Famous cycling climbs
The most famous cycling climbs include Alpe d'Huez, Mont Ventoux and the Stelvio, plus Box Hill and Hardknott Pass in England. Here are 22 of them. Each page shows the shape of the road and how long it would take you to ride up.
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Box Hill
Surrey, England. 2.4 km, 120 m up.
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Cheddar Gorge
Somerset, England. 4.5 km, 184 m up.
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Oude Kwaremont
East Flanders, Belgium. 2 km, 84 m up.
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Koppenberg
East Flanders, Belgium. 0.6 km, 64 m up.
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Ditchling Beacon
East Sussex, England. 1.4 km, 129 m up.
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Winnats Pass
Peak District, England. 1.9 km, 204 m up.
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Hardknott Pass
Lake District, England. 2.6 km, 304 m up.
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Bealach na Bà
Wester Ross, Scotland. 8.7 km, 571 m up.
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Sa Calobra
Mallorca, Spain. 10.1 km, 697 m up.
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Lagos de Covadonga
Asturias, Spain. 12.1 km, 838 m up.
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Alpe d'Huez
Isère, France. 13.8 km, 1,093 m up.
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Col d'Izoard
Hautes-Alpes, France. 19.3 km, 1,129 m up.
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Col du Galibier
Savoie, France. 18.1 km, 1,191 m up.
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Col d'Aubisque
Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. 16.8 km, 1,187 m up.
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Col du Tourmalet
Hautes-Pyrénées, France. 18.9 km, 1,355 m up.
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Col de la Madeleine
Savoie, France. 19.3 km, 1,510 m up.
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Passo Gavia
Lombardy, Italy. 17.3 km, 1,322 m up.
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Mont Ventoux
Vaucluse, France. 21.8 km, 1,566 m up.
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Passo dello Stelvio
South Tyrol, Italy. 24.7 km, 1,832 m up.
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Mortirolo
Lombardy, Italy. 11.5 km, 1,289 m up.
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Alto de l'Angliru
Asturias, Spain. 12.5 km, 1,240 m up.
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Monte Zoncolan
Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. 9.9 km, 1,186 m up.