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Race strategy

Run the climb at race pace, build your speed on the downhill, and go all out at the finish.

• Steep 40% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
• Final 804m descent. Save your legs to go all out on it.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 4.7km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
• Start · 0.0km–1.3km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 1.3km–4.7km · Climb of 593m, high point 1727m. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Hike the steepest pitches.
• Home · 4.7km–12.3km · Descent of 804m averaging 10%. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Very long descent: first half under control, then even, let go only near the end.

Course

By gradient, 47% of the distance is uphill, 53% downhill and 0% flat. The longest climb runs 4.7km at an average 12.7% grade (593m of vertical). The longest descent runs 7.7km at an average 10.5% grade (804m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 39.9% over 0.5km. The steepest descent drops at 48.9% over 0.2km.

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 2.2km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 13 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

• Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 4.7km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
• 4.7–12.3 km · 804 m D−, -10.5% · 0.0 km ahead → even, first half under control, let go at the end