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.

 

Hosting cotacol costs a few hundred euros per month. And while we try to keep Cotacol free for all of you to use, any help or support is welcome. This can easily be done by the click of the button, below. Sam.

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Combined achievements

9196 registered users

have collected 77.806.604 Cotacol points

  • Matthias did Kuiperenberg today
  • Jeroen did Sur les Tiennes, Côte du Lac de Genval, Rue du Moulin and 1 more today
  • Steven did Chartreuzenberg and Wijndries today
  • Tom did La Flime and Sud Chansin today
  • Guillaume did Mur des Sept Meuses-Est and Route Merveilleuse today
  • Jeroen did Mur de Huy today
  • Olivier did Côte de Loyers and Route des Trois Frères today
  • Claude did Côte de Dolembreux today
  • Steven did Côte de Trieu today
  • Jarne did Berendries today
  • Peter did Plattenberg and Les Waides today
  • Jan did Côte de Trieu today
  • Jacques did Smeysberg and Moskesstraat today
  • Rob. did Côte du Rosier-Est and Côte de Neufmarteau today
  • Kevin did Moskesstraat today
  • Patrick did Côte de Henripont today
  • Maxime did Im Dal today
  • Seb did Chaussée d'Ottenbourg today
  • Olly did Eikenberg today
  • Sven did La Roche Sainte-Catherine today

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