Great "unknown" climbs

[Red Rick]

Has Monte Maddalena near Brescia ever been used in a race?

 

[Netserk]

Yes, in the Giro.

EDIT: Literally on the same site on the same page as the profile, you can see it was used in the Giro 4 times: 1965, 1966, 1968 & 1975.

The last time was in an ITT:

 

[Mayomaniac]

You could use this side of Monte Maddalena and descent down to Brescia on the wider road on the other side of the climb.

 

[Netserk]

While for some reason there isn't a stage profile of the 8th stage, it can be seen in the compressed overall route profile that they descended it in 1968.

1968 : Il Ciclismo

 

[Red Rick]

Yes, in the Giro.

EDIT: Literally on the same site on the same page as the profile, you can see it was used in the Giro 4 times: 1965, 1966, 1968 & 1975.

The last time was in an ITT:

I know that's there and for some reason I just forgot about it when looking at it...

 

[Mayomaniac]

I'm gonna advertise a climb that I recently did on my roadbike:
The Penser Joch/Passo di Pennes has only been used twice by the Giro, 1961 and 1995, and both times they used the easier side of the climb.

In 1961 it was a brutal Trento Bormio Stage with Penser Joch, Jaufenpass and the Stelvio before a downhill finish in Bormio.

In 1995 they also used it as the 3rd to last climb on a stage that ended with a Schnalstal/Val Senales MTF.

Now the northern side of the climb is a different beast, 15.8km at 8% with the final 13.5km at 9.1%.

This side of the climb only features 4 hairpins, but it still has some stunning sections.

Now, how can you use this climb? A MTF would be the most boring option, I'd go with a downhill finish in Sarenthein or even better, an easier uphill finish at the Reinswald Ski station.
You can always have the harder side of the Jaufenpass/Passo di Monte Giovo right before it (there's almost no flat between the 2, a natural combination) and if you wanna make it even harder you can have a short stage with the Timmelsjoch/Rombo from Sölden.
Here is a potential short Reinswald stage from Sölden that I've come up with:
https://www.cronoescalada.com/index.php/tracks/viewTour/622939

Of course you could also make the stage longer and put something else before the Jaufenpass, have a hard MTF like Bondone, Alpe di Pampeago or Meran 2000 (just to name a few) the day before and we'll see really big gaps on this one.

 

[railxmig]

Been clicking around in Azores and... i may have one climb that could be good for this thread. It's in Terceira Island near it's biggest town Angra do Heroismo. It's one of climbs up to mid-slopes of a former volcano Serra de Santa Bárbara. On the maps it's tagged as M501. hile the road slightly climbs for a long time i would count only the last 2,2km @ 10% with last ~0,8km @ ~15%. As i'm writing this i've dicovered that the streetview footage of Terceira was nuked, which means i have no photos. I don't know the name of the climb and i don't know if there any footage of it on the internets. I don't remember, where they started but at least the last 2,2km are cobbled. If i remember correctly they were the same or similar diamond shaped cobbled like in many places in mainland Portugal. It can be tied to an Angra do Heroismo finish after ~8km ridge ride and at least ~6km of fast downhill towards the town.

 

[Fyr3]

I'm gonna advertise a climb that I recently did on my roadbike:
The Penser Joch/Passo di Pennes has only been used twice by the Giro, 1961 and 1995, and both times they used the easier side of the climb.

In 1961 it was a brutal Trento Bormio Stage with Penser Joch, Jaufenpass and the Stelvio before a downhill finish in Bormio.

In 1995 they also used it as the 3rd to last climb on a stage that ended with a Schnalstal/Val Senales MTF.

Now the northern side of the climb is a different beast, 15.8km at 8% with the final 13.5km at 9.1%.

This side of the climb only features 4 hairpins, but it still has some stunning sections.

Now, how can you use this climb? A MTF would be the most boring option, I'd go with a downhill finish in Sarenthein or even better, an easier uphill finish at the Reinswald Ski station.
You can always have the harder side of the Jaufenpass/Passo di Monte Giovo right before it (there's almost no flat between the 2, a natural combination) and if you wanna make it even harder you can have a short stage with the Timmelsjoch/Rombo from Sölden.
Here is a potential short Reinswald stage from Sölden that I've come up with:
https://www.cronoescalada.com/index.php/tracks/viewTour/622939

Of course you could also make the stage longer and put something else before the Jaufenpass, have a hard MTF like Bondone, Alpe di Pampeago or Meran 2000 (just to name a few) the day before and we'll see really big gaps on this one.

This climb is absolutely slept on. Its a monster, the fact that it ranks with names like Mortirolo in terms of distance above 10% in Italy tells you enough - it may not have the extreme percentages but its consistently brutal! Unfortunately your link no longer works (I assume because Cronoescalada got hacked and I think they wiped all the old stages) but I recently made a Giro with a stage to Reinswald similar to what you described as part of a route making contest:

Something like this well placed in a route can be devastating for certain. Just so long as there isn't something stupid like a mountain TT the day after...

 

[Red Rick]

This climb is absolutely slept on. Its a monster, the fact that it ranks with names like Mortirolo in terms of distance above 10% in Italy tells you enough - it may not have the extreme percentages but its consistently brutal! Unfortunately your link no longer works (I assume because Cronoescalada got hacked and I think they wiped all the old stages) but I recently made a Giro with a stage to Reinswald similar to what you described as part of a route making contest:

Something like this well placed in a route can be devastating for certain. Just so long as there isn't something stupid like a mountain TT the day after...

Only 160km what is thie ASO - okay that's a great design.