Virage des Balmes

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Route des Barrages, Aussois, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, 73500, France

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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Virage des Balmes.

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m7.1% from 530 m to 547 m14.0% from 547 m to 555 m10.5% from 555 m to 567 m6.9% from 567 m to 581 m6.9% from 581 m to 599 m16.4% from 599 m to 605 m6.9% from 605 m to 608 m7.2% from 608 m to 622 m10.7% from 622 m to 633 m8.8% from 633 m to 644 m10.4% from 644 m to 656 m6.8% from 656 m to 670 m10.1% from 670 m to 682 m9.8% from 682 m to 695 m6.8% from 695 m to 709 m17.5% from 709 m to 715 m8.4% from 715 m to 729 m8.5% from 729 m to 743 m9.0% from 743 m to 754 m5.9% from 754 m to 775 m8.2% from 775 m to 789 m14.3% from 789 m to 798 m11.9% from 798 m to 806 m6.9% from 806 m to 824 m7.3% from 824 m to 840 m14.1% from 840 m to 849 m10.6% from 849 m to 860 m8.8% from 860 m to 873 m6.8% from 873 m to 888 m9.2% from 888 m to 901 m7.1% from 901 m to 915 m6.9% from 915 m to 930 m7.0% from 930 m to 947 m5.4% from 947 m to 969 m10.2% from 969 m to 981 m11.8% from 981 m to 989 m6.7% from 989 m to 992 m6.7% from 992 m to 1.0 km5.6% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km8.8% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km6.0% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km7.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km11.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km4.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km20.7% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km20.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km10.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km9.5% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km6.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km10.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km9.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km8.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km11.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km12.9% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km13.1% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km6.3% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km6.2% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km10.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km6.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km11.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km10.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km7.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km5.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km5.7% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km16.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km3.7% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km7.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km10.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km9.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km6.9% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km9.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km6.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km10.1% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km7.1% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km14.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km17.2% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km8.5% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km6.7% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km5.0% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km6.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km7.9% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km8.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km8.5% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km14.1% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km11.9% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km7.1% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km7.7% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km12.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km10.4% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km8.5% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km9.9% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km8.5% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km7.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km17.7% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km10.9% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km12.1% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km24.0% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km9.6% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km9.8% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km8.0% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km13.7% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km19.6% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km8.6% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km9.9% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km11.4% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km7.5% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km8.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km14.7% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km7.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km9.3% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km14.3% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km7.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km7.7% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km8.7% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km14.7% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km16.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km23.1% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km10.6% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km11.8% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km7.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km9.6% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km15.4% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km9.5% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km12.4% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km6.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km7.2% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km9.1% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km8.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km7.6% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km13.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km8.1% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km8.9% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km11.9% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km7.9% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km12.9% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km6.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km10.9% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km9.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km15.2% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km8.5% from 2.2 km to 2.3 km7.4% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km11.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km7.0% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km6.7% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km6.5% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km9.3% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km7.7% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km11.5% from 2.3 km to 2.3 km10.9% from 2.3 km to 2.4 km10.8% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km13.0% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km8.3% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km8.5% from 2.4 km to 2.4 km9.6% from 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance2.7 km / 1.68 miles
Elevation gain240.8 m / 790 ft
Average gradient8.9%
Maximum gradient16.6%
Elevation high1,790 m / 5,873 ft
Elevation low1,549.2 m / 5,083 ft
Climb difficulty score24,089.08

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 169,760th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 23,899th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

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Places 10,467th out of 68,974 cycling climbs in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Ranks 2,277th out of 8,284 cycling climbs in Savoy.

Ranking 13th out of 52 cycling climbs in Aussois.

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