Du Toits Kloof Pass (West side) virtual cycling route
South_Africa Du Toits Kloof Pass (West side)
Distance: 31.58 km
Elevation Gain: 751 m
Elevation Loss: 468 m
Difficulty: 461 (Moderate)
FIETS Index: 2.41 FIETS
Avg Grade: 3.44 %
Max cat climb: 1
Min elevation: 129 m
Max elevation: 829 m
Ride Category: Hilly

The pass was named after Francois Du Toit, a 17th-century Huguenot pioneer who settled in the foothills. Prior to 1825, farmers used the pass to get to the interior beyond. In 1930, engineer P.A. de Villiers explored the idea of a road over the pass and in 1938 it was investigated further by the National Roads Board with the route finalized in 1940. The project was started in the summer of 1941/42. It was 40km long with the road opened in March 1949.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 Frederik Vanrietvelde Oct 19, 2022 00:54:17 383 W 5.47 w/kg 34.92 km/h
🥈 Michiel Vaal Nov 24, 2022 01:01:13 255 W 5.10 w/kg 30.97 km/h
🥉 R VB Oct 26, 2022 01:04:40 318 W 3.74 w/kg 29.31 km/h
4 sebastien rebeyrolles Dec 22, 2022 01:04:42 263 W 3.73 w/kg 29.30 km/h
5 Tom Smeets Jan 08, 2022 01:05:24 273 W 3.74 w/kg 28.99 km/h
6 stephansluijmers@xs4all.nl Dec 03, 2022 01:07:06 306 W 3.29 w/kg 28.25 km/h
7 Chris Ashley Jan 08, 2022 01:07:50 252 W 3.45 w/kg 27.95 km/h
8 R. Koot Jul 26, 2023 01:08:37 214 W 3.79 w/kg 27.63 km/h
9 Tigo Star Jan 16, 2022 01:08:52 252 W 3.32 w/kg 27.53 km/h
10 Gunnar Tojren Nov 22, 2022 01:09:42 245 W 3.14 w/kg 27.20 km/h
11 Jacob Stang Nov 14, 2022 01:09:45 230 W 3.29 w/kg 27.18 km/h
12 D Speelman Oct 05, 2022 01:10:44 239 W 3.19 w/kg 26.80 km/h
13 Geir Skaugen Oct 05, 2022 01:11:10 268 W 3.15 w/kg 26.64 km/h
14 Chris Oct 04, 2022 01:12:13 236 W 3.16 w/kg 26.25 km/h
15 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Dec 04, 2022 01:12:47 261 W 2.97 w/kg 26.05 km/h
16 Werner Unterberger Oct 03, 2022 01:13:14 222 W 2.96 w/kg 25.89 km/h
17 filip degryse Oct 05, 2022 01:13:22 252 W 3.00 w/kg 25.84 km/h
18 Rod McGovern Jan 03, 2023 01:14:26 237 W 3.06 w/kg 25.47 km/h
19 Rainer Klee Nov 17, 2022 01:15:28 239 W 2.81 w/kg 25.12 km/h
20 SandstormBRVR Sep 30, 2024 01:15:42 201 W 3.05 w/kg 25.04 km/h
21 Reinout Hesselink Dec 16, 2022 01:16:10 221 W 2.87 w/kg 24.89 km/h
22 David Croft Nov 14, 2022 01:16:37 220 W 2.65 w/kg 24.74 km/h
23 Mark Vos Oct 09, 2022 01:17:25 215 W 2.87 w/kg 24.49 km/h
24 Martin Budd Jan 20, 2022 01:17:27 199 W 2.78 w/kg 24.48 km/h
25 Roman Mospan Oct 18, 2022 01:17:32 216 W 2.84 w/kg 24.45 km/h
26 Jakob kjær-andersen Jan 04, 2023 01:17:40 199 W 3.06 w/kg 24.41 km/h
27 JJosef Kluson Oct 19, 2022 01:17:47 203 W 2.71 w/kg 24.37 km/h
28 Nick Kaldenbach Oct 16, 2022 01:17:54 223 W 2.69 w/kg 24.33 km/h
29 Indalecio Lekerika Oct 21, 2022 01:18:37 175 W 3.18 w/kg 24.11 km/h
30 Raf Van Grieken Feb 18, 2023 01:19:39 215 W 2.69 w/kg 23.80 km/h
31 Xabier Zanguitu Nov 03, 2022 01:19:54 201 W 2.61 w/kg 23.73 km/h
32 Fabiano Hasso Oct 23, 2022 01:20:35 218 W 2.60 w/kg 23.52 km/h
33 Markus Mayer Nov 19, 2022 01:20:45 201 W 2.64 w/kg 23.48 km/h
34 Fabio Zanirato Oct 05, 2022 01:20:55 158 W 2.77 w/kg 23.43 km/h
35 Robert Oroloko Dec 09, 2022 01:21:08 174 W 2.90 w/kg 23.37 km/h
36 Thomas Beich Oct 06, 2022 01:21:17 196 W 2.55 w/kg 23.32 km/h
37 Jörg Schädlich Feb 19, 2023 01:21:45 181 W 2.55 w/kg 23.19 km/h
38 John McCutcheon Feb 27, 2024 01:22:43 209 W 2.49 w/kg 22.92 km/h
39 Marc Schmerder Jan 28, 2024 01:23:22 186 W 2.42 w/kg 22.74 km/h
40 Rene van Leeuwen Feb 28, 2023 01:23:41 194 W 2.34 w/kg 22.65 km/h
41 Daniel Beale Oct 06, 2022 01:24:06 186 W 2.55 w/kg 22.54 km/h
42 Jan Theron Oct 12, 2022 01:25:05 175 W 2.50 w/kg 22.28 km/h
43 Andrzej Tercjak Nov 10, 2022 01:25:35 196 W 2.45 w/kg 22.15 km/h
44 Fred Gaidies Mar 18, 2026 01:27:44 170 W 2.15 w/kg 21.61 km/h
45 Mesozoid Jan 06, 2024 01:28:26 175 W 2.43 w/kg 21.44 km/h
46 Markus Geiger Oct 15, 2022 01:28:56 180 W 2.31 w/kg 21.32 km/h
47 John Hanson Nov 19, 2022 01:29:03 178 W 2.37 w/kg 21.29 km/h
48 Gilles Caillard Oct 04, 2022 01:29:54 137 W 2.49 w/kg 21.09 km/h
49 Dorus De Leeuw Nov 07, 2022 01:30:15 172 W 2.02 w/kg 21.00 km/h
50 Dariusz Kozioł Nov 27, 2022 01:31:27 165 W 2.06 w/kg 20.73 km/h
51 Dru Dixon Oct 21, 2022 01:31:38 159 W 2.35 w/kg 20.69 km/h
52 Steve Rylands Oct 05, 2022 01:31:41 167 W 2.22 w/kg 20.68 km/h
53 Peter Muris Dec 03, 2022 01:31:48 156 W 2.08 w/kg 20.65 km/h
54 J F Dec 11, 2022 01:32:11 180 W 2.05 w/kg 20.56 km/h
55 Rik Lukey Oct 05, 2022 01:33:05 151 W 2.26 w/kg 20.37 km/h
56 Wouter Mebis Jan 29, 2023 01:34:15 162 W 1.95 w/kg 20.11 km/h
57 Jean-Luc Olives Nov 05, 2022 01:34:43 141 W 2.17 w/kg 20.01 km/h
58 Artur Chmielewski Feb 05, 2022 01:34:57 134 W 2.35 w/kg 19.97 km/h
59 Gabriel Gugiu Oct 07, 2022 01:35:30 141 W 1.96 w/kg 19.85 km/h
60 Graham Lowe Oct 28, 2022 01:36:18 173 W 2.18 w/kg 19.69 km/h
61 ricrog Jan 01, 2023 01:36:43 192 W 1.94 w/kg 19.60 km/h
62 sibert houben Mar 12, 2023 01:37:00 172 W 1.91 w/kg 19.54 km/h
63 Sandro Goos Nov 21, 2022 01:38:11 171 W 2.04 w/kg 19.31 km/h
64 Brian Matzen Jan 22, 2023 01:41:21 178 W 1.85 w/kg 18.70 km/h
65 Hans Couvreur Oct 07, 2022 01:44:01 150 W 1.83 w/kg 18.22 km/h
66 Edward Redfoot Oct 07, 2022 01:44:08 131 W 1.87 w/kg 18.20 km/h
67 Italo Giorgio Falzoni Oct 15, 2022 01:45:00 146 W 1.95 w/kg 18.05 km/h
68 Andrea Zerbinati Dec 30, 2023 01:51:04 142 W 1.58 w/kg 17.07 km/h
69 Hans Petiet Oct 25, 2022 01:56:25 103 W 1.51 w/kg 16.28 km/h

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