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Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières

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1 review/story | Elevation profile | 5 photos
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
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Elevation profile Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières

Statistics

Difficulty points 1139
Length 7.9 km
Average gradient 10.9%
Steepest 100 meters 22%
Total ascent 860m

Short recap

27 hairpin turns
#59 toughest climb of France
#20 most elevation gain of Haute Savoie
#85 longest climb of Haute Savoie
#75 average steepest climb of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières is a climb in the region Annecy. It is 7.9km long and bridges 860 vertical meters with an average gradient of 10.9%, resulting in a difficulty score of 1139. The top of the ascent is located at 1569 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 5 photos.

Road names: Route de la Puze & Voie Communale du Chef-Lieu à Nargein

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Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
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Reviews (1)

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Niels1987
3 y 4.0 00:54:51 (8.7km/h)
This is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch. Show original

The Cenise is a bit in the shade of Plateau de Glieres, which is close by, but I prefer this one to the Glieres. Quieter, more height meters and just as steep. Disadvantage is that you can't ride your road bike all the way to the top. The beginning is fairly constant, around 10 percent, but it is easy to find a pace. But the heaviness is in the tail at the Cenise. At the junction with the road to Paradis, there is a nice stretch with lots of hairpins, which takes your mind off it for a while. But more often, it's around 13 %. At 1460-1470 meters, the first part is unpaved. Don't stop here, but ride on for a bit, because it will be asphalt again! The climax is here, there is another part asphalted until a parking place at 1560 meters, and this part goes up to 19%! I was almost at a standstill, but with the parking lot in sight, I just managed to get the right amount of energy out of it to cycle all the way up to there.

De Cenise staat wat in de schaduw van Plateau de Glieres, die er vlakbij ligt, maar ik verkoos deze toch boven de Glieres. Rustiger, meer hoogtemeters en net zo steil. Nadeel is dat je met de racefiets niet helemaal tot de top kan rijden. Het begin is redelijk constant, wel rond de 10 procent, maar een tempo is hier goed te vinden. Maar de zwaarte zit hem in de staart bij de Cenise. Bij de splitsing met de weg naar Paradis zit een aardig stuk met veel haarspeldbochten, wat je gedachten even afleid. Maar steeds vaker zit het toch rond de 13 %. Op 1460-1470 meter hoogte zit een eerste stuk onverhard. Stop hier niet, maar rijd een stuk door, want het word weer geasfalteerd! De climax zit hier namelijk, er is nog een stuk geasfalteerd tot een parkeerplaats op 1560m hoogte, en dit stuk loopt op tot 19%! Ik stond bijna stil, maar met de parkeerplaats in zicht kon ik er nog net dat beetje energie uit halen om het tot daar fietsend te volbrengen.

Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
Col de Cenise from Le Petit Bornand les Glières
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Climbing times

7 km/h 01:07:53
11 km/h 00:43:11
15 km/h 00:31:40
19 km/h 00:25:00

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