Excuse my French but I’m in France

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Little Downs, Cardinham, Cornwall, England, PL30 4EH, United Kingdom
Cat. 4

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Climb Profile

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35 m65 m100 m130 m0.5% from 0 m to 21 m2.3% from 21 m to 43 m3.3% from 43 m to 67 m5.4% from 67 m to 88 m2.7% from 88 m to 110 m4.2% from 110 m to 131 m4.4% from 131 m to 152 m1.4% from 152 m to 173 m1.0% from 173 m to 193 m0.5% from 193 m to 213 m0.0% from 213 m to 235 m-0.4% from 235 m to 258 m5.0% from 258 m to 280 m13.3% from 280 m to 301 m13.4% from 301 m to 323 m9.7% from 323 m to 344 m10.6% from 344 m to 366 m7.3% from 366 m to 387 m9.5% from 387 m to 408 m7.8% from 408 m to 430 m5.5% from 430 m to 452 m8.6% from 452 m to 473 m8.5% from 473 m to 493 m7.6% from 493 m to 514 m8.0% from 514 m to 536 m12.9% from 536 m to 557 m13.3% from 557 m to 578 m13.8% from 578 m to 598 m11.9% from 598 m to 618 m6.0% from 618 m to 638 m9.0% from 638 m to 659 m9.1% from 659 m to 680 m10.4% from 680 m to 702 m11.2% from 702 m to 724 m14.3% from 724 m to 744 m15.6% from 744 m to 765 m11.4% from 765 m to 785 m15.3% from 785 m to 807 m11.9% from 807 m to 827 m10.4% from 827 m to 847 m11.1% from 847 m to 868 m9.9% from 868 m to 889 m10.0% from 889 m to 910 m8.4% from 910 m to 931 m10.3% from 931 m to 951 m10.2% from 951 m to 974 m10.0% from 974 m to 994 m10.4% from 994 m to 1.0 km7.9% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km10.3% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km11.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km9.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km2%9%11%11%10%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.1 km / 0.68 miles
Elevation gain91.4 m / 300 ft
Average gradient8.3%
Maximum gradient14.2%
Elevation high126.8 m / 416 ft
Elevation low35.4 m / 116 ft
Climb difficulty score9,137.86

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 638,807th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 49,453rd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 35,226th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

Ranks 962nd out of 6,988 cycling climbs in Cornwall.

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A local climb of note, this is the 7th most difficult cycling climb (out of 52 climbs) in Cardinham.

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