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

9883 registered users

have collected 89.147.038 Cotacol points

  • Julien did Col de la Charlerie today
  • Max did Chartreuzenberg today
  • Michel did Thier Fouarge and Côte de Charneux today
  • Bastien did Cote de Sarolay and Les Waides today
  • 🇧🇪Steeven did Le Mont Coupé today
  • david did Smeysberg and Chaussée d'Ottenbourg today
  • Rutger did Roeselberg today
  • Bastien did Côte de Noirhat today
  • Fab did Hirzenberg today
  • philippe did Côte du Fayi today
  • Gilles did Côte du Bois-Grumsel, Thier d'Olne, Côte de Niharmont and 4 more today
  • Philippe did Côte Maquisard, Presseux Rux and Côte du Rosier-Nord II today
  • Xavier did Côte de Trasenster-Nord today
  • Jen did Baneberg today
  • Gilles did Côte de la Redoute, Côte de Trasenster-Nord and Côte d'Avister today
  • Christian did Côte du Fayi today
  • Arnaud did Route Merveilleuse today
  • Thomas did Côte de Saint-Denis today
  • Gunther did La Croisette, Le Grinquier-Ouest and Le Gauquier today
  • Matthias did Tier de Liège, Côte de Lamonriville, Côte d'Otaimont and 2 more today

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