Valley of the Tears virtual cycling route
Spain Valley of the Tears
Distance: 12.10 km
Elevation Gain: 1025 m
Elevation Loss: 86 m
Difficulty: 1191 (Very Hard)
FIETS Index: 8.60 FIETS
Avg Grade: 8.93 %
Max cat climb: HC
Min elevation: 411 m
Max elevation: 1374 m
Ride Category: Epic Climb

Feared by all that visit Gran Canaria, Valley of the Tears leaves little to the imagination with its wickedly steep gradients, hostile landscapes and a seemingly endless road thatโ€™ll suck all the moisture from your body as you tackle its unforgiving slopes.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 SmP Apr 07, 2021 00:40:26 314 W 5.41 w/kg 17.94 km/h
🥈 William T Oct 19, 2021 00:41:59 344 W 5.12 w/kg 17.28 km/h
🥉 R. Koot Aug 04, 2023 00:46:49 257 W 4.55 w/kg 15.49 km/h
4 Tom Smeets Jul 13, 2019 00:48:38 309 W 4.23 w/kg 14.91 km/h
5 Jacob Stang Oct 20, 2021 00:48:43 297 W 4.24 w/kg 14.89 km/h
6 Michiel Vaal Apr 24, 2021 00:48:46 276 W 4.25 w/kg 14.87 km/h
7 Gunnar Tojren Dec 30, 2020 00:49:04 316 W 4.10 w/kg 14.78 km/h
8 Patrick BERNARD Jan 21, 2023 00:49:53 334 W 4.02 w/kg 14.54 km/h
9 Matias Canedo Feb 15, 2021 00:50:11 246 W 4.24 w/kg 14.45 km/h
10 Dennis Wannet Nov 17, 2020 00:50:13 271 W 4.04 w/kg 14.44 km/h
11 Tigo Star Oct 05, 2018 00:50:47 310 W 3.97 w/kg 14.28 km/h
12 Chris Dec 12, 2025 00:50:47 294 W 3.93 w/kg 14.28 km/h
13 Chris Roebuck Apr 26, 2020 00:50:49 311 W 4.15 w/kg 14.27 km/h
14 Robert Oroloko Apr 22, 2021 00:51:08 249 W 4.15 w/kg 14.18 km/h
15 Artur Chmielewski Apr 09, 2021 00:51:35 230 W 4.04 w/kg 14.06 km/h
16 Christopher Epo Sep 13, 2020 00:51:38 328 W 3.81 w/kg 14.05 km/h
17 Phil_godley@yahoo.com Apr 04, 2019 00:51:54 250 W 3.97 w/kg 13.97 km/h
18 Luc Lecointre Jan 27, 2019 00:52:03 298 W 3.97 w/kg 13.93 km/h
19 Oskar Casquero Apr 14, 2021 00:52:09 274 W 3.91 w/kg 13.91 km/h
20 Jacques Ranger Jan 24, 2021 00:52:26 288 W 3.84 w/kg 13.83 km/h
21 Maarten Kroon Jan 22, 2020 00:52:44 254 W 3.97 w/kg 13.75 km/h
22 Igor Tatarinov Dec 16, 2020 00:52:55 313 W 3.83 w/kg 13.71 km/h
23 Martin Selin Dec 19, 2019 00:53:16 287 W 3.83 w/kg 13.62 km/h
24 daniel marszałek Jan 26, 2022 00:53:49 312 W 3.76 w/kg 13.48 km/h
25 Patrick Reinquin Apr 18, 2020 00:54:21 270 W 3.80 w/kg 13.34 km/h
26 Werner Unterberger Jan 09, 2021 00:54:23 279 W 3.72 w/kg 13.34 km/h
27 satan19990 Jan 30, 2021 00:54:26 261 W 3.84 w/kg 13.32 km/h
28 Elton Judd Jun 14, 2021 00:55:15 276 W 3.68 w/kg 13.13 km/h
29 Roman Mospan Dec 05, 2021 00:55:33 268 W 3.67 w/kg 13.06 km/h
30 Frederik Vanrietvelde Apr 27, 2021 00:55:35 257 W 3.67 w/kg 13.05 km/h
31 Jacky Behe May 07, 2020 00:55:55 240 W 3.75 w/kg 12.97 km/h
32 Pascal Saillard Jan 21, 2021 00:55:55 269 W 3.59 w/kg 12.97 km/h
33 Andy Bowie Jun 06, 2020 00:55:56 238 W 3.66 w/kg 12.97 km/h
34 Phil Jones Mar 21, 2020 00:56:14 260 W 3.59 w/kg 12.90 km/h
35 Юрий Ермолаев Dec 07, 2025 00:56:33 255 W 3.54 w/kg 12.83 km/h
36 Iain Garside Dec 23, 2018 00:56:47 262 W 3.59 w/kg 12.77 km/h
37 Tristan Kramers Sep 20, 2018 00:56:55 259 W 3.55 w/kg 12.74 km/h
38 Tom Thurston-Mathews Dec 23, 2018 00:56:56 243 W 3.63 w/kg 12.74 km/h
39 Armen Mosesyan Dec 28, 2021 00:56:57 294 W 3.54 w/kg 12.74 km/h
40 Bruce Mcmillan Dec 31, 2019 00:57:09 269 W 3.59 w/kg 12.69 km/h
41 David Dos Santos Rodrigues Feb 28, 2021 00:57:27 222 W 3.58 w/kg 12.62 km/h
42 Jacqueline Tongue Jan 14, 2021 00:57:37 265 W 3.53 w/kg 12.59 km/h
43 Christiaan Riemens Jan 10, 2019 00:57:51 259 W 3.45 w/kg 12.54 km/h
44 Francisco Maltez Jan 28, 2021 00:57:54 242 W 3.46 w/kg 12.53 km/h
45 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Jan 29, 2024 00:57:57 297 W 3.38 w/kg 12.52 km/h
46 Volker Scheid Dec 12, 2025 00:58:05 235 W 3.46 w/kg 12.49 km/h
47 Jean-Luc Olives Apr 15, 2021 00:58:23 239 W 3.57 w/kg 12.42 km/h
48 Geir Skaugen Apr 12, 2021 00:58:30 290 W 3.41 w/kg 12.40 km/h
49 Alex Vouillot Dec 24, 2020 00:58:32 270 W 3.55 w/kg 12.39 km/h
50 James MacDonald May 20, 2021 00:58:42 236 W 3.58 w/kg 12.36 km/h
51 filip degryse Apr 10, 2021 00:59:01 282 W 3.36 w/kg 12.29 km/h
52 Thomas Schloegl Jan 14, 2021 00:59:13 288 W 3.39 w/kg 12.25 km/h
53 Fabio Zanirato Dec 17, 2020 00:59:39 194 W 3.46 w/kg 12.16 km/h
54 J Stupperich Jan 09, 2019 01:00:13 243 W 3.47 w/kg 12.05 km/h
55 Indalecio Lekerika May 27, 2021 01:00:17 200 W 3.51 w/kg 12.03 km/h
56 Douglas Forer Dec 05, 2025 01:00:28 275 W 3.31 w/kg 12.00 km/h
57 erik bruin Jan 05, 2019 01:01:13 261 W 3.26 w/kg 11.85 km/h
58 Reinout Hesselink Jan 16, 2019 01:01:20 253 W 3.29 w/kg 11.83 km/h
59 Robert Rheault Jan 09, 2021 01:01:21 230 W 3.29 w/kg 11.82 km/h
60 Xabier Zanguitu Mar 01, 2021 01:01:47 245 W 3.18 w/kg 11.74 km/h
61 Bo Jakobsen Dec 22, 2018 01:01:54 231 W 3.30 w/kg 11.72 km/h
62 D Speelman Jan 01, 2019 01:02:00 249 W 3.19 w/kg 11.70 km/h
63 Jana S. Jan 15, 2021 01:02:02 163 W 3.47 w/kg 11.69 km/h
64 Ken Rijmenants May 07, 2021 01:02:13 218 W 3.35 w/kg 11.66 km/h
65 B E Dec 29, 2018 01:02:51 232 W 3.27 w/kg 11.54 km/h
66 Wolfgang Darwin Jan 05, 2021 01:03:32 255 W 3.11 w/kg 11.42 km/h
67 Rainer Klee Dec 07, 2025 01:03:39 266 W 3.05 w/kg 11.40 km/h
68 Uros Valant Jan 07, 2020 01:03:44 219 W 3.13 w/kg 11.38 km/h
69 Ad Kimenai Dec 24, 2020 01:03:45 219 W 3.17 w/kg 11.38 km/h
70 Stefano Ciotoli Sep 25, 2020 01:03:51 258 W 3.04 w/kg 11.36 km/h
71 Carl Börjesson Jan 02, 2019 01:04:00 244 W 3.25 w/kg 11.33 km/h
72 Hans Meinders Jan 25, 2020 01:04:05 234 W 3.12 w/kg 11.32 km/h
73 Mark Greedy May 09, 2019 01:04:25 261 W 3.11 w/kg 11.26 km/h
74 Manfred Schwarz Feb 15, 2021 01:04:45 213 W 3.23 w/kg 11.20 km/h
75 John McCutcheon Dec 19, 2020 01:05:00 228 W 2.92 w/kg 11.16 km/h
76 Erik Gyllenstierna Dec 25, 2018 01:05:24 247 W 2.98 w/kg 11.09 km/h
77 Alex S. Jan 13, 2021 01:05:33 229 W 3.01 w/kg 11.06 km/h
78 Wojciech Sikorski Mar 19, 2023 01:05:36 216 W 3.11 w/kg 11.06 km/h
79 Rene van Leeuwen Dec 14, 2023 01:05:47 248 W 2.99 w/kg 11.03 km/h
80 Thomas Beich Apr 15, 2021 01:06:15 232 W 2.97 w/kg 10.95 km/h
81 Pete Norris Dec 26, 2019 01:06:21 186 W 3.15 w/kg 10.93 km/h
82 JJosef Kluson Dec 16, 2020 01:06:28 224 W 2.99 w/kg 10.91 km/h
83 Thomas Schramm Mar 15, 2022 01:06:39 210 W 3.18 w/kg 10.88 km/h
84 Lars Ivan Johnsen Feb 02, 2021 01:06:42 228 W 3.06 w/kg 10.87 km/h
85 Steven Davison Apr 10, 2021 01:06:48 222 W 2.96 w/kg 10.86 km/h
86 Jj Gd Dec 31, 2022 01:07:22 220 W 2.93 w/kg 10.77 km/h
87 Paul Culmstock Jun 18, 2019 01:07:46 200 W 3.03 w/kg 10.70 km/h
88 Gavin Banks Jul 20, 2022 01:07:58 237 W 2.86 w/kg 10.67 km/h
89 Glyn Williams Jan 18, 2021 01:08:02 232 W 2.86 w/kg 10.66 km/h
90 William Simpson May 16, 2020 01:08:07 203 W 3.08 w/kg 10.65 km/h
91 David Avery Dec 21, 2018 01:08:09 236 W 2.84 w/kg 10.64 km/h
92 Ralph Schumann Dec 06, 2025 01:08:09 201 W 3.00 w/kg 10.64 km/h
93 Eva Klusoňová Jan 12, 2021 01:08:12 223 W 2.97 w/kg 10.64 km/h
94 Byron Davy Oct 05, 2021 01:08:30 250 W 2.87 w/kg 10.59 km/h
95 Rod McGovern Dec 20, 2020 01:08:48 231 W 2.92 w/kg 10.54 km/h
96 Dorus De Leeuw Oct 18, 2023 01:08:48 239 W 2.81 w/kg 10.54 km/h
97 Graham Lowe Dec 21, 2018 01:09:01 274 W 2.88 w/kg 10.51 km/h
98 Andreas Feb 14, 2021 01:09:04 229 W 2.86 w/kg 10.50 km/h
99 Forbes Simpson Dec 24, 2020 01:09:13 219 W 2.84 w/kg 10.48 km/h
100 Matt Wheat Jun 11, 2020 01:09:17 237 W 2.89 w/kg 10.47 km/h
101 Patric Oscarsson Apr 29, 2020 01:09:31 239 W 2.81 w/kg 10.43 km/h
102 Paco Leti Apr 21, 2020 01:09:47 189 W 2.86 w/kg 10.39 km/h
103 Irma Grape Jan 05, 2019 01:10:17 187 W 2.88 w/kg 10.32 km/h
104 John Jan 14, 2022 01:10:24 211 W 2.83 w/kg 10.30 km/h
105 Sławek Bikeman Apr 11, 2023 01:10:37 225 W 2.85 w/kg 10.27 km/h
106 craig waddell May 29, 2019 01:10:47 227 W 2.77 w/kg 10.25 km/h
107 Wouter den Breeijen Jan 21, 2021 01:11:46 238 W 2.77 w/kg 10.11 km/h
108 Tom Eklund Jan 28, 2019 01:12:00 190 W 2.84 w/kg 10.07 km/h
109 Dean Hallam Sep 01, 2021 01:12:09 200 W 2.86 w/kg 10.05 km/h
110 Wayne Smith Jan 30, 2021 01:12:42 210 W 2.72 w/kg 9.98 km/h
111 Sergey Reshetnyak Feb 23, 2019 01:12:45 264 W 2.64 w/kg 9.97 km/h
112 Markus Albert Jan 06, 2021 01:12:48 238 W 2.64 w/kg 9.96 km/h
113 David De Weerdt Jul 15, 2020 01:12:53 200 W 2.70 w/kg 9.95 km/h
114 Stanislav Krajnak Apr 16, 2021 01:13:17 223 W 2.64 w/kg 9.90 km/h
115 Adam Mills Aug 08, 2024 01:13:55 202 W 2.69 w/kg 9.81 km/h
116 Ian Rob Apr 30, 2020 01:14:03 249 W 2.62 w/kg 9.79 km/h
117 P. Wortelboer Dec 24, 2018 01:14:09 220 W 2.59 w/kg 9.78 km/h
118 K N Jan 29, 2020 01:14:26 163 W 2.81 w/kg 9.74 km/h
119 Louis Veltmeijer May 02, 2020 01:14:29 171 W 2.71 w/kg 9.74 km/h
120 Marc Schmerder Jan 11, 2019 01:14:39 205 W 2.66 w/kg 9.72 km/h
121 Mike 8008 Dec 18, 2020 01:14:47 210 W 2.63 w/kg 9.70 km/h
122 gosse HOEKSMA May 11, 2020 01:14:56 194 W 2.66 w/kg 9.68 km/h
123 Susan Parker Feb 01, 2019 01:15:15 152 W 2.71 w/kg 9.64 km/h
124 Dean V Oct 18, 2019 01:15:30 226 W 2.63 w/kg 9.61 km/h
125 Ian Clark Mar 18, 2020 01:15:41 173 W 2.72 w/kg 9.58 km/h
126 Thomas Kjær-Andersen Dec 09, 2024 01:16:23 200 W 2.56 w/kg 9.50 km/h
127 John Hanson Feb 04, 2021 01:16:37 199 W 2.62 w/kg 9.47 km/h
128 rob bolton Dec 13, 2019 01:17:09 197 W 2.57 w/kg 9.40 km/h
129 Jayne Crowder Jan 16, 2021 01:17:26 186 W 2.51 w/kg 9.37 km/h
130 Paul Ellis Jan 02, 2021 01:17:38 199 W 2.55 w/kg 9.34 km/h
131 Lucile CHAZAUX Dec 03, 2025 01:18:18 177 W 2.53 w/kg 9.26 km/h
132 Johannes S. 1950 Jan 10, 2021 01:18:25 160 W 2.54 w/kg 9.25 km/h
133 Alexey Demenev Jan 12, 2019 01:18:50 225 W 2.50 w/kg 9.20 km/h
134 Renaud Toussaint Jan 12, 2021 01:19:04 189 W 2.52 w/kg 9.17 km/h
135 Andre van Ark Jan 13, 2019 01:19:16 223 W 2.48 w/kg 9.15 km/h
136 Christian Père Mar 04, 2019 01:19:20 183 W 2.47 w/kg 9.14 km/h
137 Rik Lukey Dec 03, 2025 01:19:28 174 W 2.57 w/kg 9.13 km/h
138 Rainer Ertl Apr 07, 2021 01:20:32 182 W 2.43 w/kg 9.01 km/h
139 Iain Jourdan Mar 16, 2019 01:20:41 202 W 2.46 w/kg 8.99 km/h
140 Eric Guinee May 01, 2020 01:21:01 169 W 2.52 w/kg 8.95 km/h
141 Jan Theron Dec 03, 2025 01:21:02 171 W 2.44 w/kg 8.95 km/h
142 Alessandro Laconi Dec 20, 2020 01:23:13 156 W 2.40 w/kg 8.72 km/h
143 David Kings Dec 27, 2020 01:25:03 199 W 2.34 w/kg 8.53 km/h
144 Bart Debeuckelaere Jan 01, 2021 01:25:03 192 W 2.26 w/kg 8.53 km/h
145 Jan Kees Wiemer Jan 14, 2021 01:26:14 159 W 2.37 w/kg 8.41 km/h
146 Bart Koekkoek Jan 03, 2021 01:26:31 208 W 2.19 w/kg 8.38 km/h
147 Johan Verstraten Jan 07, 2021 01:27:21 169 W 2.25 w/kg 8.30 km/h
148 Marti Valks Mar 09, 2022 01:28:24 138 W 2.30 w/kg 8.20 km/h
149 Marcin Derdzinski Mar 06, 2019 01:30:42 157 W 2.24 w/kg 8.00 km/h
150 Richatd Thorndale May 21, 2021 01:31:07 229 W 2.04 w/kg 7.96 km/h
151 chrisstanton@blueyonder.co.uk Jan 23, 2020 01:33:30 171 W 2.19 w/kg 7.76 km/h
152 Bojan Gorenc Apr 09, 2021 01:34:49 199 W 1.99 w/kg 7.65 km/h
153 Andreas Scheurell Sep 07, 2021 01:36:10 148 W 2.03 w/kg 7.54 km/h
154 Oliver Pix Oct 19, 2021 01:39:03 164 W 1.98 w/kg 7.32 km/h
155 Suesan McLachlan Mar 09, 2019 01:42:01 127 W 2.02 w/kg 7.11 km/h
156 George Bussey Apr 10, 2021 01:44:13 166 W 1.86 w/kg 6.96 km/h
157 Markus Geiger Dec 09, 2025 01:44:17 144 W 1.85 w/kg 6.96 km/h
158 Simon Jones Feb 14, 2021 01:45:46 135 W 1.85 w/kg 6.86 km/h
159 M K Feb 06, 2021 01:57:35 174 W 1.58 w/kg 6.17 km/h

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