La Hourquette d’Ancizan (North side) virtual cycling route
France La Hourquette d’Ancizan (North side)
Distance: 22.48 km
Elevation Gain: 787 m
Elevation Loss: 485 m
Difficulty: 566 (Moderate)
FIETS Index: 3.10 FIETS
Avg Grade: 4.30 %
Max cat climb: 1
Min elevation: 847 m
Max elevation: 1567 m
Ride Category: Climb

La Hourquette dโ€™Ancizan is a mountain pass in the French Pyrenees, located in the Hautes-Pyrรฉnรฉes department between Ancizan (east) and Campan (west). It sits at an elevation of 1,564 meters (5,131 feet). The name "hourquette" likely comes from the Latin word furca, meaning "fork," and is used in the region to describe small passes. The pass is well known in the cycling community and has been featured in the Tour de France multiple times, starting in 2011. Notable moments include Laurent Mangel leading over the summit in 2011, Dan Martin winning the stage in 2013, Chris Froome taking the yellow jersey in 2016, and recent appearances in stages in 2019, 2022, and 2024. The Hourquette dโ€™Ancizan offers a picturesque route through green mountain landscapes, alpine forests, and pasturelands, making it popular with both amateur and experienced cyclists. It is near Lake Payolle and the Col dโ€™Aspin and is part of scenic cycling and hiking routes in the Pyrenees. Additionally, near the climb at Lake Payolle, there is a historic marble quarry whose marble was used in the Palace of Versailles.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 SmP Jul 29, 2022 00:45:45 290 W 5.00 w/kg 29.44 km/h
🥈 Michiel Vaal Oct 31, 2022 00:48:17 259 W 5.18 w/kg 27.90 km/h
🥉 Elton Judd Jul 18, 2022 00:49:06 305 W 4.07 w/kg 27.43 km/h
4 Patrick BERNARD Jul 10, 2022 00:49:55 339 W 4.08 w/kg 26.98 km/h
5 Silvano Turati Aug 28, 2025 00:50:22 231 W 4.71 w/kg 26.74 km/h
6 sebastien rebeyrolles Jan 07, 2024 00:50:35 293 W 4.19 w/kg 26.63 km/h
7 Tom Smeets Jul 03, 2022 00:50:40 303 W 4.15 w/kg 26.58 km/h
8 nathan rebeyrolles Nov 12, 2023 00:52:07 249 W 3.83 w/kg 25.84 km/h
9 Tigo Star Jul 13, 2022 00:53:14 278 W 3.81 w/kg 25.30 km/h
10 R VB Jul 07, 2022 00:54:16 318 W 3.74 w/kg 24.82 km/h
11 Chris Oct 10, 2025 00:54:39 275 W 3.68 w/kg 24.65 km/h
12 Douglas Forer Oct 30, 2025 00:55:30 293 W 3.53 w/kg 24.27 km/h
13 D Speelman Nov 06, 2022 00:56:05 254 W 3.39 w/kg 24.02 km/h
14 Andrew Mawby Dec 20, 2023 00:56:05 248 W 3.54 w/kg 24.02 km/h
15 Chris Ashley Jun 30, 2022 00:56:07 256 W 3.51 w/kg 24.00 km/h
16 Robert Oroloko Sep 17, 2023 00:56:17 224 W 3.73 w/kg 23.93 km/h
17 Tristan Kramers Jul 25, 2022 00:56:49 254 W 3.53 w/kg 23.71 km/h
18 David Marcel Dec 19, 2022 00:56:51 253 W 3.37 w/kg 23.69 km/h
19 Jacob Stang Sep 20, 2022 00:57:33 240 W 3.43 w/kg 23.40 km/h
20 Alan Gunner Jun 28, 2022 00:57:40 220 W 3.24 w/kg 23.36 km/h
21 Rick Berends Nov 09, 2022 00:59:33 211 W 3.25 w/kg 22.62 km/h
22 Uros Valant Oct 02, 2022 00:59:47 220 W 3.14 w/kg 22.53 km/h
23 Юрий Ермолаев Sep 08, 2025 01:00:08 227 W 3.15 w/kg 22.40 km/h
24 Geir Skaugen Oct 04, 2022 01:00:21 271 W 3.19 w/kg 22.32 km/h
25 Gunnar Tojren Aug 23, 2025 01:00:27 238 W 3.01 w/kg 22.28 km/h
26 Rainer Klee Sep 03, 2025 01:01:04 257 W 3.07 w/kg 22.06 km/h
27 Loizon Francis Mar 09, 2025 01:01:32 254 W 3.14 w/kg 21.89 km/h
28 Volker Scheid Nov 20, 2025 01:02:15 211 W 3.10 w/kg 21.64 km/h
29 Raf Van Grieken Nov 07, 2022 01:03:17 232 W 3.09 w/kg 21.28 km/h
30 Jörg Schädlich Jan 13, 2023 01:03:26 200 W 2.82 w/kg 21.23 km/h
31 JJosef Kluson Nov 17, 2022 01:03:30 218 W 2.91 w/kg 21.21 km/h
32 Andreas Nov 18, 2022 01:03:39 212 W 3.03 w/kg 21.16 km/h
33 Christopher Epo Jul 16, 2022 01:03:50 233 W 2.71 w/kg 21.10 km/h
34 Rene van Leeuwen Oct 12, 2023 01:04:20 227 W 2.73 w/kg 20.94 km/h
35 filip degryse Jul 28, 2022 01:04:26 246 W 2.93 w/kg 20.90 km/h
36 borja larrañaga elorza Sep 20, 2022 01:04:26 206 W 3.03 w/kg 20.90 km/h
37 David Descamps Nov 08, 2023 01:04:40 205 W 3.01 w/kg 20.83 km/h
38 Rod McGovern Oct 18, 2022 01:05:00 230 W 2.97 w/kg 20.72 km/h
39 Frederik Vanrietvelde Aug 16, 2022 01:05:09 206 W 2.94 w/kg 20.67 km/h
40 Stephen Jackson Oct 12, 2022 01:05:11 218 W 3.03 w/kg 20.66 km/h
41 Igor Tatarinov Jul 18, 2022 01:05:27 236 W 2.81 w/kg 20.58 km/h
42 Ron Bregman Oct 31, 2023 01:05:42 213 W 2.88 w/kg 20.50 km/h
43 Bas Alberts Mar 02, 2025 01:05:51 194 W 2.90 w/kg 20.45 km/h
44 Jesús de Miguel González Jul 11, 2022 01:06:19 216 W 2.67 w/kg 20.31 km/h
45 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Nov 02, 2022 01:06:20 228 W 2.59 w/kg 20.31 km/h
46 Daniel Beale Jul 11, 2022 01:06:26 203 W 2.78 w/kg 20.27 km/h
47 Fabio Zanirato Nov 08, 2022 01:06:37 159 W 2.79 w/kg 20.22 km/h
48 Jan Theron Jun 25, 2024 01:06:39 202 W 2.89 w/kg 20.21 km/h
49 Martin Budd Jul 08, 2022 01:06:53 199 W 2.78 w/kg 20.14 km/h
50 javier divar Oct 14, 2022 01:06:56 155 W 2.98 w/kg 20.12 km/h
51 Markus Mayer Nov 14, 2022 01:07:02 214 W 2.82 w/kg 20.09 km/h
52 olivier sabot Jan 11, 2023 01:07:03 217 W 2.68 w/kg 20.09 km/h
53 Indalecio Lekerika Jul 09, 2022 01:07:10 167 W 3.04 w/kg 20.05 km/h
54 Tania De Bruyne Jan 13, 2025 01:07:21 203 W 2.94 w/kg 20.00 km/h
55 Gabriel Gugiu Nov 13, 2022 01:07:40 196 W 2.72 w/kg 19.90 km/h
56 Francis Chalmers Jun 13, 2024 01:07:54 167 W 2.98 w/kg 19.84 km/h
57 Terry Bochenek Feb 02, 2023 01:08:06 222 W 2.78 w/kg 19.78 km/h
58 Lukasz Pilny Nov 12, 2022 01:08:07 210 W 2.80 w/kg 19.77 km/h
59 Rasmus Olsen Nov 27, 2023 01:08:08 220 W 2.75 w/kg 19.77 km/h
60 Stu Verrier Sep 21, 2022 01:08:25 206 W 2.61 w/kg 19.69 km/h
61 Hendrik Thielemann Nov 13, 2023 01:08:30 199 W 2.58 w/kg 19.66 km/h
62 Ralph Schumann Aug 28, 2025 01:08:36 189 W 2.82 w/kg 19.63 km/h
63 Thomas Beich Jul 10, 2022 01:08:44 201 W 2.61 w/kg 19.60 km/h
64 Mark Greedy Nov 07, 2023 01:08:58 221 W 2.48 w/kg 19.53 km/h
65 AWG Jul 16, 2024 01:09:10 195 W 2.71 w/kg 19.47 km/h
66 Laurent Arzur Jul 14, 2024 01:10:22 196 W 2.61 w/kg 19.14 km/h
67 Marc Schmerder Jul 13, 2022 01:11:23 187 W 2.46 w/kg 18.87 km/h
68 Paul Stowell Nov 07, 2023 01:12:05 227 W 2.43 w/kg 18.69 km/h
69 Andrew Weickhardt Aug 08, 2024 01:12:10 210 W 2.53 w/kg 18.66 km/h
70 Jean-Pierre Garneau Dec 04, 2022 01:12:32 168 W 2.63 w/kg 18.57 km/h
71 Manfred Schwarz Dec 04, 2022 01:12:41 171 W 2.59 w/kg 18.53 km/h
72 Lucile CHAZAUX Dec 29, 2025 01:12:57 180 W 2.57 w/kg 18.46 km/h
73 Keith Loveman Jul 16, 2024 01:13:20 182 W 2.48 w/kg 18.37 km/h
74 Rémy Jouanne Sep 03, 2023 01:13:24 165 W 2.62 w/kg 18.35 km/h
75 Fred Gaidies Dec 20, 2023 01:13:30 195 W 2.44 w/kg 18.33 km/h
76 Artur Chmielewski Oct 14, 2022 01:13:35 159 W 2.65 w/kg 18.30 km/h
77 Louis Veltmeijer Nov 07, 2022 01:14:07 159 W 2.56 w/kg 18.17 km/h
78 christian soulard Dec 07, 2024 01:14:37 160 W 2.58 w/kg 18.05 km/h
79 Petro Mol Jul 16, 2024 01:14:56 223 W 2.35 w/kg 17.97 km/h
80 Dariusz Kozioł Jan 07, 2023 01:15:22 182 W 2.28 w/kg 17.87 km/h
81 Stuart Crowder Aug 01, 2022 01:15:26 180 W 2.40 w/kg 17.86 km/h
82 J Lee Wamble Dec 26, 2022 01:15:44 183 W 2.45 w/kg 17.79 km/h
83 Andreas Scheurell Jun 30, 2024 01:15:45 170 W 2.33 w/kg 17.78 km/h
84 erik bruin Jan 19, 2023 01:16:07 191 W 2.36 w/kg 17.70 km/h
85 Brian Snail Aug 16, 2024 01:16:25 180 W 2.34 w/kg 17.63 km/h
86 michel delamarre Jan 12, 2023 01:16:26 199 W 2.52 w/kg 17.62 km/h
87 Gilles Caillard Oct 14, 2022 01:16:41 137 W 2.49 w/kg 17.56 km/h
88 J F Dec 31, 2022 01:16:44 195 W 2.22 w/kg 17.55 km/h
89 Rik Lukey Aug 27, 2022 01:17:07 162 W 2.43 w/kg 17.47 km/h
90 Laurent Mercier Dec 09, 2024 01:17:22 196 W 2.25 w/kg 17.41 km/h
91 Mike 8008 Nov 04, 2022 01:18:45 183 W 2.26 w/kg 17.10 km/h
92 Ian James Jul 11, 2024 01:19:19 186 W 2.07 w/kg 16.98 km/h
93 Dru Dixon Jul 22, 2022 01:19:30 158 W 2.34 w/kg 16.94 km/h
94 Silvio Landrock Dec 12, 2023 01:19:32 174 W 2.32 w/kg 16.94 km/h
95 Thomas Kjær-Andersen Jul 07, 2022 01:19:48 166 W 2.18 w/kg 16.88 km/h
96 jack66 Jul 10, 2022 01:19:48 166 W 2.21 w/kg 16.88 km/h
97 Jean-Luc Olives Nov 26, 2022 01:19:51 148 W 2.28 w/kg 16.87 km/h
98 daniel RAYMONDAUD Nov 13, 2023 01:20:41 168 W 2.24 w/kg 16.69 km/h
99 Cumbriancyclist Jul 09, 2022 01:20:55 169 W 2.25 w/kg 16.65 km/h
100 Markus Geiger Aug 29, 2025 01:21:59 164 W 2.10 w/kg 16.43 km/h
101 John Hanson Jul 17, 2022 01:22:21 171 W 2.25 w/kg 16.36 km/h
102 Michel Benistant Mar 12, 2025 01:23:03 166 W 2.18 w/kg 16.22 km/h
103 Giuseppe Gigante Jul 08, 2022 01:23:49 149 W 2.16 w/kg 16.07 km/h
104 John Gaasbeek Aug 24, 2025 01:25:06 185 W 2.06 w/kg 15.83 km/h
105 Charlie McLachlan Aug 25, 2023 01:26:13 181 W 1.92 w/kg 15.62 km/h
106 Hans Couvreur Jul 22, 2022 01:26:15 162 W 1.98 w/kg 15.62 km/h
107 Marti Valks Jul 08, 2022 01:26:23 128 W 2.13 w/kg 15.59 km/h
108 Hans Wallner Oct 22, 2024 01:26:42 146 W 2.09 w/kg 15.54 km/h
109 Maurizio Gaudino Mar 06, 2024 01:26:49 160 W 1.95 w/kg 15.51 km/h
110 Greg Boyd Jul 09, 2022 01:27:51 152 W 2.03 w/kg 15.33 km/h
111 Chess Piano Jul 11, 2022 01:27:58 154 W 1.99 w/kg 15.31 km/h
112 WIM SLIJTERS Nov 21, 2022 01:28:30 160 W 1.98 w/kg 15.22 km/h
113 Dorus De Leeuw Jul 18, 2022 01:29:11 155 W 1.82 w/kg 15.10 km/h
114 Hans Petiet Oct 05, 2022 01:29:35 146 W 1.83 w/kg 15.04 km/h
115 יִגָּאֵל יחזקאלי Jul 08, 2022 01:29:45 140 W 2.00 w/kg 15.01 km/h
116 Peter Hasperhoven Jan 03, 2024 01:29:58 160 W 1.88 w/kg 14.97 km/h
117 Frantxoa A Nov 10, 2022 01:30:04 157 W 2.04 w/kg 14.95 km/h
118 gert wilms Nov 20, 2023 01:30:55 175 W 1.79 w/kg 14.81 km/h
119 Graham Lowe Jul 10, 2022 01:30:59 154 W 1.94 w/kg 14.80 km/h
120 George Bussey Nov 06, 2022 01:32:12 162 W 1.82 w/kg 14.61 km/h
121 Jeff Burgess Jul 14, 2022 01:32:14 145 W 1.93 w/kg 14.60 km/h
122 Stephen Bogash Nov 20, 2022 01:33:12 193 W 1.70 w/kg 14.45 km/h
123 Italo Giorgio Falzoni Sep 25, 2022 01:34:30 145 W 1.93 w/kg 14.25 km/h
124 Edward Redfoot Jul 08, 2022 01:36:03 123 W 1.76 w/kg 14.02 km/h
125 Paul Ellis Nov 02, 2023 01:38:21 134 W 1.74 w/kg 13.70 km/h
126 Paul Vader Jan 04, 2023 01:44:19 133 W 1.55 w/kg 12.91 km/h
127 Marvin Faure Oct 04, 2022 01:45:03 118 W 1.66 w/kg 12.82 km/h
128 Jan Kees Wiemer Nov 08, 2023 01:49:33 107 W 1.65 w/kg 12.30 km/h
129 Thomas Schöfer Oct 31, 2023 01:52:31 141 W 1.48 w/kg 11.97 km/h
130 Brent Kendall Jul 20, 2022 01:55:47 139 W 1.35 w/kg 11.63 km/h
131 Mark Thompson May 13, 2026 02:20:47 84 W 1.17 w/kg 9.57 km/h

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