Côte du Stade Olympique from Lausanne

Côte du Stade Olympique from Lausanne is a climb in the region Vaud. It is 3 mi long and bridges 787 ft of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 5%, resulting in a difficulty score of 177. The top of the ascent is located at 1975 ft above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 4 photos.

Road names: Avenue d'Ouchy, Avenue de la Gare, Avenue de la Gare, Avenue Georgette, Avenue du Théâtre, Avenue du Théâtre, Place Saint-François, Rue du Grand-Chêne, Avenue Jules-Gonin, Avenue Jules-Gonin, Ave

3.0 by ZachW

This is an automatic translation, the original language is: English.

Climb right through the center of Lausanne. Good bike lanes but traffic is still difficult given the absolute volume and the numerous stop lights, many of which halt you mid incline. Not what I would describe as a pleasant experience but the traffic and pedestrians make it exhilarating in a strange way. Interesting in that the entire route is lit with street lights so it can be easily accomplished at night, often when there is less traffic. Given that Lausanne is so close to Lavaux where there a... read more