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Race to the Tower

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1517, Airport Road, Ames, Story County, Iowa, 50010, United States
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance4.04 km / 2.51 miles
Elevation gain17 m / 56 ft
Average gradient0.4%
Maximum gradient8%
Elevation high169 m / 554 ft
Elevation low147 m / 482 ft
Climb difficulty score1,697.85

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 2,007,106th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 229,144th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 1,011th out of 1,745 cycling climbs in Iowa.

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Ranks 25th out of 63 cycling climbs in Story County.

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Ranking 12th out of 39 cycling climbs in Ames.

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