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1 Cantabria, Spain

Colláu Espina (los Machucos)

North-eastern ascent from Bustablado
Length
8.7 km
Height gain
681 m
Average
7.8%
Steepest km
13.3%
Summit altitude
917 m
Difficulty
230
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Elevation profile

236 m → 917 m Touch or hover to inspect
0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+
Steepest km: km 5 at 13.3%

Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%
2.0 km
4–6%
0.7 km
6–8%
1.0 km
8–10%
1.3 km
10–14%
2.0 km
14%+
1.8 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 0.6–1.6
14.1%
2 km · km 4.2–6.2
12.1%
5 km · km 0.8–5.8
10.7%

Time to the top

0h 51 at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind

Kilometre by kilometre

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Km Altitude Gradient 0–15%
1 326 m 9.0%
2 444 m 11.8%
3 501 m 5.6%
4 602 m 10.1%
5 735 m 13.3%
6 843 m 10.7%
7 876 m 3.3%
8 865 m −1.0%
9 917 m 7.4%

Route map

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At the summit now

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16° Clear Feels like 16° · 917 m
Tailwind on 35% of the climb · Wind 5 km/h SE
Tailwind 35% Crosswind 30% Headwind 35%

How hard is 230?

Difficulty score is length × gradient, weighted for the steepest kilometre.

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