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Côte du Magnoux

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D 203, Saint-Priest-la-Marche, Saint-Amand-Montrond, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, Metropolitan France, 18370, France
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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Côte du Magnoux .

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance3.27 km / 2.03 miles
Elevation gain125 m / 410 ft
Average gradient3.8%
Maximum gradient11.2%
Elevation high497.7 m / 1,633 ft
Elevation low374.2 m / 1,228 ft
Climb difficulty score12,411.94

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 434,569th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 53,259th most difficult cycling climb of all 342,105 climbs in France.

📉

Places 60th out of 8,686 cycling climbs in Centre-Val de Loire.

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Ranks 41st out of 1,401 cycling climbs in Cher.

🥇

This is the most difficult cycling climb in Saint-Priest-la-Marche.

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