Montsalvy
South-western ascent from Viellevie
- Length
- 12.7 km
- Height gain
- 558 m
- Average
- 4.4%
- Steepest km
- 11.2%
- Summit altitude
- 776 m
- Difficulty
- 138
Elevation profile
218 m → 776 m
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0–4%
4–6%
6–8%
8–10%
10–14%
14%+
Steepest km: km 1 at 11.2%
Climb analysis
Where the climbing is
- 0–4%
- 6.7 km
- 4–6%
- 2.3 km
- 6–8%
- 1.0 km
- 8–10%
- 1.3 km
- 10–14%
- 1.5 km
- 14%+
- 0.0 km
Hardest sustained
- 1 km · km 0.0–1.0
- 11.2%
- 2 km · km 0.0–2.0
- 11.0%
- 5 km · km 0.0–5.0
- 8.0%
Time to the top
1h 04
at 2 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind
0h 45
at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind
0h 36
at 4 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind
0h 30
at 5 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind
How this is calculated
Kilometre by kilometre
Export CSV| Km | Altitude | Gain | Gradient | Max | 0–15% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 329 m | +112 m | 11.2% | 14.2% |
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| 2 | 437 m | +107 m | 10.7% | 12.0% |
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| 3 | 520 m | +83 m | 8.3% | 9.2% |
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| 4 | 576 m | +56 m | 5.6% | 6.8% |
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| 5 | 617 m | +41 m | 4.1% | 5.0% |
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| 6 | 639 m | +22 m | 2.2% | 3.6% |
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| 7 | 675 m | +36 m | 3.6% | 5.2% |
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| 8 | 710 m | +35 m | 3.5% | 7.0% |
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| 9 | 726 m | +16 m | 1.6% | 6.0% |
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| 10 | 740 m | +14 m | 1.4% | 2.0% |
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| 11 | 752 m | +12 m | 1.2% | 1.8% |
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| 12 | 774 m | +22 m | 2.2% | 5.8% |
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| 13 | 776 m | +2 m | 0.2% | 4.4% |
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About Montsalvy
- How long and how steep?
- From Viellevie, Montsalvy is 12.7 km long and climbs 558 m at an average of 4.4%, to a summit at 776 m. Its first kilometre is the steepest, at 11.2%.
- How long does it take?
- At 3 W/kg it takes about 46 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 37 min (70 kg rider, 8 kg bike, no wind).
- What category is it?
- It's a category 2 climb, with a difficulty score of 138.
- Where is it?
- It's in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
How hard is 138?
Difficulty score is length × gradient, weighted for the steepest kilometre.
Montsalvy, Viellevie
138
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