Usk Road (A4042) Mamhilad to Pontypool
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| Climb category | Uncategorised |
| Distance | 2.93 km / 1.82 miles |
| Elevation gain | 35 m / 115 ft |
| Average gradient | 1.2% |
| Maximum gradient | 5.4% |
| Elevation high | 110.4 m / 362 ft |
| Elevation low | 70.6 m / 232 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 3,512.64 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 1,396,498th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 136,507th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom. |
📉 Places 15,966th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales. |
⚖ Ranks 309th out of 535 cycling climbs in Torfaen. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 5 climbs) in New Inn. |
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