== The Tour de France ==The Col du Galibier was first used in the Tour de France in 1911; the first rider over the summit was Emile Georget, who, with Paul Duboc and Gustave Garrigou were the only riders not to walk.
Prelaz povezuje Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne z Briançonom preko še dveh prelazov: col du Télégrapha in col du Lautareta.