alps.

The pass was first included in the Tour de France in 1969 and has since featured 25 times.