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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Uncategorised |
| Distance | 0.67 km / 0.41 miles |
| Elevation gain | 15.6 m / 51 ft |
| Average gradient | 2.3% |
| Maximum gradient | 9% |
| Elevation high | 52.4 m / 172 ft |
| Elevation low | 36.6 m / 120 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 1,556.8 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 2,070,254th out of 2,710,648 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 42,500th most difficult cycling climb of all 64,909 climbs in Belgium. |
📉 Places 3,137th out of 6,060 cycling climbs in East Flanders. |
⚖ Ranks 268th out of 1,008 cycling climbs in Gent. |
⚖ Ranking 30th out of 125 cycling climbs in Merelbeke. |
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