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21.4km21.412km125.5km5.5

KV El Gigante

5.5km·1090m+
February 24, 03:00 PM
Agaete,
Spain
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KV El Gigante · Race profile

Distance
5.5km
Gain
1090m+
Max
1219m
Min
222m

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About KV El Gigante

KV El Gigante is the 5.5km vertical kilometre at Transgrancanaria 2027 (Agaete, Spain). The race starts on February 24, 2027 at 03:00 PM. It starts in Agaete and finishes in Tamadaba.

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

  • Steep 30% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
  • Control your HR on the first climb.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.4km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Home · 1.4km–5.4km · Climb of 989m, high point 1219m. Kick for the line: give it everything you've got. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Hike the steepest pitches.

Course

The course climbs 1090m+. With 198m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 100% of the distance is uphill, 0% downhill and 0% flat. The longest climb runs 5.4km at an average 18.2% grade (989m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 37.7% over 0.4km.

Poles

Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 2.8km of the course is steep enough for them to pay off.

Quad damage

There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.

This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for KV El Gigante.

Other distances of Transgrancanaria 2027Open Agáldar (21.4km)·Promo (12.0km)

Other editions of KV El Gigante2026

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