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St Lukes Road, Wainfelin, Pen Tranch, Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales, NP4 6DF, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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140 m255 m370 m485 m7.8% from 0 m to 6 m0.0% from 6 m to 50 m0.0% from 50 m to 101 m0.8% from 101 m to 166 m-1.5% from 166 m to 231 m-2.3% from 231 m to 291 m-1.4% from 291 m to 363 m5.7% from 363 m to 389 m1.6% from 389 m to 447 m4.3% from 447 m to 482 m10.4% from 482 m to 509 m13.6% from 509 m to 527 m6.3% from 527 m to 565 m1.3% from 565 m to 603 m-1.0% from 603 m to 653 m1.9% from 653 m to 707 m2.4% from 707 m to 765 m0.0% from 765 m to 826 m-1.3% from 826 m to 898 m-3.8% from 898 m to 961 m0.6% from 961 m to 1.0 km4.2% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km4.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.0% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km3.5% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km2.8% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km0.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km2.6% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km5.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km2.1% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km2.6% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km4.4% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km2.4% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km3.2% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km3.3% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km2.0% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km1.8% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km0.0% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km0.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km-1.4% 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 2
Distance10.57 km / 6.57 miles
Elevation gain366.8 m / 1,203 ft
Average gradient3.2%
Maximum gradient10.8%
Elevation high481.3 m / 1,579 ft
Elevation low140 m / 459 ft
Climb difficulty score33,834.24

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 92,702nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 1,179th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 365th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Torfaen.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Pontypool.

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