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Mortirolo from Tovo di Sant'Agata

4.6
5 reviews | Elevation profile | 14 photos
In some places the road surface of this climb is bad, but it can be ridden with a road bike.
Mortirolo from Tovo di Sant'Agata
Mortirolo from Tovo di Sant'Agata
Mortirolo from Tovo di Sant'Agata
Mortirolo from Tovo di Sant'Agata
Mortirolo from Tovo di Sant'Agata
Mortirolo from Tovo di Sant'Agata
Elevation profile Mortirolo from Tovo di Sant'Agata
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Statistics

Difficulty points 1760
Length 12.4 km
Average gradient 10.8%
Steepest 100 meters 24.8%
Total ascent 1346m

Short recap

Beautiful scenery
Hidden gem
37 hairpin turns
Bad road
#44 toughest climb of Europe
#29 most elevation gain of Lombardy
#65 average steepest climb of Lombardy
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Mortirolo from Tovo di Sant'Agata is a climb in the region Lombardy. It is 12.4km long and bridges 1346 vertical meters with an average gradient of 10.8%, resulting in a difficulty score of 1760. The top of the ascent is located at 1870 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 5 reviews of this climb and uploaded 14 photos.

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Reviews (5)

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hardloper_marco
2 Mo 5.0 01:43:00 (7.2km/h)
This is an automatic translation, the original language is: Dutch. Show original

Nice climb that goes well through the forest, which is nice with 32 degrees outside. Today the col was closed to cars and motorbikes and there were very few cyclists.
Although very tough, I did find it a nice climb. I don't know what exactly made it so, but in any case not the asphalt. That was often of poor quality. The grids over the drainage are good to do, but you have to be careful how you steer over them.
At each bend, it is indicated how high you are, how far it is and how steep the stretch is until the next hairpin. And there are many hairpins.
Then, with a bit more climbing and mostly flat/downhill, you can get to the Mortirolo in 9.8 km.
In short, worth it as far as I'm concerned!

Mooi klim die goed door het bos gaat, wat met 32 graden buiten wel fijn is. Vandaag was de col gesloten voor auto’s en motoren en er waren erg weinig fietsers.
Hoewel heel zwaar vond ik het wel een fijne klim. Waar dat exact aan lag weet ik niet, maar in elk geval niet aan het asfalt. Dat was vaak van matige kwaliteit. De roosters over de afwatering zijn goed om te doen, maar je moet wel even opletten hoe je er overheen stuurt.
Bij elke bocht staat aangegeven hoe hoog je bent, hoe ver het nog is en hoe steil het stukje tot de volgende haarspeld. En haarspelden zijn er veel.
Daarna kun je met nog een beetje klimmen en vooral vlak/dalen in 9,8 km naar de Mortirolo.
Kortom, de moeite waard wat mij betreft!

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NikoMing
4 Mo 5.0
This is an automatic translation, the original language is: French. Show original

A must-do, but make sure you're sharp. It's steep, very steep and over long sections.

A faire absolument, mais en étant bien affuté. C'est raide, très raide et sur de longues sections.

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Joeri_Laureys
2 y 4.0
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You should not give much review to this. This is heavy heavy heavy. So heavy that the pros don't take this side in the race. So hard that you burn sugars like crazy. This is the Mortirolo side that didn't steal its name. Narrow, but relatively traffic-free. But think before you leap and make sure you can pedal a small gear!

Veel review moet je hier niet aan geven. Dit is zwaar zwaar zwaar. Zo zwaar, dat de profs deze zijde niet nemen in de koers. Zo hard dat je suikers verbrandt als een gek. Dit is de Mortirolo zijde die z'n naam niet gestolen heeft. Smal, maar relatief verkeerloos. Maar bezint eer je begint en zorg dat je een klein verzet kan trappen!

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JohanR
3 y 4.0
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Climbed this one in 2018.
Incredibly tough climb! 12 km at an average of 11%. With its own "La Redoute" few kilometers before the top, with sections of more than 20%. From the start, it's already steep uphill and that won't change for the first 8 km. The road surface is narrow, but reasonable. The advantage is that you are alone here. There is hardly anyone else on the road and I have not seen a car during the entire climb. The gradients per km sometimes obscure the profile. In a stretch of 12%, it often goes up by 16% before leveling off to 6%. This is a climb where 6% feels like "flat" where you can rest your legs for a while.
The hardest part comes after the descent. You have been pedalling your lungs out for an hour and then the percentages of the gradient reach and even exceed 20%. In addition, the road surface is much worse. At the time, they were working on the road surface. Maybe it has been repaved in the meantime?
That part was so steep that when I pulled on my handlebars to put some pressure on it (to get ahead at all), I lifted my front wheel from the ground and crashed. Climbing back on your bike and leaving is not possible with such a steep incline, so I had to walk until it leveled off below 15% to get back on my bike.
There is nothing going on at the top. But you are so exhausted that it is the last thing you have to worry about.
This is by far the hardest climb I have ever done. It is not called the Mortirolo for nothing.

Heb deze beklommen in 2018.
Ontieglijk zware klim! 12 km aan gemiddeld 11%. Met een eigen "La Redoute" enkele kilometers voor de top, met stukken van meer dan 20%. Van bij het begin gaat het al steil omhoog en dat zal de eerste 8 km niet veranderen. Het wegdek is smal, maar redelijk berijdbaar. Voordeel is wel dat je hier alleen bent. Je komt nauwelijks iemand tegen en een auto heb ik niet gezien op de hele beklimming. De stijgingspercentages per kilometer verdoezelen soms wel het profiel. In een stuk van 12%, gaat het vaak met 16% naar boven om dan af te vlakken tot 6%. Dit is een klim waar 6% aanvoelt als "plat" waar je even de benen kan laten rusten.
Het zwaarste stuk komt na de afdaling. Je hebt al een uur lang, de longen uit je lijf getrapt en dan tikken de stijgingspercentages de 20% aan en er zelfs over. Bovendien is het wegdek daar ook veel slechter. Destijds waren ze aan het wegdek aan het werken. Misschien is dat intussen van glad asfalt voorzien ??
Op dat stuk ging het zo steil dat ik bij het trekken aan mijn stuur om kracht te zetten (om überhaupt vooruit te komen), mijn voorwiel van de grond trok en tegen de vlakte ging. Terug op je fiets klimmen en vertrekken lukt je niet met zo'n stijging, dus toch even moeten stappen tot het weer afvlakte tot onder de 15% om weer op de fiets te springen.
Op de top is overigens niks te beleven. Maar je bent zo uitgeput, dat dat het laatste van je zorgen is.
Veruit de moeilijkste klim die ik ooit gedaan heb. Hij heet niet voor niet de Mortirolo.

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Pietro_valtelina
3 y 5.0

Not as famous as mazzo,but it is harder,the locals told me it was crazy hard.it starts off much steeper than mazzo,then about half way there is a flat section ,which you pay for! There are some beautiful views and then it ramps up.problem is road is serrated concrete with steel drainage channels that can fit a foot.its difficult to keep momentum as it is really steep,my garmin said 26%.then you rejoin the road near top and it seems easy! I saw no-one on this road! It starts next to the tovo cemetery! Worth doing, as i did mazzo 5 times and i wanted to try another for 6. It is beautiful but hard. The hardness near the main t junction channeled zoncolan. The mazzo climb is hard because it is persistently steep,tovo climb is hard,then easy then crazy steep,choose your poison!

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Climbing times

7 km/h 01:46:33
11 km/h 01:07:48
15 km/h 00:49:43
19 km/h 00:39:15

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