What is the hardest asphalt kilometer to climb the bike across Europe?

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It is in the Valencian Community and has ramps close to 40%

Our friends from allMountaBike have published what it is in the opinion of Carlos Coloma, bronze in the Rio Olympics in Mountain Biking, the hardest asphalt kilometer in Europe

The Sierra Helada (in Valencian Serra Gelada) is one of the Natural Parks of the Valencian Community from 2005. It is formed by an impressive relief, that rises abruptly from the plain of Benidorm y Alfaz del Pi.

The sierra gives rise on its coastal front to cliffs of more than 300 m in height and houses redoubts of vegetation of exceptional value, such as the interesting dune fossil pendant and the peculiar vegetation that colonizes it. In addition, the sierra shares diverse botanical endemisms with the neighbor Peñón de Ifach.

The Sierra Helada, is the stage of the already famous chrono-climb that takes place every year in one of the stages of the Costa Blanca Bike Race.

It is famous in the field of cycling for presenting a short but very intense asphalt road that culminates in the repeater that dominates the mountain, with average ramps of 20% approaching dangerously at 40% at some point.

In the following video, Carlos Coloma climbing what is probably the hardest asphalt kilometer to pedal in Europe.

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