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The climbs every cyclist dreams about.
Profiles of cycling's most legendary ascents. Study the gradient, metre by metre, before you book the trip. Free, no signup.
Curated by Hendrik Bulens · verified 2026-04
Grand Tour giants
The HC summits of the Alps, Pyrenees, and Dolomites
Alpe d'Huez
21 hairpins of Tour de France legend
- Length
- 13.8 km
- Gain
- 1071 m
- Avg
- 8.1%
- Max
- 13%
Passo dello Stelvio
48 switchbacks to 2,757 m
- Length
- 24.3 km
- Gain
- 1808 m
- Avg
- 7.4%
- Max
- 14%
Col du Tourmalet
The king of the Pyrenees
- Length
- 19 km
- Gain
- 1404 m
- Avg
- 7.4%
- Max
- 10.5%
Alto de l'Angliru
The cruelest climb in the Vuelta
- Length
- 12.5 km
- Gain
- 1266 m
- Avg
- 10.1%
- Max
- 23.5%
Monte Zoncolan
The wall of the Giro
- Length
- 10.1 km
- Gain
- 1210 m
- Avg
- 11.9%
- Max
- 22%
Col du Galibier
The Tour's high altar
- Length
- 17.7 km
- Gain
- 1230 m
- Avg
- 6.9%
- Max
- 10.1%
Passo del Mortirolo
Lance called it the hardest he ever rode
- Length
- 12.4 km
- Gain
- 1300 m
- Avg
- 10.5%
- Max
- 18%
Monument climbs
Where the one-day classics are decided
Poggio di San Remo
Where Milan-Sanremo is won
- Length
- 3.7 km
- Gain
- 88 m
- Avg
- 3.7%
- Max
- 8%
Cipressa
Sanremo's penultimate test
- Length
- 5.6 km
- Gain
- 240 m
- Avg
- 4.1%
- Max
- 9%
La Redoute
Liège's cruellest wall
- Length
- 1.6 km
- Gain
- 160 m
- Avg
- 9.8%
- Max
- 20%
Mur de Huy
One wall, once a year, winner takes all
- Length
- 1.3 km
- Gain
- 128 m
- Avg
- 9.3%
- Max
- 26%
Cauberg
Amstel Gold finisher
- Length
- 0.8 km
- Gain
- 67 m
- Avg
- 5.8%
- Max
- 12%
Cobbled classics
The short, brutal hellingen of Flanders
Koppenberg
The wall that stopped the peloton
- Length
- 0.6 km
- Gain
- 64 m
- Avg
- 11.6%
- Max
- 22%
Paterberg
Tour of Flanders finale
- Length
- 0.4 km
- Gain
- 42 m
- Avg
- 12.9%
- Max
- 20.3%
Oude Kwaremont
The Ronde's longest hellingen
- Length
- 2.2 km
- Gain
- 93 m
- Avg
- 4%
- Max
- 11.6%
Muur van Geraardsbergen
The Kapelmuur
- Length
- 0.95 km
- Gain
- 93 m
- Avg
- 9.3%
- Max
- 19.8%
Kemmelberg
Gent-Wevelgem wall
- Length
- 0.6 km
- Gain
- 66 m
- Avg
- 11%
- Max
- 23%
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