Alto de L'Angliru

View of El Angliru from the direction Monsacro

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The Alto de Angliru is a very steep mountain rising in Asturias, northwestern Spain. He is one of the most difficult in the entire cycling due to its steepness.

The highest point of the road is at 1570 meters above sea level. Up to this point 1258 meters of altitude to be covered for a distance of 12.55 kilometers. Thus, the distance to an average slope of 9.9 percent. After the first five kilometers with an average gradient of 7.6 per cent followed by a flat piece with only 2 percent slope. Up to this point, the increase from other climbs takes off, which are scaled in cycling.

Unusually heavy, however, is the second half of the increase. This was formerly a cattle track and in the mid- 90s specifically for the Vuelta a España paved. This half has an average gradient of 13 percent, with approximately 20 percent have to be overcome on a ramp, the so-called Cuena les Cabre, 23.6 percent and on two other ramps. This is one of the Alto de Angliru the most extraordinary mountain top finishes in cycling. Thus, the racers can ever climb the Alto de Angliru, the wheels with a special translation be equipped. Even a mountain specialist like Fernando Escartín had in his Ersterklimmung, but in training, get off the saddle. During the Vuelta he defeated the mountain with a translation of 32 / 23rd

The organizers of the Vuelta a España were looking for a mountain top finish, which could compete with the large mountain top finishes of the Tour de France as L' Alpe d' Huez or Mont Ventoux and took Alto de Angliru first time in 1999 in the program.

Winner of this stage was José María Jiménez. The increase was then four more times in the Vuelta a España program in 2000 (winner Gilberto Simoni ), 2002 (winner Roberto Heras ), 2008 ( Winner: Alberto Contador ), 2011 ( Winner: Juan José Cobo ) and 2013 ( winner: Kenny Elissonde ).

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