Col de la Geneste via Super Besse is a climb in the region Auvergne. It is 6.4km long and bridges 247 vertical meters with an average gradient of 3.9%, resulting in a difficulty score of 164. The top of the ascent is located at 1370 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 2 reviews of this climb and uploaded 1 photo.
Road name: D149
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If we go by the Climbfinder segment alone: only the wall before Super Besse (which is much steeper than the 8％ displayed) is difficult, the rest is very rolling. However, the difficulty will depend on the start of your climb, which can be more than 20km long if you start at the bottom of the valley. The road is very busy and lots of cars pass close by, but the final stretch between Super Besse and the pass is much quieter.
Si l'on s'en tient uniquement au segment de Climbfinder : seul le mur avant Super Besse (qui est bien plus raide que les 8％ affichés) est difficile, le reste est très roulant. Cependant, la difficulté dépendra du début de votre ascension, qui peut être longue de plus de 20 km si vous démarrez en bas de la vallée. La route est très fréquentée et beaucoup de voitures passent près, en revanche la dernière partie entre Super Besse et le col est beaucoup plus calme.
Beware this pass follows nearly 25km of false flat from Montaigut, so in reality it proves hard including the horrible passage before Super Besse, the Tour de France finish 1.8km at 10％ with passages at 13％ then after that it's quite rolling, with only a passage at 5-6％ with 1km to go. The summit is a plateau.
Attention ce col suit près de 25 km de faux plat depuis Montaigut, donc en réalité il se révèle dur notamment l'horrible passage avant Super Besse, l'arrivée du Tour de France 1,8 km à 10％ avec des passages à 13％ puis après c'est assez roulant, avec uniquement un passage à 5-6％ à 1 km de la fin. Le sommet est un plateau.
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