Cork oaks climb

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A-2304, Jerez, Campiña de Jerez, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain

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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance3.67 km / 2.28 miles
Elevation gain160.4 m / 526 ft
Average gradient3.8%
Maximum gradient18.7%
Elevation high695.8 m / 2,283 ft
Elevation low555.6 m / 1,823 ft
Climb difficulty score13,948.28

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 373,323rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 52,458th most difficult cycling climb of all 238,923 climbs in Spain.

📉

Places 8,186th out of 33,856 cycling climbs in Andalusia.

Ranks 14th out of 502 cycling climbs in Campiña de Jerez.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 8th most difficult cycling climb (out of 458 climbs) in Jerez.

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