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Famous climbs of cycling
Detailed profiles of the climbs that define the sport — length, average gradient, elevation gain, race history, and pacing advice.
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Passo Canevale
7.1 km at a punishing 8.25% average, ramping to 13.29%, hauling you from 59 m to 647 m for 588 m of net gain.
ProfileSella Nabois
7.1 km at a relentless 7.98% average, spiking to 16.85%, hauling you 568 m up to a 1153 m summit — a genuine Category 1 test.
ProfileSella di Pratoriscio
A Category 1 Italian climb of 7.1 km averaging 7.75% with a brutal 30.96% maximum gradient. Here's how the Sella di Pratoriscio cycling climb unfolds and how to pace it.
ProfileAlto de Los Idolos
7.1 km at a punishing 9.12% average, ramping to 24.04% as it hauls you from 1181 m to 1827 m.
ProfileBuztanzelaiko lepoa
A relentless 6.9 km wall averaging 10.23%, ramping to 25.03% as it climbs from 163 m to 872 m for 709 m of net gain.
ProfileElorrietako lepoa
6.9 km at a punishing 9.27% average, ramping to 16.62%, hauling you from 187 m to 828 m for 641 m of net gain.
ProfileColl de la Creu del Canonge
A short but brutal 6.9 km Category 1 climb in Spain, averaging 8.16% with steep ramps that punish anyone who starts too hard.
ProfileStubeggsattel
Stubeggsattel is a 6.8 km Category 1 climb in Austria averaging 8.82% with a brutal 26.45% ramp and hidden undulation that punishes even-speed pacing.
ProfileForcella Lavinal dell'Orso
A relentless 6.7 km at 8.5% average, climbing 573 m to 1156 m with a brutal 16.21% pitch that never truly lets you settle.
ProfileGollada La Cancela
A relentless 6.7 km wall averaging 8.36%, rearing to 15.49% as it climbs from 420 m to 982 m — a true Category 1 effort.
ProfileAtterkarjöchl
A 6.7 km Category 1 climb in Austria with 570 m of net gain and 874 m of total ascent — the undulation makes it harder than the average suggests.
ProfileAlto de La Pita
A relentless 6.6 km Category 1 wall averaging 7.8%, climbing 513 m from 144 m to a 657 m summit with pitches touching 16.24%.
ProfileColle Le Funze
A 6.6 km category 1 wall averaging 10.51% with pitches to 27.5%, hauling you from 584 m to 1273 m for 689 m of net gain.
ProfileElosu Mendatea
6.5 km at 8.3% average with pitches to 10.27%, hauling you 541 m from a 148 m start to a 689 m summit.
ProfilePasso Streccione
6.5 km at a punishing 10.48% average, climbing 681 m to a 1147 m summit — a category 1 wall that never lets up.
ProfileColl de Serreïnes
A brutal 6.5 km wall averaging 10.81%, ramping to 21.07% as it climbs 698 m from 747 m to a 1445 m summit.
ProfileAlto El Encenillo
A relentless 6.4 km Category 1 wall averaging 8.41%, climbing from 1024 m to 1565 m with pitches touching 17.89%.
ProfilePasso della Gavetta
A brutal 6.4 km wall averaging 11.02% and spiking to 19.2%, hauling you from 4 m to 709 m of relentless suffering.
ProfileForca di Sass
A relentless 6.3 km wall at 11.27% average, ramping to 25.51% as it climbs 707 m from 429 m to 1136 m.
ProfileAlto de Lugo
6.2 km at a relentless 9.24% average, ramping to 15.34%, hauling you 575 m up to a 1213 m summit.
ProfileCollado de Fenes
A 6.2 km Category 1 climb in Spain averaging 9.04%, with hidden undulation that makes the true effort steeper than the numbers suggest.
ProfilePasso di Collerena - Sandbüheljoch
A brutal 6.1 km wall averaging 10.38%, climbing 633 m from 847 m to 1480 m with pitches touching 15.13%.
ProfileBerderizko lepoa
Six kilometres at 8.56% average and pitches up to 18.25%, hauling you from 92 m to a 605 m summit for 513 m of net gain.
ProfileAlto de los Escajos
A brutal 5.9 km wall averaging 10.1%, spiking to 22.66%, hauling you from 56 m to 653 m in one relentless push.
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