I recently had the pleasure of a climb that was ~14% but only for 2.5 miles. I could barely turn the pedals over while standing at some points. I couldn't imagine going for 10K and racing someone up there. That would be some bad stuff.

jaretj

At one point one of the tv motorcycles fell over sideways due to the gradient and slow speed. While watching it my wife said "those bikes look far too big for the riders", I had to explain that the guys at the front are the size of jockeys!!!
Right at the bottom of the climb the lead motorcycle took a wrong turn and the 3/4 lead riders followed for 20-30 meters and then had to do a dead turn back to the climb. Of all the things you don't want at the bottom of a climb like that is to loose all your momentum!!

Loved it. Not only the gradients, but also the quirkiness eg the narrow roads. Beautiful - it's what makes cycling such an amazing sport.

Anyone have a link, would love to see what you're talking about.

Do you have an exact link?

I thought Mallorca was bad.... ;)

-Robert

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Amazing. A few years ago they debuted Mont Zoncolan. Now this. How many more of these monsters do they have over there?

You could open up a Savageman Italy edition. It will sell out fast!!!! Probably the only way I can get the Ottawa guys to fly out to Europe too :-) Hope all is well with you. By the way, how technical is the Savageman run course. I am running regular amounts again, but have to stick to fairly benign terrain.

Not technical. There's a 1/4 mile up and back down on a Fire Tower road that is bad in spots. But going up is no problem because you're going slow. Going down you need to watch your step in a few places. Other than that all pavement or good, smooth gravel.

Now back to regular programming. These steeps in the Dolomites are nothing like Mallorca. That's got some sick riding and great climbing, but nothing steep like this stuff. My guess is that the only competition to these climbs will be found in South America.

This guy could do it on one wheel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhc9EUGK140

that's one way to cut RR.

Wonder if he's riding 11x53,
11 up front and 53 in back

yeah, buts its still not scanuppia de besennello is it?

Go to steephill.tv, then the Trentino dashboard, then stage 3. Great 1/2 hour there from Eurosport.

Crazy climb, but very impressive ride by Kreuziger (among others) given his size.

I have done the Punta Veleno climb several times while staying in Bardolino. It is quite a challenge, especially with 39-25 gearing which I had. I have done some other classics as well such as Mortirolo, Gavia, Stelvio, Fittanze etc. The upper parts of Kitzbuheler Horn are really steep and Mortirolo is long but Punta Veleno is still the worst I have tried. That said, I have never tried the Zoncolan or Angliru.