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Merlou Climb

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Route du Bessat, Célarière, Saint-Genest-Malifaux, Saint-Étienne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, 42660, France
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Climb Profile

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1000 m1030 m1060 m1090 m3.6% from 0 m to 66 m1.1% from 66 m to 111 m2.3% from 111 m to 167 m5.4% from 167 m to 224 m5.0% from 224 m to 230 m5.0% from 230 m to 264 m2.5% from 264 m to 312 m4.7% from 312 m to 352 m6.9% from 352 m to 402 m3.4% from 402 m to 458 m4.7% from 458 m to 503 m9.5% from 503 m to 523 m6.7% from 523 m to 561 m5.8% from 561 m to 596 m4.1% from 596 m to 640 m4.4% from 640 m to 663 m6.4% from 663 m to 702 m4.8% from 702 m to 754 m2.8% from 754 m to 814 m3.3% from 814 m to 879 m0.5% from 879 m to 934 m0.9% from 934 m to 1.0 km1.7% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km4.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km4.5% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km5.1% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km4.6% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km4.3% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km3.7% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km4.5% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km3.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km3.1% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km2.5% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km4.3% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km8.1% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km7.6% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km5.8% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km9.6% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km8.6% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km10.5% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km7.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km1.7% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km0.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km0.0% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km3%4%6%2%4%4%4%6%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km1.5 km1.8 km
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.99 km / 1.24 miles
Elevation gain85.1 m / 279 ft
Average gradient4.3%
Maximum gradient8.5%
Elevation high1,087.28 m / 3,567 ft
Elevation low1,002.18 m / 3,288 ft
Climb difficulty score8,508.4

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 698,806th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 86,178th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 29,760th out of 68,974 cycling climbs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Ranks 1,959th out of 5,305 cycling climbs in Loire.

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Ranking 11th out of 46 cycling climbs in Saint-Genest-Malifaux.

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