Climb library
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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Alto de La Risca
A short, punchy 3 km category-4 climb averaging 5.71%, spiking to 7.47%, that lifts you 170 m from 1218 m to a 1388 m summit.
ProfileAlto del Fical
A short 2.9 km category 4 ramp climbing 122 m from 611 m to 733 m at a steady 4.16% average.
ProfileAlto La Varga
A short, steady category 4 test: 2.9 km at 5.8%, rising from 564 m to 733 m for 169 m of net gain.
ProfilePuerto de las Corchadillas
A 2.9 km category 4 climb in Spain with a gentle 3.6% average that hides an 8.22% ramp and 156 m of hidden descent.
ProfileCol de Chermotane
A short Category 4 Swiss climb where 224 m of total ascent over just 159 m of net gain means the rollers punish you more than the numbers suggest.
ProfilePuerto Llano
A punchy 2.6 km category 4 climb averaging 6.12%, ramping to 9.31% as it lifts you 159 m to a 579 m summit.
ProfileAlto de los Llanos
A tidy 2.5 km category 4 test rising 119 m at a steady 4.69% average, topping out at 476 m with a max of just 5.38%.
ProfilePuerto del Cardo
A short, punchy 2.4 km category 4 climb averaging 5.89% with pitches up to 8.68%, lifting you from 70 m to 213 m.
ProfileColle di Sant'Albino
A short, steady 2.2 km climb rising 141 m at a 6.43% average, with pitches reaching 8.02% before the 396 m summit.
ProfileAlto de los Coto
A short, punchy category-4 climb: 2.2 km at 6.2% average, kicking to 10.16% max as it lifts you 136 m to the summit.
ProfileAlto de las Águilas
A short, thin-air category 4 hit: 2.2 km at 6.32% average, ramping to 9.95%, topping out at 2631 m.
ProfileCollado del Manzano
A 2.1 km category 4 climb in Spain averaging 6.73% with a punchy steep ramp near 16%.
ProfileAlto de la Granadilla
A short, punchy 2 km category 4 climb averaging 6.76% with a max of 9.92%, gaining 138 m from 428 m to 566 m.
ProfileAlto de Gurugú
A short, sharp 1.9 km wall averaging 7.18% and spiking to 9.32%, climbing 139 m from 422 m to a 561 m summit.
ProfileColle di Procchio
A punchy 1.9 km ramp climbing 124 m from 22 m to 146 m at a steady 6.41% average, spiking to 7.44%.
ProfileAlto Verán
A short, punchy Category 4 climb: 1.8 km at 5.42% average, rising from 18 m to 113 m with a 7.43% max ramp.
ProfileAlto del sapo
A short 1.7 km category 4 climb averaging 4.54%, rising from 551 m to 630 m for 79 m of net gain.
ProfileAlto de los Chivos
A short, steady 1.3 km category-4 ramp climbing 75 m from 144 m to 219 m at a consistent 5.73% average.
ProfileAlto de Marín
A short, honest 1.3 km category 4 wall averaging 5.61% and topping out at 6.11%, lifting you 72 m from 13 m to 85 m.
ProfileAlto de los Muchachos
Short and unrelenting: 1.3 km climbing at 8.31% average with a 105 m net gain to the 829 m summit.
ProfileAlto de Ginua
A short, sharp 1 km wall averaging 9.51%, topping out at 2754 m after 98 m of relentless net climbing.
ProfileMauna Kea
Sea level to 4205 m in a single ride - the largest vertical paved climb on Earth, with a brutal gravel section near the summit.
ProfileCol du Galibier
From Briançon over the Col du Lautaret to the Galibier summit - 34 km and almost 2000 m of climbing through the heart of the French Alps.
ProfilePasso dello Stelvio
Forty-eight numbered hairpins to the second-highest paved pass in the Alps, the Cima Coppi of the Giro d'Italia.
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