Evans sting in the tail

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Heads of the Valleys Road, Princetown, Rhymney, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, NP22 5QF, United Kingdom
Cat. 4

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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.61 km / 1.00 miles
Elevation gain93.4 m / 306 ft
Average gradient5.8%
Maximum gradient16.2%
Elevation high439 m / 1,440 ft
Elevation low345.5 m / 1,134 ft
Climb difficulty score9,339.16

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 621,703rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 47,764th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 7,570th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

Ranks 359th out of 1,201 cycling climbs in Caerphilly County Borough.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Rhymney.

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