Monte Zoncolan (West Side) virtual cycling route
Italy Monte Zoncolan (West Side)
Distance: 10.20 km
Elevation Gain: 1196 m
Elevation Loss: 14 m
Difficulty: 1686 (Extreme)
FIETS Index: 14.26 FIETS
Avg Grade: 11.93 %
Max cat climb: HC
Min elevation: 534 m
Max elevation: 1729 m
Ride Category: Epic Climb

Monte Zoncolan, located in the Carnic Alps in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy, is one of the most iconic and challenging climbs in professional road cycling. Known for its brutally steep gradients and difficult terrain, it has gained legendary status, particularly for its frequent appearances in the Giro dโ€™Italia. The Ovaro side is the most famous and daunting route up Monte Zoncolan, often described as one of the hardest climbs in Europe. The climb is relentless, with very few opportunities to recover. The first few kilometers are challenging, but after Ravascletto, the gradient intensifies dramatically, making the final 6 kilometers particularly brutal, with hairpin bends and extremely steep pitches. The toughest section is known as the "Wall of Zoncolan," where the gradient stays consistently above 15%, peaking at 22% near the top. Monte Zoncolan first appeared in the Giro dโ€™Italia in 2003, and since then, it has become one of the most feared and respected climbs in the race. For amateur cyclists, Monte Zoncolan is a bucket-list climb, but itโ€™s important to be prepared due to the extreme difficulty. The road is narrow and steep, and there are very few flat sections to recover.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 SmP Oct 13, 2019 00:45:42 302 W 5.21 w/kg 13.39 km/h
🥈 Knut-Ståle Arntsen Jan 05, 2019 00:46:30 386 W 5.15 w/kg 13.16 km/h
🥉 RENOTREK Sep 18, 2019 00:47:03 390 W 4.88 w/kg 13.01 km/h
4 Jon Wild Mar 10, 2019 00:49:01 339 W 4.77 w/kg 12.49 km/h
5 Alan Gunner Jan 05, 2019 00:50:13 314 W 4.58 w/kg 12.19 km/h
6 Tigo Star Dec 30, 2020 00:52:34 316 W 4.39 w/kg 11.64 km/h
7 Silvano Turati Jan 06, 2019 00:52:44 270 W 4.50 w/kg 11.61 km/h
8 Christopher Epo Sep 13, 2018 00:53:53 360 W 4.19 w/kg 11.36 km/h
9 Patrick BERNARD Dec 16, 2023 00:53:55 339 W 4.24 w/kg 11.35 km/h
10 Tom Smeets Sep 08, 2018 00:54:08 312 W 4.27 w/kg 11.31 km/h
11 Jacques Ranger Aug 10, 2020 00:55:37 313 W 4.12 w/kg 11.01 km/h
12 Sytze Veenstra May 08, 2021 00:56:17 290 W 4.14 w/kg 10.87 km/h
13 Ilja Booij Feb 22, 2019 00:56:27 296 W 4.08 w/kg 10.84 km/h
14 sebastien rebeyrolles Dec 07, 2019 00:56:39 273 W 4.20 w/kg 10.80 km/h
15 Peter Holpar Jul 28, 2020 00:57:28 260 W 4.26 w/kg 10.65 km/h
16 Artur Chmielewski Dec 16, 2019 00:58:12 236 W 4.14 w/kg 10.52 km/h
17 Hugo Sánchez Perez Sep 15, 2019 00:58:13 282 W 4.03 w/kg 10.51 km/h
18 Dean Hallam Feb 05, 2019 00:58:24 262 W 3.98 w/kg 10.48 km/h
19 Tom Thurston-Mathews Jan 05, 2019 00:58:39 266 W 3.97 w/kg 10.44 km/h
20 Jeff Winkler Apr 05, 2020 00:58:49 286 W 3.92 w/kg 10.41 km/h
21 Nick De Marco May 22, 2020 00:59:11 233 W 3.95 w/kg 10.34 km/h
22 Patrick Reinquin Apr 12, 2020 00:59:20 279 W 3.93 w/kg 10.32 km/h
23 Gunnar Tojren Jan 01, 2019 00:59:33 297 W 3.86 w/kg 10.28 km/h
24 gael saillard Jan 17, 2021 00:59:45 234 W 3.90 w/kg 10.24 km/h
25 r.ertl-pl@n-b.us Nov 24, 2020 00:59:49 275 W 3.82 w/kg 10.23 km/h
26 E.W. Vd Lustgraaf Jul 12, 2019 01:00:07 319 W 3.75 w/kg 10.18 km/h
27 lee Marshall Aug 20, 2019 01:00:22 256 W 3.94 w/kg 10.14 km/h
28 Christiaan Riemens May 22, 2021 01:00:41 270 W 3.75 w/kg 10.09 km/h
29 David Milne Nov 20, 2021 01:00:42 242 W 3.84 w/kg 10.08 km/h
30 Chris Roebuck Apr 17, 2020 01:01:00 292 W 3.89 w/kg 10.03 km/h
31 Phil Jones Aug 15, 2021 01:01:35 271 W 3.74 w/kg 9.94 km/h
32 jon hosking Feb 10, 2019 01:03:00 310 W 3.58 w/kg 9.72 km/h
33 Pepijn Pinkse May 18, 2020 01:03:16 265 W 3.63 w/kg 9.67 km/h
34 Ricard Andreu Jun 07, 2020 01:03:20 274 W 3.56 w/kg 9.66 km/h
35 Ralf S. Jan 03, 2019 01:03:48 266 W 3.64 w/kg 9.59 km/h
36 earthboundhomes Aug 01, 2020 01:04:12 312 W 3.51 w/kg 9.53 km/h
37 D Speelman Jan 26, 2024 01:04:21 276 W 3.63 w/kg 9.51 km/h
38 Volker Scheid Sep 16, 2019 01:04:22 249 W 3.56 w/kg 9.51 km/h
39 Iain Garside Jan 08, 2019 01:04:29 262 W 3.59 w/kg 9.49 km/h
40 Luc Lecointre Jan 20, 2019 01:04:43 272 W 3.63 w/kg 9.46 km/h
41 Andrew Weickhardt Sep 07, 2020 01:04:43 275 W 3.53 w/kg 9.46 km/h
42 filip degryse Apr 12, 2019 01:04:44 300 W 3.57 w/kg 9.46 km/h
43 Augustin Sporis Jan 01, 2019 01:05:16 252 W 3.60 w/kg 9.38 km/h
44 Frederik Vanrietvelde Jan 04, 2019 01:05:38 261 W 3.48 w/kg 9.33 km/h
45 Fabio Zanirato Dec 05, 2020 01:05:53 201 W 3.59 w/kg 9.29 km/h
46 Irma Grape Jan 02, 2019 01:06:06 230 W 3.54 w/kg 9.26 km/h
47 Balázs Radovics Feb 25, 2021 01:06:15 274 W 3.43 w/kg 9.24 km/h
48 john giebels Mar 18, 2021 01:06:37 259 W 3.45 w/kg 9.19 km/h
49 Bo Jakobsen Jan 01, 2019 01:06:42 246 W 3.51 w/kg 9.18 km/h
50 Derek Jordan Sep 08, 2018 01:07:17 231 W 3.44 w/kg 9.10 km/h
51 Indalecio Lekerika Jan 03, 2019 01:07:20 202 W 3.54 w/kg 9.09 km/h
52 Guy Vandersmissen Aug 07, 2020 01:07:25 257 W 3.43 w/kg 9.08 km/h
53 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Dec 15, 2019 01:07:31 281 W 3.35 w/kg 9.07 km/h
54 B E Jan 01, 2019 01:07:59 245 W 3.45 w/kg 9.00 km/h
55 Geir Skaugen Jul 12, 2020 01:08:08 298 W 3.31 w/kg 8.98 km/h
56 JJosef Kluson Dec 03, 2022 01:08:13 252 W 3.36 w/kg 8.97 km/h
57 Graham Lowe Jan 26, 2019 01:08:23 308 W 3.37 w/kg 8.95 km/h
58 Alexander Kunkel Jan 02, 2019 01:08:25 259 W 3.32 w/kg 8.95 km/h
59 jack66 Jul 09, 2020 01:08:26 254 W 3.34 w/kg 8.94 km/h
60 erik bruin Jan 27, 2019 01:08:29 268 W 3.35 w/kg 8.94 km/h
61 K N Sep 22, 2019 01:08:38 200 W 3.51 w/kg 8.92 km/h
62 Bruno Paradis Jan 17, 2019 01:09:01 227 W 3.34 w/kg 8.87 km/h
63 philippe fadi Nov 07, 2020 01:09:01 219 W 3.37 w/kg 8.87 km/h
64 borja larrañaga elorza Dec 04, 2020 01:09:09 232 W 3.36 w/kg 8.85 km/h
65 Laurent Arzur Jul 18, 2023 01:09:09 252 W 3.36 w/kg 8.85 km/h
66 Daniel Beale Jan 02, 2019 01:09:18 234 W 3.34 w/kg 8.83 km/h
67 thomas burton Jan 24, 2019 01:09:28 258 W 3.27 w/kg 8.81 km/h
68 christian soulard Mar 17, 2022 01:09:31 211 W 3.35 w/kg 8.80 km/h
69 Sytse Schut Jan 20, 2023 01:09:53 267 W 3.26 w/kg 8.76 km/h
70 Dimitrie Gavriloae Nov 02, 2021 01:10:03 233 W 3.28 w/kg 8.74 km/h
71 David Descamps Apr 06, 2019 01:10:14 222 W 3.31 w/kg 8.71 km/h
72 Raoul FALICON Jan 24, 2019 01:10:27 230 W 3.38 w/kg 8.69 km/h
73 Uros Valant Jan 08, 2025 01:10:42 228 W 3.26 w/kg 8.66 km/h
74 Marek Wronecki Apr 08, 2020 01:11:04 214 W 3.24 w/kg 8.61 km/h
75 Alex Vouillot Dec 19, 2019 01:11:50 253 W 3.33 w/kg 8.52 km/h
76 Artur B Dec 13, 2020 01:12:05 238 W 3.17 w/kg 8.49 km/h
77 Hero Kao Feb 22, 2023 01:12:28 216 W 3.13 w/kg 8.45 km/h
78 Arlindo Van Damme Jan 04, 2019 01:12:42 205 W 3.31 w/kg 8.42 km/h
79 Hans Meinders Feb 03, 2019 01:13:11 235 W 3.13 w/kg 8.36 km/h
80 Stuart Crowder Feb 12, 2019 01:13:11 234 W 3.08 w/kg 8.36 km/h
81 fantomaks Feb 09, 2019 01:13:15 204 W 3.14 w/kg 8.36 km/h
82 Iain McDougall Jun 30, 2020 01:13:49 209 W 3.14 w/kg 8.29 km/h
83 Paul Brooks May 06, 2020 01:13:59 210 W 3.18 w/kg 8.27 km/h
84 Mike Wood Sep 19, 2019 01:14:03 237 W 3.16 w/kg 8.27 km/h
85 Roel-Jan Mouw Jan 19, 2019 01:14:05 275 W 3.06 w/kg 8.26 km/h
86 Jj Gd Apr 02, 2022 01:14:10 231 W 3.08 w/kg 8.25 km/h
87 Morten Søndergaard Jan 21, 2022 01:14:30 229 W 3.05 w/kg 8.22 km/h
88 Ole Weigelt Nov 03, 2020 01:14:31 230 W 3.07 w/kg 8.21 km/h
89 Marko Zmazek Jan 25, 2021 01:14:32 230 W 3.07 w/kg 8.21 km/h
90 Chris Ford Aug 18, 2022 01:14:46 222 W 3.08 w/kg 8.19 km/h
91 Ben Vandebroek Dec 30, 2021 01:14:51 216 W 3.09 w/kg 8.18 km/h
92 Андрей Некрасов Sep 01, 2019 01:15:03 212 W 3.03 w/kg 8.16 km/h
93 Marcel Aust Feb 02, 2021 01:15:33 213 W 3.00 w/kg 8.10 km/h
94 John Gaasbeek Jan 08, 2019 01:15:47 242 W 3.03 w/kg 8.08 km/h
95 Pascal Saillard Mar 17, 2019 01:15:47 232 W 2.97 w/kg 8.08 km/h
96 Mikkel Weigelt Oct 25, 2020 01:15:47 143 W 3.18 w/kg 8.08 km/h
97 Tony Wilby Jan 05, 2019 01:15:50 231 W 3.08 w/kg 8.07 km/h
98 Derek Cobb Feb 23, 2019 01:15:54 242 W 3.03 w/kg 8.06 km/h
99 quanten mechaniker Nov 10, 2021 01:15:55 255 W 2.97 w/kg 8.06 km/h
100 Igor Tatarinov Jun 30, 2020 01:16:02 244 W 2.99 w/kg 8.05 km/h
101 Mark Vos Sep 23, 2022 01:16:09 226 W 3.01 w/kg 8.04 km/h
102 Carl Whorton Feb 20, 2019 01:16:29 246 W 3.04 w/kg 8.00 km/h
103 Nick Mougos Jul 18, 2019 01:16:29 213 W 3.00 w/kg 8.00 km/h
104 James MacDonald Feb 12, 2021 01:16:38 203 W 3.08 w/kg 7.99 km/h
105 jos gent May 03, 2021 01:16:53 175 W 2.61 w/kg 7.96 km/h
106 Bart Koekkoek Jan 02, 2019 01:17:05 275 W 2.89 w/kg 7.94 km/h
107 Michiel Vaal Jul 21, 2020 01:17:19 245 W 2.92 w/kg 7.92 km/h
108 Silvio Landrock Dec 19, 2021 01:17:41 216 W 2.96 w/kg 7.88 km/h
109 Peter Dobson Jun 08, 2021 01:17:42 220 W 2.93 w/kg 7.88 km/h
110 Massimiliano Bernardi Dec 12, 2020 01:17:48 212 W 2.99 w/kg 7.87 km/h
111 peter@youngwilkinson.co.nz Feb 21, 2019 01:17:52 229 W 2.90 w/kg 7.86 km/h
112 Matt Wilcko Apr 01, 2020 01:17:53 225 W 3.00 w/kg 7.86 km/h
113 J Lee Wamble Jan 03, 2019 01:18:25 225 W 2.92 w/kg 7.81 km/h
114 Raf Van Grieken Jan 02, 2019 01:18:39 218 W 2.91 w/kg 7.78 km/h
115 Rainer Ertl May 12, 2021 01:19:06 216 W 2.88 w/kg 7.74 km/h
116 Max Wall Jan 11, 2019 01:19:10 205 W 2.82 w/kg 7.73 km/h
117 Fabrice Maisonneuve Jan 05, 2019 01:19:14 208 W 2.93 w/kg 7.72 km/h
118 Louis Veltmeijer Jan 01, 2019 01:19:29 190 W 2.97 w/kg 7.70 km/h
119 Christian Père Jan 14, 2019 01:19:44 213 W 2.88 w/kg 7.68 km/h
120 Matt Wheat Mar 30, 2020 01:19:58 234 W 2.85 w/kg 7.65 km/h
121 thirard michel Oct 30, 2021 01:20:01 195 W 2.87 w/kg 7.65 km/h
122 Krist Biebauw Apr 05, 2021 01:20:06 218 W 2.91 w/kg 7.64 km/h
123 Sławek Bikeman Oct 21, 2019 01:20:21 241 W 2.94 w/kg 7.62 km/h
124 Martin Dyer Jan 06, 2019 01:21:07 218 W 2.87 w/kg 7.55 km/h
125 Tilman Steinmetz Dec 17, 2020 01:21:12 233 W 2.74 w/kg 7.54 km/h
126 Eva Klusoňová Jun 11, 2020 01:21:27 215 W 2.87 w/kg 7.52 km/h
127 David Avery Jan 05, 2019 01:21:35 227 W 2.73 w/kg 7.50 km/h
128 Ad Kimenai Jan 04, 2019 01:21:37 205 W 2.81 w/kg 7.50 km/h
129 Aleman (CycleChat) Feb 08, 2019 01:21:53 200 W 2.88 w/kg 7.47 km/h
130 Steven Davison Jun 07, 2020 01:22:01 207 W 2.76 w/kg 7.46 km/h
131 Sergey Reshetnyak Jan 27, 2019 01:22:09 270 W 2.70 w/kg 7.45 km/h
132 David Martínez Soto Apr 06, 2019 01:22:24 194 W 2.85 w/kg 7.43 km/h
133 Ferenc Nagy Oct 26, 2020 01:22:44 222 W 2.74 w/kg 7.40 km/h
134 Armand Smeets Nov 25, 2023 01:23:12 204 W 2.79 w/kg 7.36 km/h
135 Paul Ellis Jan 02, 2019 01:23:47 214 W 2.78 w/kg 7.31 km/h
136 GoustiFruit ⓋⒺⒼⒶⓃ Jan 05, 2019 01:23:54 185 W 2.80 w/kg 7.30 km/h
137 Tony Barlow Jan 02, 2020 01:24:02 200 W 2.59 w/kg 7.28 km/h
138 Brent Kendall Feb 13, 2019 01:24:15 233 W 2.71 w/kg 7.26 km/h
139 Fred Gaidies Nov 09, 2020 01:24:47 215 W 2.65 w/kg 7.22 km/h
140 John Hanson Oct 17, 2020 01:24:54 205 W 2.70 w/kg 7.21 km/h
141 David Kings Jan 01, 2019 01:25:03 220 W 2.65 w/kg 7.20 km/h
142 bianca laktatlounge Jan 19, 2020 01:25:17 168 W 2.67 w/kg 7.18 km/h
143 Thomas Schöfer Jan 02, 2019 01:25:28 204 W 2.72 w/kg 7.16 km/h
144 Mike 8008 Jan 15, 2021 01:25:55 211 W 2.64 w/kg 7.12 km/h
145 huk fatyk Apr 13, 2020 01:26:01 200 W 2.63 w/kg 7.12 km/h
146 Goran Meglaj Mar 05, 2019 01:26:12 210 W 2.69 w/kg 7.10 km/h
147 Cameron Lees May 25, 2020 01:27:38 175 W 2.59 w/kg 6.98 km/h
148 Rémy Jouanne Jun 25, 2024 01:28:08 158 W 2.63 w/kg 6.95 km/h
149 Anton Pustovalov Nov 25, 2020 01:28:43 199 W 2.62 w/kg 6.90 km/h
150 rob bolton Jan 20, 2019 01:29:15 207 W 2.53 w/kg 6.86 km/h
151 Franz Filzw. Jan 02, 2019 01:29:38 210 W 2.56 w/kg 6.83 km/h
152 Marco Gelmini Dec 25, 2021 01:29:39 205 W 2.59 w/kg 6.83 km/h
153 Maik Feldmann Jan 20, 2026 01:29:48 186 W 2.51 w/kg 6.82 km/h
154 Rene van Leeuwen Nov 06, 2022 01:30:56 205 W 2.47 w/kg 6.73 km/h
155 Iain Jourdan Apr 04, 2019 01:31:22 204 W 2.52 w/kg 6.70 km/h
156 Sandro Goos Aug 17, 2021 01:31:27 197 W 2.53 w/kg 6.69 km/h
157 no name Sep 05, 2020 01:32:17 217 W 2.44 w/kg 6.63 km/h
158 Marc Schmerder Jan 01, 2019 01:32:28 190 W 2.47 w/kg 6.62 km/h
159 Aaron Hardy Jan 13, 2021 01:32:54 183 W 2.48 w/kg 6.59 km/h
160 Lars Ivan Johnsen Dec 25, 2024 01:33:01 184 W 2.45 w/kg 6.58 km/h
161 Marcin Spychała Apr 24, 2021 01:34:45 244 W 2.32 w/kg 6.46 km/h
162 Rik Lukey Jun 02, 2024 01:34:57 168 W 2.47 w/kg 6.45 km/h
163 Michele Mirabelli Jan 16, 2019 01:35:23 176 W 2.35 w/kg 6.42 km/h
164 Kim Schou Jan 05, 2019 01:35:55 153 W 2.43 w/kg 6.38 km/h
165 Clive Pritchard Jan 06, 2022 01:37:30 166 W 2.31 w/kg 6.28 km/h
166 Jaap Mulder Jan 20, 2019 01:37:47 226 W 2.26 w/kg 6.26 km/h
167 Trevor Wall Jun 21, 2020 01:38:11 161 W 2.33 w/kg 6.23 km/h
168 Tobias Larsen Jul 24, 2019 01:38:22 197 W 2.32 w/kg 6.22 km/h
169 Henrik Sørensen Feb 10, 2019 01:38:49 198 W 2.28 w/kg 6.19 km/h
170 Henrik Mørk Jul 11, 2019 01:39:07 179 W 2.32 w/kg 6.18 km/h
171 Fabio Zardoni Mar 18, 2019 01:39:11 204 W 2.29 w/kg 6.17 km/h
172 Mark Harris Jan 15, 2019 01:40:03 184 W 2.31 w/kg 6.12 km/h
173 Mark Thompson Jan 05, 2019 01:40:31 161 W 2.33 w/kg 6.09 km/h
174 A Visschedijk Jan 09, 2019 01:43:51 158 W 2.26 w/kg 6.16 km/h
175 Artem Neposedov Jan 14, 2019 01:44:37 180 W 2.17 w/kg 5.85 km/h
176 Jan Olav Kvisli Oct 18, 2019 01:46:06 139 W 2.14 w/kg 5.77 km/h
177 Andreas Scheurell Jun 14, 2024 01:46:16 155 W 2.12 w/kg 5.76 km/h
178 Wouter Mebis Feb 10, 2019 01:47:45 171 W 2.09 w/kg 5.68 km/h
179 Markus Geiger Nov 21, 2021 02:08:45 136 W 1.74 w/kg 4.75 km/h

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