Col de l’Echelle virtual cycling route
Italy Col de l’Echelle
Distance: 12.79 km
Elevation Gain: 555 m
Elevation Loss: 116 m
Difficulty: 417 (Moderate)
FIETS Index: 2.76 FIETS
Avg Grade: 5.30 %
Max cat climb: 2
Min elevation: 1260 m
Max elevation: 1781 m
Ride Category: Climb

Col de lโ€™Echelle (el. 1762 m) is a mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Hautes-Alpes in France. It is the lower mountain pass between France and Italy and connects Vallee de la Claree and Vallee Etroite. The highest point between both valleys is actually at 1779 meter, 2 kilometers north of the official Col de lโ€™ร‰chelle at the Mauvais Pas. This pass is actually the lowest pass across the Western Alps. It is not used as much as the nearby Col de Montgenevre (1851m) since it is only 71m less high and the Montgenevre pass has a wide smooth road with easy gradients and is a much more direct link between France and Italy.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 Michiel Vaal May 12, 2023 00:27:32 295 W 6.56 w/kg 27.84 km/h
🥈 Silvano Turati Mar 30, 2023 00:30:06 267 W 5.34 w/kg 25.46 km/h
🥉 Cedric Bernard Mar 21, 2023 00:30:48 328 W 4.62 w/kg 24.89 km/h
4 Patrick BERNARD Oct 10, 2023 00:32:31 335 W 4.19 w/kg 23.57 km/h
5 Tigo Star Feb 15, 2023 00:33:59 299 W 4.12 w/kg 22.55 km/h
6 Gunnar Tojren Mar 28, 2023 00:34:14 312 W 3.90 w/kg 22.39 km/h
7 Raul Grüneberg Jan 25, 2024 00:34:48 272 W 4.00 w/kg 22.02 km/h
8 Douglas Forer Oct 21, 2025 00:34:51 319 W 3.84 w/kg 21.99 km/h
9 Tom Smeets Nov 06, 2025 00:35:11 283 W 3.88 w/kg 21.78 km/h
10 Andrew Mawby Dec 14, 2023 00:36:02 260 W 3.71 w/kg 21.27 km/h
11 D Speelman Mar 25, 2023 00:36:21 288 W 3.69 w/kg 21.09 km/h
12 Peter Kroon Jul 22, 2023 00:36:24 276 W 3.78 w/kg 21.06 km/h
13 Юрий Ермолаев Oct 18, 2023 00:36:33 262 W 3.64 w/kg 20.97 km/h
14 R VB Apr 01, 2023 00:36:42 306 W 3.60 w/kg 20.88 km/h
15 David Descamps Apr 28, 2023 00:36:51 251 W 3.69 w/kg 20.80 km/h
16 David Dos Santos Rodrigues Apr 22, 2023 00:37:34 223 W 3.60 w/kg 20.40 km/h
17 TheNated0 Mar 31, 2024 00:37:51 261 W 3.48 w/kg 20.25 km/h
18 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Mar 24, 2025 00:38:19 289 W 3.28 w/kg 20.00 km/h
19 Nicolas Déry Apr 02, 2023 00:38:25 206 W 3.66 w/kg 19.95 km/h
20 Dennis Wannet Oct 25, 2023 00:38:26 225 W 3.36 w/kg 19.94 km/h
21 Jan Wielgus Mar 24, 2023 00:38:40 244 W 3.44 w/kg 19.82 km/h
22 javier divar Mar 22, 2023 00:39:04 181 W 3.48 w/kg 19.62 km/h
23 Victor de Heij Dec 24, 2024 00:39:35 277 W 3.26 w/kg 19.36 km/h
24 Frederik Vanrietvelde Apr 01, 2023 00:39:58 231 W 3.30 w/kg 19.18 km/h
25 Victor Van Den Berg Dec 07, 2023 00:40:05 241 W 3.13 w/kg 19.12 km/h
26 Rainer Klee Apr 07, 2023 00:40:45 260 W 3.06 w/kg 18.81 km/h
27 Chris Mar 21, 2023 00:41:01 228 W 3.05 w/kg 18.69 km/h
28 Maarten Kroon Jan 06, 2024 00:41:02 215 W 3.16 w/kg 18.68 km/h
29 Tristan Kramers Feb 27, 2024 00:41:03 228 W 3.17 w/kg 18.67 km/h
30 Indalecio Lekerika Mar 26, 2023 00:41:05 183 W 3.45 w/kg 18.66 km/h
31 Martin Budd Mar 19, 2023 00:41:21 225 W 3.14 w/kg 18.54 km/h
32 Thomas Kjær-Andersen Mar 21, 2023 00:41:32 238 W 3.09 w/kg 18.45 km/h
33 Jacob Stang Aug 22, 2023 00:41:38 214 W 3.06 w/kg 18.41 km/h
34 Artem Neposedov Oct 17, 2023 00:41:44 245 W 3.06 w/kg 18.37 km/h
35 filip degryse Mar 29, 2023 00:41:46 252 W 3.00 w/kg 18.35 km/h
36 Tony Tone Apr 01, 2023 00:41:59 213 W 3.13 w/kg 18.26 km/h
37 Jakob kjær-andersen Mar 22, 2023 00:42:38 205 W 3.15 w/kg 17.98 km/h
38 Fabio Zanirato Mar 22, 2023 00:42:48 171 W 3.05 w/kg 17.91 km/h
39 Andy Bowie Mar 30, 2023 00:42:50 189 W 3.00 w/kg 17.89 km/h
40 Markus Mayer Apr 13, 2023 00:42:57 225 W 2.96 w/kg 17.85 km/h
41 Thomas Beich Mar 30, 2023 00:43:08 224 W 2.91 w/kg 17.77 km/h
42 Marcel Aust Mar 25, 2023 00:43:14 220 W 3.06 w/kg 17.73 km/h
43 Danyel Fukkink Nov 21, 2023 00:43:53 233 W 2.81 w/kg 17.47 km/h
44 Geir Skaugen Apr 13, 2023 00:43:56 239 W 2.81 w/kg 17.45 km/h
45 Nick Kaldenbach Mar 29, 2023 00:43:58 234 W 2.82 w/kg 17.43 km/h
46 SmP Mar 31, 2026 00:44:11 167 W 2.88 w/kg 17.35 km/h
47 Philipp Simon Apr 30, 2023 00:44:22 184 W 2.92 w/kg 17.28 km/h
48 Piotr Mar 26, 2023 00:44:24 216 W 2.92 w/kg 17.26 km/h
49 Mark Prior Aug 20, 2023 00:44:36 216 W 2.88 w/kg 17.19 km/h
50 Rene van Leeuwen Nov 16, 2023 00:44:43 225 W 2.71 w/kg 17.14 km/h
51 Przemysław Ceglarek Apr 10, 2023 00:44:47 212 W 2.79 w/kg 17.11 km/h
52 JJosef Kluson Mar 23, 2023 00:45:00 206 W 2.75 w/kg 17.03 km/h
53 Paul Stowell Apr 26, 2023 00:45:06 230 W 2.65 w/kg 16.99 km/h
54 Francis Chalmers Sep 17, 2024 00:45:15 166 W 2.96 w/kg 16.94 km/h
55 Agnieszka Radwańska Apr 18, 2023 00:45:20 170 W 2.93 w/kg 16.91 km/h
56 Marc Schmerder Mar 22, 2023 00:45:38 204 W 2.68 w/kg 16.80 km/h
57 Dean Hallam Mar 31, 2023 00:45:47 200 W 2.72 w/kg 16.74 km/h
58 Pawel Jaracz Nov 12, 2025 00:45:49 213 W 2.63 w/kg 16.73 km/h
59 Armen Mosesyan Nov 12, 2024 00:45:55 253 W 2.61 w/kg 16.69 km/h
60 Manfred Schwarz Apr 01, 2023 00:46:11 186 W 2.82 w/kg 16.60 km/h
61 Jan Theron Feb 07, 2023 00:46:19 191 W 2.73 w/kg 16.55 km/h
62 Gert-Jan Otten Sep 13, 2023 00:46:23 206 W 2.58 w/kg 16.52 km/h
63 Iwona Tercjak Apr 18, 2023 00:46:53 159 W 2.89 w/kg 16.35 km/h
64 Bruno Paradis Apr 01, 2023 00:46:58 186 W 2.62 w/kg 16.32 km/h
65 Steve Johnson Jul 30, 2023 00:47:09 202 W 2.69 w/kg 16.26 km/h
66 paul gradwell May 15, 2023 00:47:12 210 W 2.63 w/kg 16.24 km/h
67 Andrea Martinelli Jun 14, 2023 00:47:20 243 W 2.48 w/kg 16.19 km/h
68 Andrew Fawcett Oct 20, 2024 00:47:46 228 W 2.59 w/kg 16.05 km/h
69 Dorus De Leeuw Oct 10, 2025 00:47:54 217 W 2.41 w/kg 16.00 km/h
70 Mike 8008 Mar 20, 2023 00:47:55 209 W 2.49 w/kg 16.00 km/h
71 Jean-Pierre Garneau Mar 20, 2023 00:48:12 170 W 2.66 w/kg 15.90 km/h
72 Mikael Nordberg Aug 22, 2023 00:48:49 187 W 2.56 w/kg 15.70 km/h
73 Arjon de Kater Oct 28, 2023 00:48:56 191 W 2.55 w/kg 15.66 km/h
74 J F Jul 04, 2023 00:48:57 210 W 2.39 w/kg 15.66 km/h
75 Markus Geiger Mar 29, 2023 00:49:13 194 W 2.49 w/kg 15.57 km/h
76 Kent Daniel Mar 21, 2023 00:49:37 194 W 2.49 w/kg 15.45 km/h
77 Gabriel Gugiu Mar 28, 2023 00:49:39 173 W 2.47 w/kg 15.44 km/h
78 Andrew Jackson Jun 04, 2024 00:49:41 192 W 2.53 w/kg 15.43 km/h
79 Daniel Nicklaus Jan 25, 2024 00:49:44 179 W 2.39 w/kg 15.41 km/h
80 DANIEL ALLIENNE Mar 26, 2023 00:50:00 179 W 2.49 w/kg 15.33 km/h
81 Kate Gannon Jan 12, 2024 00:50:03 164 W 2.65 w/kg 15.31 km/h
82 Georgi Novachev Mar 27, 2023 00:50:05 202 W 2.49 w/kg 15.30 km/h
83 Ole Karlsen Nov 29, 2023 00:50:16 200 W 2.35 w/kg 15.25 km/h
84 Andreas Scheurell May 19, 2023 00:50:30 178 W 2.44 w/kg 15.18 km/h
85 Yann Matthews Jun 08, 2024 00:50:43 183 W 2.44 w/kg 15.11 km/h
86 trialbigring1 Nov 04, 2023 00:50:52 186 W 2.35 w/kg 15.07 km/h
87 Igor Tatarinov Mar 20, 2023 00:51:03 199 W 2.37 w/kg 15.01 km/h
88 Michael Novich Sep 06, 2023 00:51:14 233 W 2.19 w/kg 14.96 km/h
89 Rik Lukey Mar 24, 2023 00:51:17 167 W 2.47 w/kg 14.95 km/h
90 ernst bolt Feb 25, 2024 00:51:31 169 W 2.45 w/kg 14.88 km/h
91 Sylvain Marinel May 05, 2023 00:51:38 186 W 2.35 w/kg 14.84 km/h
92 Hermannus Stegeman Jun 14, 2023 00:51:41 219 W 2.31 w/kg 14.83 km/h
93 Damian Jackson Apr 22, 2024 00:51:54 195 W 2.38 w/kg 14.77 km/h
94 James Spearman Feb 24, 2026 00:52:18 179 W 2.39 w/kg 14.66 km/h
95 Massimo Mar 26, 2023 00:52:20 142 W 2.37 w/kg 14.65 km/h
96 Thijs Pit Dec 04, 2023 00:52:43 185 W 2.28 w/kg 14.54 km/h
97 Maurizio Gaudino Jun 05, 2023 00:52:54 172 W 2.29 w/kg 14.49 km/h
98 Martin Söll Mar 26, 2023 00:53:02 171 W 2.28 w/kg 14.45 km/h
99 Greg Wong Sep 17, 2024 00:53:15 159 W 2.27 w/kg 14.39 km/h
100 Clive Pritchard Jun 05, 2023 00:53:23 166 W 2.31 w/kg 14.36 km/h
101 Jos Carboex Apr 22, 2024 00:53:39 173 W 2.31 w/kg 14.29 km/h
102 Craig Shaw Nov 20, 2024 00:54:02 164 W 2.25 w/kg 14.19 km/h
103 Sylwia Jędrzkiewicz Apr 18, 2023 00:54:03 123 W 2.46 w/kg 14.18 km/h
104 Hans Petiet Jun 22, 2023 00:54:04 148 W 2.18 w/kg 14.18 km/h
105 Ron Keshtacher May 15, 2023 00:54:06 187 W 2.17 w/kg 14.17 km/h
106 Lucile CHAZAUX Jul 02, 2024 00:54:15 165 W 2.32 w/kg 14.13 km/h
107 Britta Koch Apr 06, 2023 00:55:16 167 W 2.23 w/kg 13.87 km/h
108 David Martínez Soto Sep 26, 2023 00:55:35 148 W 2.18 w/kg 13.79 km/h
109 David Milongo Mar 22, 2023 00:55:36 156 W 2.20 w/kg 13.79 km/h
110 Nicolas Gonzalez Fermoso Sep 22, 2024 00:55:38 147 W 2.19 w/kg 13.78 km/h
111 femke arnouts May 08, 2023 00:56:00 128 W 2.29 w/kg 13.69 km/h
112 Berne Nyberg Apr 30, 2023 00:56:06 175 W 2.13 w/kg 13.66 km/h
113 jwpcycle Feb 11, 2025 00:56:20 189 W 2.10 w/kg 13.61 km/h
114 Gernot Schwarz Mar 27, 2023 00:56:25 148 W 2.06 w/kg 13.59 km/h
115 gert wilms Dec 31, 2025 00:56:35 201 W 2.01 w/kg 13.55 km/h
116 Italo Giorgio Falzoni Apr 01, 2023 00:59:28 158 W 2.11 w/kg 12.89 km/h
117 Jozef Ceginik Mar 20, 2023 01:00:02 152 W 1.95 w/kg 12.77 km/h
118 Nicole Preiser Mar 10, 2024 01:00:42 122 W 2.01 w/kg 12.63 km/h
119 Dr Isolde Hertess Jun 08, 2024 01:00:42 131 W 2.02 w/kg 12.63 km/h
120 dominique fortin Oct 20, 2024 01:00:53 172 W 1.87 w/kg 12.59 km/h
121 Karine Leger Dec 05, 2023 01:01:23 113 W 2.09 w/kg 12.49 km/h
122 jspieren@hotmail.com Nov 26, 2023 01:01:58 157 W 1.85 w/kg 12.37 km/h
123 Frantxoa A Mar 23, 2023 01:04:33 147 W 1.91 w/kg 11.87 km/h
124 Leszek Tomasiczek Mar 20, 2023 01:05:10 139 W 1.88 w/kg 11.76 km/h
125 Andreas Hafermann Mar 23, 2023 01:06:56 150 W 1.70 w/kg 11.45 km/h
126 Hd Dh Apr 14, 2025 01:07:28 115 W 1.60 w/kg 11.36 km/h
127 Jean-Claude Tondini Mar 26, 2023 01:10:33 120 W 1.60 w/kg 10.86 km/h
128 W van Koetsveld Jul 22, 2025 01:11:40 118 W 1.57 w/kg 10.70 km/h
129 Karin Nauta Jun 22, 2023 01:12:16 125 W 1.60 w/kg 10.61 km/h
130 paul fisher Jun 04, 2023 01:13:10 121 W 1.61 w/kg 10.48 km/h
131 Janette Lee Aug 28, 2023 01:13:53 95 W 1.73 w/kg 10.37 km/h
132 Bojan Gorenc May 13, 2023 01:13:56 143 W 1.46 w/kg 10.37 km/h
133 NEIL DIXON May 19, 2024 01:14:05 138 W 1.48 w/kg 10.35 km/h
134 Michael B 1947 Apr 02, 2023 01:23:26 103 W 1.37 w/kg 9.19 km/h

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