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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3744 climbs
Passo di Publino
A brutal HC climb: 12.8 km averaging 14.7%, hauling you from 288 m to 2172 m for 1884 m of net gain.
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Col Fenêtre (Perloz)
A brutal HC ascent: 12.8 km at 8.3% average, ramping to 19.54%, climbing from 284 m to 1347 m for 1063 m of net gain.
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Hochgräntenjoch
12.5 km at 9.76% to 2431 m, with a wall of 29.53% — a genuine HC climb that never lets up.
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Alto de Carrasposo
12.5 km at 12.17% average, ramping to 35.18%, climbing from 1921 m to 3442 m — an HC brute that gains 1521 m.
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Alto de Matasanos
A hors catégorie monster: 12.4 km at 8.71% average, ramps to 31.12%, climbing 1084 m from 945 m to a 2029 m summit.
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Colla dei Termini
12.1 km at a brutal 10.79% average, climbing 1307 m from 699 m to 2006 m with ramps that spike to 22.26%.
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Fenestre pass
The Fenestre pass is an HC-category brute in France: 11.9 km at 8.19% average with a savage 48.08% maximum gradient. Here's how the climb unfolds and how to pace it.
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Taboose Pass
Taboose Pass climbs 2,025 m over 11.9 km at a brutal 17.08% average — an HC ascent that punishes anyone who starts too hard.
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Sega di Ala
11.8 km at a brutal 10.47% average, ramping to 21.54%, hauling you from 144 m to 1379 m — a true HC monster.
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Col d'Entre Deux Pertuis
11.7 km at a brutal 9.32% average, climbing from 810 m to 1902 m — an HC monster with 1092 m of vertical to swallow.
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Col de Blanchard
11.6 km at 9.32% average with pitches to 17.04%, climbing 1083 m to a 1464 m summit — a true hors catégorie test.
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Col de Bise
A brutal 11.5 km HC wall averaging 13.16%, climbing from 389 m to 1907 m with ramps hitting 27.36%.
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Passo del Cornà
A France-based HC climb of 11.5 km and 1,028 m net gain, where 290 m of hidden re-climbing and a brutal steepest ramp reward disciplined, even-effort pacing.
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Col du Viallet
11.4 km at a relentless 10.45%, climbing 1194 m from 1054 m to a 2248 m summit — a pure HC grind.
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Col du Tronc
11.3 km at a punishing 10% average, ramping to 18.83%, hauling you from 488 m up to a 1620 m summit — a true HC brute.
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Plasseggenpass
A short, savage HC climb in Switzerland that packs 1,423 m of net gain into 11.2 km, with steep undulation that punishes anyone who paces to average.
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Passo di Entralais
11.1 km at a brutal 10.19% average, spiking to 30.61%, hauling you from 493 m up to 1629 m for 1136 m of net gain.
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Tamierpass
A brutal HC ascent: 11.1 km at a savage 16.52% average, hauling you from 454 m to a 2295 m summit for 1841 m of net gain.
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Col d'Arrémoulit
Eleven kilometres at a brutal 10.62% average, hauling you from 1279 m to 2451 m — an HC monster with 1172 m of net gain.
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Col du Saix
10.8 km at a brutal 9.02% average, ramping to 32.2%, climbing 976 m from 411 m to a 1387 m summit — a genuine HC monster.
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Alto de Velefique
A data-led profile of Spain's Alto de Velefique: 10.6 km at 9.75% average, an HC ascent with 1,029 m of net gain and steep, undulating pitches.
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Passo del Fargno
10.5 km at 9.21% averaging brutal, with a 33.95% wall and 970 m of net gain to a 1512 m summit — pure HC territory.
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Salzlecken
Salzlecken is a 10.5 km hors catégorie climb in Austria gaining 956 m net, with an undulating profile that inflates total ascent to 1,259 m.
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Col de Bérard
10.3 km at a brutal 10.69% average, ramping to 23.92%, climbing from 1118 m to 2220 m — a genuine HC monster.
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