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Col d’Allos (el. 2250 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France.It connects Barcelonnette in the Ubaye Valley and Colmars and goes on to the Col des Champs.It lies parallel to the Col de la Cayolle and Col de la Bonette in the Parc National du Mercantour. The source of the Verdon River is near the pass.Between 1911 and 1939 the Col d’Allos barely missed a year in the Tour de France (one of the most popular cols).