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HC TurinPiedmont, Italy

Sestriere

Eastern ascent from Perosa Argentina — the hardest of the 4 ways up

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Length: 36.5 km
Height gain: 1406 m
Average: 3.8%
Steepest km: 9.7%
Summit altitude: 2038 m
Difficulty: 233

Turin · 4th of the five hardest

4 ways up · this is the hardest Compare all 4

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Perosa Argentina 36.5 km, 3.8% average, 1406 m height gain
Pourrières 16.0 km, 3.9% average, 623 m height gain
Cesana Torinese 11.0 km, 6.2% average, 686 m height gain
Rollières 9.4 km, 6.2% average, 585 m height gain

Elevation profile

632 m → 2038 m Touch or hover to inspect

0–4% 4–6% 6–8% 8–10% 10–14% 14%+

Steepest km: km 17 at 9.7%

One short section looks like a survey error (hatched) — usually a tunnel or a bridge, measured from the terrain above or below the road. It is left out of the steepest-km figure.

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Climb analysis

Where the climbing is

0–4%: 20.5 km
4–6%: 8.5 km
6–8%: 5.0 km
8–10%: 1.5 km
10–14%: 0.8 km
14%+: 0.3 km

Hardest sustained

1 km · km 16.1–17.1: 12.3%
2 km · km 15.1–17.1: 8.0%
5 km · km 30.5–35.5: 6.8%

Time to the top

1h 59 at 3 W/kg · 70 kg rider + 8 kg bike, no wind

How this is calculated

Kilometre by kilometre

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Km	Altitude	Gain	Gradient	Max
1	652 m	+20 m	2.0%	6.4%
2	672 m	+20 m	2.0%	5.0%
3	698 m	+27 m	2.7%	7.6%
4	737 m	+39 m	3.9%	5.8%
5	766 m	+29 m	2.9%	5.8%
6	812 m	+46 m	4.6%	6.2%
7	849 m	+37 m	3.7%	5.8%
8	897 m	+49 m	4.9%	10.4%
9	952 m	+55 m	5.5%	7.2%
10	987 m	+35 m	3.5%	7.2%
11	1029 m	+42 m	4.2%	9.2%
12	1045 m	+16 m	1.6%	3.4%
13	1062 m	+17 m	1.7%	6.8%
14	1087 m	+25 m	2.5%	4.8%
15	1121 m	+34 m	3.4%	8.2%
16	1163 m	+42 m	4.2%	8.8%
17	1260 m	+97 m	9.7%	27.0%
18	1297 m	+37 m	3.7% ? Includes a suspected survey error	31.0%
19	1362 m	+65 m	6.5%	11.8%
20	1402 m	+40 m	4.0%	5.8%
21	1421 m	+19 m	1.9%	3.4%
22	1433 m	+13 m	1.3%	3.0%
23	1449 m	+16 m	1.6%	3.0%
24	1473 m	+24 m	2.4%	4.4%
25	1491 m	+19 m	1.8%	4.6%
26	1504 m	+13 m	1.3%	3.4%
27	1531 m	+27 m	2.7%	4.2%
28	1551 m	+20 m	2.0%	4.0%
29	1597 m	+46 m	4.6%	6.8%
30	1630 m	+33 m	3.3%	4.6%
31	1692 m	+62 m	6.2%	7.2%
32	1770 m	+78 m	7.8%	13.0%
33	1833 m	+63 m	6.3%	7.4%
34	1902 m	+69 m	6.9%	7.6%
35	1959 m	+57 m	5.7%	8.6%
36	2017 m	+58 m	5.8%	11.6%
37	2038 m	+22 m	4.1%	5.8%

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About Sestriere

How long and how steep?: From Perosa Argentina, Sestriere is 36.5 km long and climbs 1,406 m at an average of 3.8%, to a summit at 2,038 m. Its steepest kilometre, km 17, averages 9.7%.
How long does it take?: At 3 W/kg it takes about 1 h 59 min to reach the top, at 4 W/kg about 1 h 35 min (70 kg rider, 8 kg bike, no wind).
What category is it?: It's an HC (hors catégorie) climb, with a difficulty score of 233. It's the hardest of the 4 ways up to Sestriere.
Where is it?: It's in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.

How hard is 233?

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

San Glorio, Potes 233

Col du Galibier, Briançon 233

Sestriere, Perosa Argentina 233

Akagisan, Maebashi 233

El Monduver, Simat de la Valldigna 233

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