Cotacol Hunting

How it all started

The COTACOL is a belgian reference book about cycling uphill, made by Daniel Gobert and Jean-Pierre Legros in 1989. In it are descriptions of the thousand toughest climbs for cyclists. Each climb is described by several facts: name, a short description, height, grade, length, what state the road surface is in, average climbing time for an amateur or a professional road cyclist. The combined authors measured 1.869.800 km, rode up a height of 112.396 meters and measured nearly 30.000 data points to compose this book. Each hill has a so-called COTACOL score. This score is determined using several parameters: grade, length, road surface. A higher score means a tougher climb. More than 30 years later, some cycling & tech enthousiasts virtually got together and built apps, web sites and integrated with Strava, so that the modern cyclist can now plan rides to conquer as much Cotacols as possible and automatically flag them when integrating with Strava.

 

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Combined achievements

9709 registered users

have collected 84.662.260 Cotacol points

  • Thomas did Kemmelberg-Oost and Baneberg today
  • Mathieu did La Tailette, Taaienberg and Côte du Bois de la Houppe today
  • Yves did Kemmelberg-Oost and Baneberg today
  • Fabian did Côte de Hermalle-sous-Huy today
  • Thomas did Bruine Put today
  • Bastian did Côte de Hermalle-sous-Huy today
  • Pierre did Côte de Drolenval today
  • Arno did De Monteberg, Kemmelberg-Zuid, Baneberg and 3 more today
  • Vincent did Oude Kwaremont today
  • Andrés did Smeysberg today
  • Aloïs did Côte de la Ferme de Sart today
  • Michel did Kasteelstraat today
  • Tom did Côte de Wanne, Côte du Rosier-Est, Côte de Desnie and 2 more today
  • quentin did Les Grands Sarts today
  • Jan did Côte de Trieu today
  • Emmanuel did Le Rabot today
  • Michel did Côte de Ben-Ahin today
  • Dries did Moskesstraat today
  • Bart did Terspout today
  • Greg did Côte de Niaster today

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