Monte Zoncolan
Ovaro, Italy
The Monte Zoncolan is a col with a length of 9.9 kilometer. This is a highest category (HC) col. It is located in Ovaro, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The average grade of this col is 11.9% with a maximum of 16.3%. The Monte Zoncolan ascents from 549 meter at the start, to 1.731 meter at the top, with a total of 1.182 ascending meters.
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Facts
| Distance | 9.9 km |
| Elevation gain | 1182 m |
| Average grade | 11.9 % |
| Maximum grade | 16.3 % |
| Climb category | HC |
| Minimum elevation | 549 m |
| Maximum elevation | 1731 m |
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Description
This side of the Zoncolan was featured for the first time in the 2007 Giro d'Italia. The climb starts in Ovaro, and is 9.9 kilometres long at an average of 11.9% with an elevation gain of 1181 metres and a maximum gradient of over 20%. Shortly after the village of Liariis, the road disappears into forest and gains 900 metres in the next 6 kilometres, averaging thus 15%. After this section, the road passes through three short tunnels, before a series of steep switchbacks immediately beneath the summit (called the arena). The former rough asphalt between Liariis and the tunnels was replaced in 2007; that between the last tunnel and the summit had already been resurfaced by autumn 2005. The tunnels are now lit.
Twice a winner on its slopes, Gilberto Simoni perfectly described the Zoncolan’s torture: “It’s like a slow execution; the easiest part of the Zoncolan is harder than the most difficult at the Tour.”
- Giro d'Italia 2007 - Stage 17 won by Gilberto Simoni (ITA)
- Giro d'Italia 2010 - Stage 15 won by Ivan Basso (ITA)
- Giro d'Italia 2011 - Stage 14 won by Igor Antón (ESP)
- Giro d'Italia 2014 - Stage 20 won by Michael Rogers (AUS)
- Giro d'Italia 2018 - Stage 14 won by Chris Froome (GBR)