Passo Gavia from Ponte di Legno (South side)
Ponte di legno, Lombardia, Italy
Passo Gavia from Ponte di Legno (South side)
Distance: 16.54 km
Elevation Gain: 1315 m
Elevation Loss: 4 m
Difficulty:
1206 (Very Hard)
FIETS Index: 10.52 FIETS
Avg Grade: 8.02 %
Max cat climb: HC
Min elevation: 1302 m
Max elevation: 2615 m
Ride Category:
Epic Climb
Passo Gavia is a high mountain pass located in Lombardy region of the Italian Alps. It connects the towns of Bormio and Mazzo di Valtellina and is known for its stunning scenery, challenging roads, and outdoor recreational opportunities. The pass is a popular destination for cyclists, hikers, and motorists seeking breathtaking views and a taste of the rugged alpine landscape. Passo Gavia sits at an elevation of 2,618 meters (8,590 feet) above sea level, making it one of the highest passes in the Eastern Alps. It is part of the Ortles-Cevedale mountain range and serves as a gateway to various natural attractions in the area. Passo Gavia is a popular route for cyclists, it has been included in several editions of the Giro d’Italia, challenging professional cyclists with its steep gradients and high altitude. Cyclists often tackle the pass during the summer months when the roads are clear of snow. The ascent from Bormio is particularly steep, with gradients reaching over 10% in some sections, making it a rewarding yet challenging climb.
| Rank | Rider | Date | Time | Power | W/kg | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | SmP | Apr 14, 2020 | 00:54:50 | 300 W | 5.17 w/kg | 18.22 km/h |
| 🥈 | Silvano Turati | Dec 27, 2024 | 00:55:22 | 260 W | 5.31 w/kg | 18.04 km/h |
| 🥉 | Ian Bowden | Feb 11, 2021 | 00:57:59 | 330 W | 4.78 w/kg | 17.23 km/h |
| 4 | Tom Smeets | May 28, 2020 | 01:00:48 | 323 W | 4.42 w/kg | 16.43 km/h |
| 5 | Alan Gunner | May 21, 2019 | 01:01:34 | 297 W | 4.33 w/kg | 16.22 km/h |
| 6 | Guillaume Babin | Feb 04, 2020 | 01:04:54 | 301 W | 4.07 w/kg | 15.39 km/h |
| 7 | Patrick BERNARD | Nov 08, 2023 | 01:04:55 | 324 W | 4.05 w/kg | 15.39 km/h |
| 8 | Jacob Stang | Nov 15, 2020 | 01:06:26 | 280 W | 4.00 w/kg | 15.04 km/h |
| 9 | Sytze Veenstra | Jul 28, 2020 | 01:06:47 | 286 W | 4.03 w/kg | 14.96 km/h |
| 10 | Peter Holpar | Aug 03, 2020 | 01:06:57 | 258 W | 4.23 w/kg | 14.92 km/h |
| 11 | Tom Thurston-Mathews | Dec 14, 2017 | 01:07:01 | 268 W | 4.00 w/kg | 14.91 km/h |
| 12 | Gunnar Tojren | Jun 02, 2020 | 01:07:32 | 302 W | 3.92 w/kg | 14.79 km/h |
| 13 | Christophe Stroobants | Sep 28, 2024 | 01:07:53 | 276 W | 3.94 w/kg | 14.71 km/h |
| 14 | David Milne | Apr 02, 2022 | 01:08:17 | 249 W | 3.95 w/kg | 14.63 km/h |
| 15 | kms-321@hotmail.com | Dec 18, 2017 | 01:09:31 | 241 W | 3.95 w/kg | 14.37 km/h |
| 16 | Tigo Star | Nov 06, 2017 | 01:09:33 | 291 W | 3.83 w/kg | 14.37 km/h |
| 17 | Maarten Kroon | Apr 06, 2020 | 01:10:07 | 248 W | 3.88 w/kg | 14.25 km/h |
| 18 | Artur Chmielewski | Jan 24, 2020 | 01:10:15 | 225 W | 3.95 w/kg | 14.22 km/h |
| 19 | Jacques Ranger | Aug 03, 2020 | 01:10:19 | 283 W | 3.72 w/kg | 14.21 km/h |
| 20 | daniel marszałek | Jan 22, 2022 | 01:11:00 | 306 W | 3.69 w/kg | 14.07 km/h |
| 21 | martin mcgowan | Apr 24, 2018 | 01:12:41 | 223 W | 3.84 w/kg | 13.75 km/h |
| 22 | D Speelman | Jun 25, 2018 | 01:13:26 | 278 W | 3.56 w/kg | 13.61 km/h |
| 23 | Ricard Andreu | May 28, 2020 | 01:13:54 | 269 W | 3.49 w/kg | 13.52 km/h |
| 24 | Ilja Booij | Dec 18, 2020 | 01:13:55 | 266 W | 3.55 w/kg | 13.51 km/h |
| 25 | Roman Mospan | Dec 28, 2024 | 01:14:10 | 267 W | 3.56 w/kg | 13.47 km/h |
| 26 | Andy Bowie | Apr 29, 2023 | 01:14:13 | 229 W | 3.63 w/kg | 13.46 km/h |
| 27 | Rasmus Olsen | Aug 24, 2023 | 01:14:17 | 280 W | 3.50 w/kg | 13.45 km/h |
| 28 | RENOTREK | Oct 16, 2020 | 01:15:02 | 272 W | 3.44 w/kg | 13.31 km/h |
| 29 | Augustin Sporis | Jun 15, 2019 | 01:15:25 | 249 W | 3.56 w/kg | 13.24 km/h |
| 30 | Andrew Mawby | Mar 19, 2022 | 01:15:30 | 252 W | 3.50 w/kg | 13.23 km/h |
| 31 | borja larrañaga elorza | Apr 14, 2020 | 01:15:40 | 249 W | 3.61 w/kg | 13.20 km/h |
| 32 | Clément Pinget | Apr 25, 2020 | 01:15:40 | 209 W | 3.67 w/kg | 13.20 km/h |
| 33 | Phil Gastinel | Jun 11, 2020 | 01:15:41 | 297 W | 3.41 w/kg | 13.20 km/h |
| 34 | Simon Hattinga Verschure | Oct 23, 2019 | 01:15:44 | 245 W | 3.50 w/kg | 13.19 km/h |
| 35 | Indalecio Lekerika | May 14, 2020 | 01:15:54 | 206 W | 3.61 w/kg | 13.16 km/h |
| 36 | javier divar | Apr 14, 2020 | 01:16:29 | 185 W | 3.56 w/kg | 13.06 km/h |
| 37 | Igor Tatarinov | Nov 03, 2020 | 01:16:48 | 278 W | 3.40 w/kg | 13.01 km/h |
| 38 | john giebels | Oct 06, 2020 | 01:17:54 | 253 W | 3.37 w/kg | 12.82 km/h |
| 39 | Ton de Pie | Jan 13, 2026 | 01:17:56 | 276 W | 3.33 w/kg | 12.82 km/h |
| 40 | Frederik Vanrietvelde | Apr 18, 2020 | 01:18:00 | 250 W | 3.33 w/kg | 12.81 km/h |
| 41 | Martin Budd | Jan 02, 2021 | 01:18:12 | 240 W | 3.35 w/kg | 12.77 km/h |
| 42 | Douglas Forer | Jun 07, 2019 | 01:18:16 | 272 W | 3.40 w/kg | 12.76 km/h |
| 43 | Krist Biebauw | Jan 01, 2018 | 01:18:45 | 268 W | 3.35 w/kg | 12.69 km/h |
| 44 | makarov25 | Sep 18, 2021 | 01:18:49 | 236 W | 3.47 w/kg | 12.67 km/h |
| 45 | Stuart Crowder | Jun 09, 2020 | 01:19:00 | 231 W | 3.30 w/kg | 12.64 km/h |
| 46 | Vlad Naoukin | Jan 17, 2017 | 01:19:47 | 239 W | 2.99 w/kg | 12.54 km/h |
| 47 | Geir Skaugen | Jul 11, 2020 | 01:20:11 | 287 W | 3.19 w/kg | 12.46 km/h |
| 48 | Fabio Zanirato | Dec 25, 2024 | 01:20:19 | 190 W | 3.39 w/kg | 12.44 km/h |
| 49 | James Turner | Aug 04, 2018 | 01:20:30 | 301 W | 3.24 w/kg | 12.41 km/h |
| 50 | filip degryse | Apr 28, 2020 | 01:20:34 | 269 W | 3.20 w/kg | 12.40 km/h |
| 51 | Alberto Andres | Apr 14, 2020 | 01:20:40 | 170 W | 3.40 w/kg | 12.38 km/h |
| 52 | Robert Rheault | Dec 23, 2020 | 01:20:49 | 225 W | 3.21 w/kg | 12.36 km/h |
| 53 | O Booij | Jul 04, 2020 | 01:21:05 | 247 W | 3.29 w/kg | 12.32 km/h |
| 54 | Werner Unterberger | Dec 11, 2019 | 01:21:33 | 247 W | 3.29 w/kg | 12.25 km/h |
| 55 | Rainer Klee | Feb 08, 2025 | 01:21:53 | 255 W | 3.10 w/kg | 12.20 km/h |
| 56 | TheNated0 | Jan 19, 2021 | 01:22:05 | 229 W | 3.15 w/kg | 12.17 km/h |
| 57 | Rene van Leeuwen | Oct 17, 2017 | 01:22:07 | 243 W | 3.24 w/kg | 12.17 km/h |
| 58 | Peter Wierenga | Feb 07, 2018 | 01:22:21 | 266 W | 3.13 w/kg | 12.13 km/h |
| 59 | Pascal Saillard | May 22, 2019 | 01:22:21 | 234 W | 3.12 w/kg | 12.13 km/h |
| 60 | JJosef Kluson | Jan 09, 2023 | 01:22:45 | 236 W | 3.15 w/kg | 12.07 km/h |
| 61 | Nick De Marco | May 24, 2020 | 01:23:06 | 188 W | 3.19 w/kg | 12.02 km/h |
| 62 | Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen | Jun 07, 2019 | 01:23:21 | 259 W | 3.05 w/kg | 11.98 km/h |
| 63 | Sławek Bikeman | May 01, 2020 | 01:23:37 | 244 W | 3.17 w/kg | 11.95 km/h |
| 64 | Kent Daniel | Dec 29, 2017 | 01:23:41 | 241 W | 3.05 w/kg | 11.94 km/h |
| 65 | Ad Kimenai | Jan 18, 2018 | 01:24:12 | 222 W | 3.13 w/kg | 11.87 km/h |
| 66 | Uros Valant | Jun 03, 2020 | 01:24:16 | 219 W | 3.13 w/kg | 11.85 km/h |
| 67 | Michiel Vaal | Aug 04, 2020 | 01:24:25 | 254 W | 3.02 w/kg | 11.83 km/h |
| 68 | Charpentier Grégory | Nov 25, 2019 | 01:24:27 | 235 W | 3.13 w/kg | 11.83 km/h |
| 69 | Iain McDougall | Dec 22, 2021 | 01:24:32 | 217 W | 3.12 w/kg | 11.82 km/h |
| 70 | Юрий Ермолаев | Feb 20, 2021 | 01:24:39 | 221 W | 3.07 w/kg | 11.80 km/h |
| 71 | David Marcel | May 26, 2019 | 01:24:50 | 243 W | 3.16 w/kg | 11.77 km/h |
| 72 | Fulvio Mazzotta | May 19, 2020 | 01:25:17 | 233 W | 3.11 w/kg | 11.71 km/h |
| 73 | J Lee Wamble | Jun 15, 2020 | 01:25:26 | 226 W | 3.04 w/kg | 11.69 km/h |
| 74 | Morten Søndergaard | Nov 01, 2021 | 01:25:33 | 241 W | 3.01 w/kg | 11.68 km/h |
| 75 | K N | Apr 04, 2019 | 01:25:39 | 183 W | 3.21 w/kg | 11.67 km/h |
| 76 | Christopher Epo | Mar 15, 2018 | 01:25:41 | 253 W | 2.94 w/kg | 11.66 km/h |
| 77 | Alex Vouillot | May 02, 2020 | 01:25:49 | 241 W | 3.17 w/kg | 11.64 km/h |
| 78 | Goran Meglaj | May 12, 2019 | 01:26:24 | 230 W | 2.99 w/kg | 11.56 km/h |
| 79 | John Jardine | Nov 03, 2018 | 01:26:29 | 232 W | 2.97 w/kg | 11.55 km/h |
| 80 | Pierrot G. | May 10, 2020 | 01:26:34 | 222 W | 3.02 w/kg | 11.54 km/h |
| 81 | Volker Scheid | Jun 27, 2020 | 01:26:54 | 204 W | 3.00 w/kg | 11.49 km/h |
| 82 | erik bruin | Aug 28, 2018 | 01:26:55 | 238 W | 2.98 w/kg | 11.50 km/h |
| 83 | Nicolas Perrier | May 02, 2020 | 01:27:19 | 197 W | 3.03 w/kg | 11.44 km/h |
| 84 | fabio lilla | Nov 17, 2021 | 01:27:23 | 225 W | 2.96 w/kg | 11.43 km/h |
| 85 | Matt Wheat | Sep 05, 2020 | 01:27:29 | 240 W | 2.96 w/kg | 11.42 km/h |
| 86 | Joeri Veldeman | Jun 24, 2019 | 01:27:34 | 194 W | 2.98 w/kg | 11.41 km/h |
| 87 | Manfred Schwarz | Dec 16, 2020 | 01:27:38 | 204 W | 3.09 w/kg | 11.40 km/h |
| 88 | Nick Kaldenbach | Jul 01, 2020 | 01:27:40 | 240 W | 2.93 w/kg | 11.39 km/h |
| 89 | Ivan Bergman | May 08, 2020 | 01:27:47 | 221 W | 2.95 w/kg | 11.38 km/h |
| 90 | Henrik Sørensen | Jan 06, 2018 | 01:27:55 | 236 W | 2.95 w/kg | 11.36 km/h |
| 91 | Mark Prior | Jul 04, 2019 | 01:28:11 | 226 W | 3.01 w/kg | 11.33 km/h |
| 92 | jack66 | Jul 05, 2020 | 01:28:17 | 222 W | 2.92 w/kg | 11.31 km/h |
| 93 | Ian James | Mar 13, 2026 | 01:28:19 | 220 W | 2.93 w/kg | 11.31 km/h |
| 94 | GoustiFruit ⓋⒺⒼⒶⓃ | Apr 02, 2019 | 01:28:28 | 199 W | 3.06 w/kg | 11.29 km/h |
| 95 | Steven Davison | Aug 02, 2020 | 01:29:18 | 211 W | 2.89 w/kg | 11.19 km/h |
| 96 | Silvio Landrock | Dec 09, 2022 | 01:29:41 | 212 W | 2.90 w/kg | 11.14 km/h |
| 97 | Frank Jansen | Jan 08, 2021 | 01:29:42 | 216 W | 2.88 w/kg | 11.14 km/h |
| 98 | Carl Whorton | Oct 11, 2020 | 01:30:12 | 213 W | 2.88 w/kg | 11.07 km/h |
| 99 | Mike 8008 | Apr 21, 2023 | 01:30:19 | 240 W | 2.86 w/kg | 11.06 km/h |
| 100 | Massimiliano Bernardi | Apr 26, 2020 | 01:30:59 | 206 W | 2.90 w/kg | 10.98 km/h |
| 101 | George Corbet | Feb 19, 2024 | 01:31:16 | 210 W | 2.85 w/kg | 10.94 km/h |
| 102 | Fred Gaidies | Nov 28, 2020 | 01:31:52 | 225 W | 2.78 w/kg | 10.87 km/h |
| 103 | Marzio Balducci | Jan 04, 2021 | 01:32:06 | 201 W | 2.83 w/kg | 10.85 km/h |
| 104 | Roberto Fortunato | Nov 14, 2021 | 01:32:19 | 222 W | 2.81 w/kg | 10.82 km/h |
| 105 | Forbes Simpson | Jan 10, 2021 | 01:32:37 | 214 W | 2.78 w/kg | 10.79 km/h |
| 106 | Cameron Lees | May 07, 2020 | 01:32:59 | 188 W | 2.79 w/kg | 10.74 km/h |
| 107 | Federico Zanon | Apr 27, 2020 | 01:33:08 | 188 W | 2.76 w/kg | 10.73 km/h |
| 108 | Lars Ivan Johnsen | Jan 13, 2026 | 01:33:23 | 208 W | 2.77 w/kg | 10.70 km/h |
| 109 | Eva Klusoňová | Jul 08, 2020 | 01:33:25 | 212 W | 2.83 w/kg | 10.69 km/h |
| 110 | Bernhard Henrich | Apr 24, 2022 | 01:33:46 | 214 W | 2.74 w/kg | 10.65 km/h |
| 111 | christian soulard | Dec 25, 2024 | 01:33:50 | 174 W | 2.81 w/kg | 10.65 km/h |
| 112 | ROBERTO RINI | Apr 22, 2020 | 01:34:30 | 211 W | 2.71 w/kg | 10.57 km/h |
| 113 | William Simpson | Nov 26, 2020 | 01:34:35 | 187 W | 2.83 w/kg | 10.56 km/h |
| 114 | Jean-Pierre Santa-Maria | Feb 05, 2025 | 01:34:45 | 189 W | 2.74 w/kg | 10.54 km/h |
| 115 | Fabrice Maisonneuve | Dec 02, 2017 | 01:34:58 | 195 W | 2.77 w/kg | 10.52 km/h |
| 116 | Tom Eklund | Nov 28, 2017 | 01:35:50 | 187 W | 2.79 w/kg | 10.43 km/h |
| 117 | Cédric Lamathe | May 15, 2020 | 01:36:04 | 182 W | 2.84 w/kg | 10.40 km/h |
| 118 | Sergey Kochergin | Dec 18, 2020 | 01:36:23 | 199 W | 2.84 w/kg | 10.36 km/h |
| 119 | Hendrik Thielemann | Dec 25, 2020 | 01:36:52 | 206 W | 2.64 w/kg | 10.31 km/h |
| 120 | Mike Pearman | Aug 13, 2019 | 01:37:03 | 223 W | 2.67 w/kg | 10.29 km/h |
| 121 | Hans Meinders | Dec 26, 2017 | 01:37:05 | 202 W | 2.69 w/kg | 10.29 km/h |
| 122 | Michael Hodges | Jun 05, 2025 | 01:37:07 | 199 W | 2.65 w/kg | 10.29 km/h |
| 123 | Louis Veltmeijer | Jan 19, 2025 | 01:37:27 | 175 W | 2.82 w/kg | 10.25 km/h |
| 124 | James Mungall | Oct 19, 2024 | 01:37:40 | 198 W | 2.64 w/kg | 10.23 km/h |
| 125 | Andrew Fawcett | Jun 04, 2019 | 01:37:54 | 232 W | 2.64 w/kg | 10.20 km/h |
| 126 | Roberto Bacchereti | Dec 15, 2017 | 01:38:39 | 196 W | 2.68 w/kg | 10.13 km/h |
| 127 | Paul Ellis | Jun 16, 2020 | 01:38:48 | 212 W | 2.65 w/kg | 10.11 km/h |
| 128 | Tania De Bruyne | May 09, 2021 | 01:39:55 | 179 W | 2.59 w/kg | 10.00 km/h |
| 129 | Marcelo Mourier | Nov 19, 2021 | 01:39:59 | 195 W | 2.60 w/kg | 9.99 km/h |
| 130 | Berne Nyberg | Jan 19, 2021 | 01:42:19 | 205 W | 2.50 w/kg | 9.76 km/h |
| 131 | Keith Loveman | Jan 09, 2025 | 01:42:30 | 184 W | 2.51 w/kg | 9.75 km/h |
| 132 | Guy Vandersmissen | Jul 27, 2020 | 01:42:56 | 188 W | 2.51 w/kg | 9.70 km/h |
| 133 | Rémy Jouanne | Jun 09, 2024 | 01:42:57 | 157 W | 2.57 w/kg | 9.70 km/h |
| 134 | Paul Brooks | Jan 04, 2018 | 01:43:14 | 187 W | 2.71 w/kg | 9.68 km/h |
| 135 | John Hanson | Oct 23, 2022 | 01:45:20 | 185 W | 2.43 w/kg | 9.48 km/h |
| 136 | emanuele nicolé | Jan 06, 2019 | 01:45:31 | 214 W | 2.35 w/kg | 9.47 km/h |
| 137 | Andrew Knight | Nov 01, 2020 | 01:46:00 | 187 W | 2.37 w/kg | 9.42 km/h |
| 138 | Martin Young | Feb 09, 2023 | 01:46:13 | 203 W | 2.39 w/kg | 9.40 km/h |
| 139 | Brian Snail | Sep 03, 2025 | 01:46:16 | 183 W | 2.47 w/kg | 9.40 km/h |
| 140 | R O | Apr 22, 2021 | 01:47:10 | 154 W | 2.44 w/kg | 9.32 km/h |
| 141 | David Kings | May 08, 2020 | 01:47:25 | 204 W | 2.40 w/kg | 9.30 km/h |
| 142 | Rik Lukey | May 07, 2024 | 01:47:28 | 168 W | 2.47 w/kg | 9.29 km/h |
| 143 | Klaas Hartman | Apr 17, 2020 | 01:47:39 | 191 W | 2.39 w/kg | 9.28 km/h |
| 144 | Ralph Schumann | Jan 08, 2025 | 01:49:28 | 161 W | 2.40 w/kg | 9.13 km/h |
| 145 | giuliano bini | Apr 19, 2020 | 01:50:46 | 185 W | 2.31 w/kg | 9.02 km/h |
| 146 | Andreas Scheurell | May 29, 2024 | 01:51:18 | 167 W | 2.29 w/kg | 8.97 km/h |
| 147 | Maurizio Gaudino | Nov 16, 2021 | 01:51:20 | 162 W | 2.31 w/kg | 8.97 km/h |
| 148 | Hans Petiet | Jul 29, 2018 | 01:53:14 | 163 W | 2.30 w/kg | 8.82 km/h |
| 149 | Sandro Goos | Dec 06, 2022 | 01:53:38 | 190 W | 2.26 w/kg | 8.79 km/h |
| 150 | Marvin Faure | Apr 16, 2020 | 01:55:44 | 159 W | 2.24 w/kg | 8.63 km/h |
| 151 | Ralf Metzger | Oct 07, 2017 | 01:56:18 | 162 W | 2.25 w/kg | 8.59 km/h |
| 152 | Frantxoa A | Dec 28, 2023 | 01:58:53 | 173 W | 2.25 w/kg | 8.40 km/h |
| 153 | Shyam Suyambu | Sep 04, 2020 | 01:59:13 | 146 W | 2.34 w/kg | 8.38 km/h |
| 154 | Chris Ford | Sep 10, 2021 | 02:00:41 | 149 W | 2.13 w/kg | 8.28 km/h |
| 155 | Vasco Amorim | Aug 21, 2019 | 02:01:41 | 142 W | 2.12 w/kg | 8.21 km/h |
| 156 | elena nelli | Apr 26, 2020 | 02:03:08 | 126 W | 2.10 w/kg | 8.11 km/h |
| 157 | David Phillips | Jun 16, 2020 | 02:10:29 | 149 W | 1.99 w/kg | 7.66 km/h |
| 158 | David Descamps | Sep 06, 2018 | 02:15:12 | 112 W | 1.93 w/kg | 7.39 km/h |
| 159 | Wü Di | Feb 18, 2018 | 02:18:19 | 102 W | 1.96 w/kg | 7.22 km/h |
| 160 | Giulio Contaldi | Dec 26, 2017 | 02:21:51 | 136 W | 1.81 w/kg | 7.04 km/h |
| 161 | Dennis Teoh | May 26, 2020 | 03:02:44 | 104 W | 1.39 w/kg | 5.47 km/h |
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