Cotacol Hunting

Cotacol 2024 unwrapped

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.

Combined achievements

8858 registered users

have collected 73.299.291 Cotacol points

  • David did Côte de Becco today
  • Jean-Luc did Sur le Stockeu today
  • Nicky did Helling van Planck today
  • Bru did Rue Xhovémont and Rue des Courteaux today
  • Théo did Chaussée d'Ottenbourg today
  • Louis did Route Merveilleuse and Route des Panoramas yesterday
  • Eric did Rue du Laveu, Vieux-Thier de Tilleur, Rue Lhoneux and 2 more yesterday
  • Cedric did Rue Bordelais, Rue Baltus, Rue Lhoneux and 2 more yesterday
  • Jérôme did L'M de Bomerée yesterday
  • Didier did Route des Trois Frères yesterday
  • Pascal did Rue Saint-Pierre yesterday
  • Gianni did Baneberg yesterday
  • Xavier did Chambralles and Côte de Fraiture yesterday
  • Claude did Chemin de Lausprelles yesterday
  • Jérôme did Côte Maquisard yesterday
  • Maxime did Le Mont Coupé yesterday
  • Antoine did Le Mont Coupé yesterday
  • Noel did Côte de Fraiture yesterday
  • Jérémy did Côte d'Avister yesterday
  • Benjamin did Côte de Beffe and Côte de Waharday-Nord-Est yesterday

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