18.4 km/h average, 65 at the fastest; 1,202 m of descent; 10h 43m door to door; heart averaging 136 bpm and peaking at 166; an effort score of 747.
| Spice | Fast, steep and twisty | |
|---|---|---|
| Grind | Metres climbed per kilometre | |
| Distance | How far | |
| Effort | Heart-rate load, or modelled where no heart rate was recorded |
From 111.2 km to 111.4 km
0.1 km · +13.9% average · 5.0 km/h · 131 bpm, peaking at 141
That steep ramp out of Mounton sat right in the middle of 166 km, and you crawled it at 5 km/h while your heart stayed settled in endurance pace—a smart way to manage a brutal gradient when you've still got half the ride ahead.
From 123.3 km to 125.8 km
2.5 km · -8.2% average · 43.3 km/h · 131 bpm, peaking at 143
You flew down Pen-y-cae-mawr at 43 km/h on a steep gradient, which took some nerve late in a 166 km ride when fatigue was setting in.