1The descent
From 37.4 km to 39.4 km
1.9 km · -5.8% average · 37.1 km/h · 125 bpm, peaking at 134
You came down Little Rissington quick, but that's what a 6% gradient does when you're halfway through an 80 km ride and gravity's doing the work.
The kinetic account
- Fastest, 55.4 km/h
- Peak heart rate, 163 bpm
- Steepest, 12.6% over 200 m
80
km
ridden
831
m
climbed
3h 41m
moving
21.8 km/h average, 55 at the fastest; 837 m of descent; 3h 41m door to door; heart averaging 136 bpm and peaking at 163; an effort score of 297.
| 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 |
The shape of it
Two moments
2The climb
From 41.7 km to 42.5 km
0.8 km · +68 m at 8.4% · 9.8 km/h · 151 bpm, peaking at 163
The climb out of Bourton sat at a steady tempo, which is the right call halfway through an 80 km ride—you weren't digging, just grinding it out at 10 km/h the way the gradient demanded.