Sting in the tail
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| Climb category | Category 4 |
| Distance | 8.62 km / 5.36 miles |
| Elevation gain | 130.9 m / 429 ft |
| Average gradient | 1.5% |
| Maximum gradient | 7.7% |
| Elevation high | 1,514.1 m / 4,968 ft |
| Elevation low | 1,383.2 m / 4,538 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 13,104.22 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 405,072nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 3,352nd most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa. |
📉 Places 337th out of 8,872 cycling climbs in Gauteng. |
⚖ Ranks 76th out of 3,007 cycling climbs in City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. |
⚖ Ranking 28th out of 1,288 cycling climbs in Pretoria. |
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