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L'épingle infernale

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D 120c, Virieu-le-Petit, Arvière-en-Valromey, Belley, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, 01260, France
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance2.07 km / 1.29 miles
Elevation gain280.8 m / 921 ft
Average gradient13.5%
Maximum gradient31.8%
Elevation high1,125.1 m / 3,691 ft
Elevation low844.3 m / 2,770 ft
Climb difficulty score28,073.4

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 131,508th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 19,497th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 8,694th out of 68,974 cycling climbs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Ranks 489th out of 4,458 cycling climbs in Ain.

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Ranking 27th out of 49 cycling climbs in Arvière-en-Valromey.

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