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

9430 registered users

have collected 81.121.589 Cotacol points

  • Julie did Montagne Sainte-Walburge and Plattenberg today
  • Vincent did Oude Kwaremont today
  • Jonathan did Smeysberg today
  • Thomas did Charly-des-Bois today
  • jules did Côte de Lorcé today
  • Thibaut did Bosberg, Tuitenberg and Congoberg today
  • Sem did Congoberg today
  • Julien did Côte de la Chapelle Piérard today
  • Gert did Mur de Huy today
  • Kris did Côte Cornimont, Côte de Gros-Fays, Côte de Maltournée and 6 more today
  • Arnaud did Brandberg today
  • Victor did Cote de Sarolay today
  • Franck did Tros Marets, Côte du Rosier-Est, Côte d'Annette et Lubin and 1 more today
  • Jos did Katteberg today
  • Jean-François did Côte de Dochamps-Ouest, Li Voye des Monnis, Côte du Gerny and 1 more today
  • Antonie did Côte de Trieu today
  • Maxime did Côte d'Oneux, Col du Rideux-Nord Est, Thier du Mont and 2 more today
  • Roel did Côte de Wanne, La Haute Levée, Thier du Mont and 2 more today
  • Peter did Meesberg-Noord today
  • Steven did Wijndries today

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