El Castell de Guadalest
Benidorm, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
El Castell de Guadalest
Distance: 23.09 km
Elevation Gain: 723 m
Elevation Loss: 194 m
Difficulty:
575 (Moderate)
FIETS Index: 1.97 FIETS
Avg Grade: 3.12 %
Max cat climb: 2
Min elevation: 44 m
Max elevation: 674 m
Ride Category:
Climb
El Castell de Guadalest is a stunning village perched on a rocky outcrop in the Alicante province of southeastern Spain. Located in the Valencian Community, it’s known not only for its medieval castle but also for its beautiful surroundings, making it a fantastic cycling destination. The climb to Guadalest offers both challenging gradients and sweeping views of the Costa Blanca mountains and turquoise reservoirs, making it popular with cyclists from all over. The route takes you through olive and almond groves, limestone cliffs, and around the turquoise Guadalest reservoir, with views extending to the Mediterranean. It starts moderately and ramps up slightly towards the top, making it perfect for practicing steady efforts and pacing. The region enjoys a mild, sunny climate, ideal for cycling all year round, though summer can get quite warm.
| Rank | Rider | Date | Time | Power | W/kg | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | SmP | Oct 04, 2019 | 00:51:51 | 263 W | 4.53 w/kg | 26.74 km/h |
| 🥈 | Tom Smeets | May 11, 2019 | 00:53:51 | 292 W | 4.00 w/kg | 25.74 km/h |
| 🥉 | Hugo Sánchez Perez | Sep 18, 2019 | 00:55:06 | 279 W | 3.99 w/kg | 25.16 km/h |
| 4 | Roberto Gori | Apr 12, 2018 | 00:55:30 | 274 W | 3.86 w/kg | 24.98 km/h |
| 5 | Tigo Star | Mar 07, 2018 | 00:56:29 | 273 W | 3.59 w/kg | 24.54 km/h |
| 6 | Martin Budd | Jun 30, 2017 | 00:58:21 | 251 W | 3.50 w/kg | 23.76 km/h |
| 7 | Pascal Saillard | Dec 02, 2019 | 00:58:24 | 260 W | 3.47 w/kg | 23.74 km/h |
| 8 | erik bruin | Feb 06, 2018 | 00:58:27 | 266 W | 3.37 w/kg | 23.72 km/h |
| 9 | D Speelman | Dec 04, 2017 | 00:58:36 | 260 W | 3.33 w/kg | 23.66 km/h |
| 10 | Val Oakenfold | Apr 11, 2018 | 00:58:48 | 278 W | 3.39 w/kg | 23.58 km/h |
| 11 | RENOTREK | Dec 14, 2019 | 00:58:48 | 261 W | 3.30 w/kg | 23.57 km/h |
| 12 | Matej Pirnat | Nov 19, 2020 | 00:58:49 | 241 W | 3.60 w/kg | 23.57 km/h |
| 13 | Quincy Norman | May 19, 2020 | 00:59:04 | 236 W | 3.36 w/kg | 23.47 km/h |
| 14 | Kenneth Schmidt | Jan 17, 2019 | 00:59:13 | 303 W | 3.40 w/kg | 23.41 km/h |
| 15 | Gunnar Tojren | Sep 15, 2019 | 00:59:22 | 257 W | 3.34 w/kg | 23.35 km/h |
| 16 | Graham Lowe | Oct 07, 2019 | 00:59:23 | 267 W | 3.56 w/kg | 23.34 km/h |
| 17 | D Boyd | Oct 05, 2017 | 00:59:37 | 239 W | 3.19 w/kg | 23.25 km/h |
| 18 | B McM | Nov 20, 2018 | 00:59:40 | 243 W | 3.47 w/kg | 23.23 km/h |
| 19 | Stéphane Sigouin | Jan 07, 2018 | 00:59:57 | 289 W | 3.40 w/kg | 23.12 km/h |
| 20 | Peter Holpar | Oct 02, 2019 | 01:00:32 | 222 W | 3.58 w/kg | 22.90 km/h |
| 21 | Raf Van Grieken | Oct 08, 2019 | 01:01:12 | 250 W | 3.33 w/kg | 22.65 km/h |
| 22 | Alex Vouillot | Nov 17, 2019 | 01:01:22 | 253 W | 3.33 w/kg | 22.59 km/h |
| 23 | Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen | Sep 12, 2019 | 01:01:45 | 253 W | 3.01 w/kg | 22.45 km/h |
| 24 | Indalecio Lekerika | Sep 15, 2019 | 01:02:00 | 200 W | 3.51 w/kg | 22.36 km/h |
| 25 | Vlad Naoukin | Apr 30, 2017 | 01:02:05 | 230 W | 2.88 w/kg | 22.33 km/h |
| 26 | Reinout Hesselink | Feb 16, 2018 | 01:02:42 | 235 W | 3.05 w/kg | 22.11 km/h |
| 27 | Roel-Jan Mouw | Sep 26, 2019 | 01:02:51 | 259 W | 3.01 w/kg | 22.06 km/h |
| 28 | Max Wall | Nov 14, 2019 | 01:02:54 | 228 W | 3.14 w/kg | 22.04 km/h |
| 29 | Silvano Turati | Oct 24, 2019 | 01:03:01 | 193 W | 3.22 w/kg | 22.00 km/h |
| 30 | Carl Börjesson | Jan 31, 2018 | 01:03:09 | 245 W | 3.27 w/kg | 21.95 km/h |
| 31 | Martin Dyer | May 21, 2017 | 01:03:51 | 244 W | — | 21.71 km/h |
| 32 | B E | Feb 09, 2018 | 01:04:20 | 220 W | 3.10 w/kg | 21.55 km/h |
| 33 | Volker Scheid | Sep 18, 2019 | 01:04:20 | 199 W | 2.84 w/kg | 21.55 km/h |
| 34 | Rene van Leeuwen | Jan 12, 2023 | 01:04:41 | 235 W | 2.83 w/kg | 21.43 km/h |
| 35 | jos gent | Jan 06, 2026 | 01:05:07 | 183 W | 2.77 w/kg | 21.50 km/h |
| 36 | IrmaJW Shave | Aug 15, 2017 | 01:05:56 | 207 W | 2.84 w/kg | 21.02 km/h |
| 37 | Roy Malone | Dec 08, 2017 | 01:06:42 | 194 W | 2.83 w/kg | 20.78 km/h |
| 38 | Stuart Crowder | Sep 12, 2019 | 01:06:51 | 207 W | 2.84 w/kg | 20.74 km/h |
| 39 | Vjeko Ditrih | Dec 06, 2019 | 01:07:00 | 253 W | 2.69 w/kg | 20.69 km/h |
| 40 | David Croft | Jul 04, 2019 | 01:07:17 | 219 W | 2.64 w/kg | 20.60 km/h |
| 41 | Sytse Schut | Nov 19, 2024 | 01:07:17 | 230 W | 2.80 w/kg | 20.60 km/h |
| 42 | Tanasi | Apr 01, 2020 | 01:07:52 | 179 W | 2.98 w/kg | 20.43 km/h |
| 43 | filip degryse | Sep 25, 2019 | 01:07:59 | 235 W | 2.80 w/kg | 20.39 km/h |
| 44 | David Avery | Jan 11, 2019 | 01:08:03 | 217 W | 2.61 w/kg | 20.37 km/h |
| 45 | Yves Livernois | Jun 30, 2017 | 01:08:14 | 209 W | 2.79 w/kg | 20.32 km/h |
| 46 | Goran Meglaj | Sep 12, 2019 | 01:08:27 | 204 W | 2.65 w/kg | 20.25 km/h |
| 47 | Chris Galley | Nov 15, 2019 | 01:08:37 | 213 W | 2.73 w/kg | 20.20 km/h |
| 48 | Fabio Zanirato | Nov 12, 2025 | 01:08:37 | 161 W | 2.88 w/kg | 20.41 km/h |
| 49 | Gary Rhodes | Jun 14, 2021 | 01:09:00 | 213 W | 2.58 w/kg | 20.09 km/h |
| 50 | Sławek Bikeman | Oct 02, 2019 | 01:09:05 | 230 W | 2.80 w/kg | 20.07 km/h |
| 51 | Ronny Briesen | Dec 13, 2017 | 01:09:40 | 213 W | 2.51 w/kg | 19.90 km/h |
| 52 | GoustiFruit ⓋⒺⒼⒶⓃ | Apr 22, 2020 | 01:09:43 | 187 W | 2.83 w/kg | 19.88 km/h |
| 53 | Jesús de Miguel González | Jul 15, 2020 | 01:09:51 | 207 W | 2.59 w/kg | 19.85 km/h |
| 54 | Francis Chalmers | Feb 11, 2025 | 01:10:35 | 164 W | 2.93 w/kg | 19.64 km/h |
| 55 | John Gaasbeek | Nov 28, 2019 | 01:10:53 | 215 W | 2.69 w/kg | 19.56 km/h |
| 56 | patrick vanholm | Nov 06, 2023 | 01:11:34 | 187 W | 2.67 w/kg | 19.37 km/h |
| 57 | Marc Schmerder | Jan 19, 2022 | 01:11:41 | 190 W | 2.50 w/kg | 19.34 km/h |
| 58 | Eddy Pronk | Mar 18, 2019 | 01:11:47 | 206 W | 2.54 w/kg | 19.31 km/h |
| 59 | Iain McDougall | Dec 17, 2024 | 01:12:30 | 182 W | 2.69 w/kg | 19.12 km/h |
| 60 | Stephen Cummings | Nov 10, 2018 | 01:12:31 | 206 W | 2.48 w/kg | 19.12 km/h |
| 61 | Louis Veltmeijer | Sep 12, 2019 | 01:12:44 | 171 W | 2.71 w/kg | 19.06 km/h |
| 62 | JJosef Kluson | Mar 04, 2021 | 01:12:56 | 184 W | 2.45 w/kg | 19.01 km/h |
| 63 | K N | Dec 14, 2019 | 01:13:09 | 175 W | 2.92 w/kg | 18.95 km/h |
| 64 | Rikard Persson | Oct 23, 2019 | 01:13:30 | 179 W | 2.49 w/kg | 18.86 km/h |
| 65 | Jeremy Nice | Oct 01, 2017 | 01:13:39 | 223 W | 2.40 w/kg | 18.82 km/h |
| 66 | Stanislav Krajnak | Dec 15, 2020 | 01:14:14 | 198 W | 2.34 w/kg | 18.67 km/h |
| 67 | Igor Tatarinov | Sep 25, 2020 | 01:14:19 | 201 W | 2.46 w/kg | 18.65 km/h |
| 68 | Sven Andersson | Oct 28, 2019 | 01:14:59 | 176 W | 2.51 w/kg | 18.49 km/h |
| 69 | Paul Ellis | Oct 15, 2019 | 01:15:20 | 187 W | 2.49 w/kg | 18.40 km/h |
| 70 | Jan Theron | Dec 19, 2025 | 01:15:35 | 168 W | 2.40 w/kg | 18.52 km/h |
| 71 | David Kings | Oct 26, 2019 | 01:16:00 | 189 W | 2.36 w/kg | 18.24 km/h |
| 72 | Artur Chmielewski | Dec 25, 2021 | 01:16:20 | 148 W | 2.60 w/kg | 18.16 km/h |
| 73 | Edwin Schalk | Feb 10, 2019 | 01:16:30 | 206 W | 2.42 w/kg | 18.12 km/h |
| 74 | J F | Nov 18, 2025 | 01:16:37 | 193 W | 2.19 w/kg | 18.27 km/h |
| 75 | christian soulard | May 15, 2021 | 01:16:39 | 160 W | 2.54 w/kg | 18.08 km/h |
| 76 | Hans Petiet | Mar 12, 2019 | 01:17:41 | 167 W | 2.32 w/kg | 17.84 km/h |
| 77 | Matthias Marquardt | Jan 14, 2018 | 01:18:00 | 161 W | 2.37 w/kg | 17.77 km/h |
| 78 | Tassos Klitsinaris | Dec 08, 2017 | 01:18:15 | 170 W | 2.24 w/kg | 17.72 km/h |
| 79 | Leszek Tomasiczek | Oct 02, 2019 | 01:18:57 | 173 W | 2.47 w/kg | 17.56 km/h |
| 80 | Lesquale | May 05, 2020 | 01:21:22 | 182 W | 2.09 w/kg | 17.04 km/h |
| 81 | Mike 8008 | Feb 02, 2024 | 01:23:29 | 177 W | 2.08 w/kg | 16.60 km/h |
| 82 | Alexey Demenev | Oct 07, 2017 | 01:23:57 | 179 W | 2.01 w/kg | 16.51 km/h |
| 83 | Gu Po Muc | Nov 26, 2020 | 01:24:21 | 157 W | 2.09 w/kg | 16.43 km/h |
| 84 | Tomasz Oszmian | Apr 01, 2020 | 01:25:23 | 166 W | 2.02 w/kg | 16.23 km/h |
| 85 | Nico Van Herwijnen | Jan 05, 2026 | 01:26:32 | 131 W | 1.75 w/kg | 16.18 km/h |
| 86 | Mark Barton | Oct 14, 2019 | 01:28:15 | 177 W | 1.99 w/kg | 15.71 km/h |
| 87 | Frantxoa A | Dec 22, 2024 | 01:29:58 | 155 W | 2.01 w/kg | 15.41 km/h |
| 88 | Moreno Denti | Oct 04, 2024 | 01:31:26 | 171 W | 1.76 w/kg | 15.16 km/h |
| 89 | Jozef Ceginik | Feb 02, 2023 | 01:32:21 | 142 W | 1.82 w/kg | 15.01 km/h |
| 90 | Alberto Orbegozo | Mar 25, 2020 | 01:48:18 | 99 W | 1.52 w/kg | 12.80 km/h |
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