HARDFR · Alpes-Maritimes · M 70

Col de Turini

The Monte-Carlo Rally’s most famous climb, called corner by corner.

La Bollène-Vésubie to the Col de Turini, climbing east.

Corners coloured by severity · tightest in red

12.6km
LENGTH: 142
CORNERS CALLED: 12
HAIRPINS: 11.3
CORNERS / KM: +1119m
CLIMB: 1607m
HIGH POINT: 7.4%
AVERAGE GRADIENT

The Col de Turini is the road the Monte-Carlo Rally made famous: a 1,607-metre pass in the Alpes-Maritimes, above the Vésubie valley, and the setting for the night stage crews still call the Nuit du Turini. It is a genuinely difficult road, narrow, relentlessly linked, and almost never straight.

This stage is the classic western climb from La Bollène-Vésubie to the col, on the road OpenStreetMap tags M 70 (the old D 70). Tornante builds its pacenotes from that road’s real geometry and elevation, and the table below is the complete set: every corner, in the same notation the app speaks aloud.

What the numbers show is how little rest the road gives you. Over 12.6 kilometres it produces 141 calls, better than eleven corners per kilometre, and the grade histogram is weighted hard toward the tight end: 38 corners graded 1 or 2, against only 20 graded 5 or 6.

The hairpins arrive in a burst rather than evenly. Three of the twelve land inside the first 250 metres of the climb, which is why the opening beats of the spoken notes link together into one continuous phrase instead of separate calls.

THE STAGE MAP

Every corner, where it actually is.

startH · hairpinOH · open hairpin123456

THE CLIMB

Elevation profile.

664 m → 1607 m over 12.6 kmvertical scale ×3.2elevation from a terrain model, not a survey

CORNER MIX

What the road is actually made of.

11hairpin
1open hairpin
81
322
333
394
135
56

THE PACENOTES

All 142 calls, in order.

Every call Tornante makes on Col de Turini, in order. Distances are from the stage start to the corner’s turn-in.
At	Call	Notes	Altitude
0000m	L1-	long	672 m
0074m	R hairpin		671 m
0162m	L hairpin		668 m
0315m	L3	long	664 m
0465m	L3		684 m
0542m	L4		690 m
0589m	R3		689 m
0655m	L3		680 m
0691m	R3		677 m
0758m	L4-		676 m
0818m	L3		678 m
0869m	R hairpin		682 m
0999m	L2	long	695 m
1139m	R3+		718 m
1232m	R4+		720 m
1296m	L6		716 m
1536m	L4		733 m
1582m	R5-		737 m
1703m	L2	long	747 m
1838m	L4		782 m
1881m	R3+		795 m
1976m	L3		815 m
2060m	L4		822 m
2106m	R4		823 m
2181m	L3+		827 m
2224m	R1		830 m
2314m	L3		833 m
2417m	L2		831 m
2462m	R3		826 m
2591m	L1	long	817 m
2679m	R4		833 m
2738m	L2		851 m
2833m	R4		882 m
2903m	R5-		893 m
3099m	R2-		919 m
3147m	L1		921 m
3192m	R2		921 m
3241m	L3+		923 m
3331m	R2-		927 m
3422m	L3-		932 m
3487m	L3		939 m
3557m	R5		947 m
3652m	L6-		958 m
3711m	R2-		955 m
3784m	L2		952 m
3865m	R5-		945 m
3951m	R4		952 m
4024m	L5		960 m
4065m	R3		963 m
4132m	L hairpin		969 m
4232m	R3		982 m
4284m	L2		990 m
4354m	R2		1003 m
4415m	L4		1006 m
4504m	R hairpin		996 m
4595m	L4-		994 m
4644m	R4		998 m
4709m	L2		1010 m
4768m	R3		1018 m
4828m	L4		1028 m
4886m	L hairpin		1040 m
4965m	R3		1059 m
5025m	L4		1071 m
5098m	R hairpin		1077 m
5185m	R4-		1079 m
5257m	L3		1079 m
5331m	L4-		1086 m
5390m	R4+		1089 m
5484m	R2		1104 m
5546m	L2		1109 m
5587m	R4		1112 m
5637m	R5		1110 m
5680m	R2	long	1103 m
5795m	L3		1072 m
5850m	L4-		1061 m
5902m	R4		1055 m
5978m	L5		1057 m
6087m	L3		1078 m
6311m	R5		1144 m
6399m	L5		1150 m
6458m	R4		1153 m
6512m	L hairpin		1154 m
6607m	L3		1155 m
6659m	R4		1159 m
6861m	R hairpin		1159 m
6949m	L6-		1161 m
7127m	R5		1203 m
7205m	L3		1213 m
7283m	R4		1219 m
7385m	R2	long	1223 m
7548m	L5		1198 m
7632m	R2		1184 m
7675m	L3		1185 m
7776m	R4		1199 m
7834m	L2		1213 m
7906m	R5		1226 m
8067m	L hairpin		1254 m
8152m	R3+		1258 m
8307m	R hairpin		1254 m
8387m	L5		1261 m
8480m	L4		1281 m
8578m	R3		1299 m
8667m	L2		1304 m
8741m	R2		1300 m
8875m	L2		1289 m
8937m	R4		1290 m
8982m	L2		1299 m
9048m	R4		1316 m
9128m	L3+		1339 m
9443m	L4		1375 m
9506m	L4-		1384 m
9669m	L4		1392 m
9827m	L4		1416 m
9900m	R open hairpin		1423 m
10015m	R6-		1426 m
10163m	L4		1441 m
10268m	R2		1452 m
10430m	L6-		1462 m
10604m	L2		1481 m
10739m	R3		1490 m
10806m	L4		1497 m
10840m	R2		1502 m
10899m	L3		1505 m
10976m	R1	long	1509 m
11062m	L2	long	1513 m
11191m	R2	long	1528 m
11271m	L2		1531 m
11333m	R1+	long	1529 m
11405m	L4		1524 m
11464m	L3		1529 m
11584m	R2		1548 m
11682m	L4		1558 m
11850m	R3-		1578 m
11925m	R3		1578 m
12026m	R4		1563 m
12100m	L1	long	1560 m
12188m	L4		1572 m
12265m	R2		1591 m
12330m	L2		1603 m
12375m	R2		1607 m
12461m	L4-		1607 m
12568m	L1		1604 m

How to read these notes

A call is a direction and a grade: L or R, then 1 (tightest) to 6 (barely a bend). A + or − means the corner sits near the edge of its band. Corners too tight for the ladder are named instead: hairpin, open hairpin, square.

The Notes column carries what gets added to the grade, such as long for a corner that holds its angle well past the usual, and Altitudeis the height at the corner’s turn-in.

The full call reference explains every call, the geometry that earns it, and how each one sounds in English and Italian.

HOW IT SOUNDS

The opening of the stage, as spoken.

0m“20, left 1 long into hairpin right”
162m“20, hairpin left”
315m“40, left 3 long”
465m“40, left 3 and left 4”
589m“20, right 3 and left 3”
691m“20, right 3 and left 4”

QUESTIONS

Col de Turini, in brief.

How long is the Col de Turini climb?

The classic climb from La Bollène-Vésubie to the col is about 12.6 km, gaining roughly 940 m net to a summit of 1,607 m, an average gradient of about 7.4%.

How many hairpins does the Col de Turini have?

On this climb Tornante’s engine calls 12 hairpins among 141 corners. Other ramps of the pass, and the descent toward Sospel or Moulinet, have their own counts.

Why is the Col de Turini famous?

It is the signature stage of the Monte-Carlo Rally, traditionally run at night as the Nuit du Turini, and one of the most recognised mountain roads in motorsport.

WHERE THIS COMES FROM

Measured, not written.

Every corner on this page was generated by the same engine that runs in the app, from the road’s own geometry: Route du Col de Turini (M 70), mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors and tagged tertiary, asphalt. The engine is deterministic: the same road always produces the same notes, so this table is exactly what the app will say to you.

Elevation comes from an open terrain model rather than a survey, so altitudes are close but not exact. Corner grades are computed estimates, not measurements of how the road should be driven.

Drive it with the calls.

Col de Turini ships with the app. Start the stage and Tornante speaks each of these calls as you reach it, timed to your GPS, so your eyes stay on the road rather than on a screen.

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Corner density on this stage: 11.3 calls per kilometre.