Sella Valcalda (East side)

Distance: 9.87 km

Elevation Gain: 420 m

Elevation Loss: 133 m

Difficulty: 321 (Easy)

FIETS Index: 2.33 FIETS

Avg Grade: 5.64 %

Max cat climb: 2

Min elevation: 549 m

Max elevation: 961 m

Ride Category: Climb

The Sella Valcalda, at about 959 m, links the But valley with the Val Degano in Carnia, Friuli, Italy. The Giro d’Italia has twice used this side as the penultimate climb of a mountain stage. In 2024 it came before the finish at Sappada, where Andrea Vendrame won. In 2018 it led to the Zoncolan, where Chris Froome won the stage and Simon Yates kept the pink jersey.

This ride starts at Priola and passes through Cercivento, where the Valcalda meets the But valley. A Roman road once ran through the village, linking the two valleys. Around Zovello the road steepens to between 8 and 10% for about 2 km, the hardest part of the climb. The ride ends just over the top, above Ravascletto, on the descent both Giro stages took towards Comeglians.

Rank	Rider	Date	Time	Power	W/kg	Speed
🥇	SmP	Jan 05, 2019	00:22:22	304 W	5.24 w/kg	26.45 km/h
🥈	Alan Gunner	Jan 06, 2019	00:22:50	328 W	4.78 w/kg	25.91 km/h
🥉	Patrick Smit	Feb 22, 2023	00:23:10	300 W	4.92 w/kg	25.54 km/h
4	Emiel Keizer	May 05, 2022	00:23:34	315 W	4.63 w/kg	25.10 km/h
5	Silvano Turati	Jan 02, 2019	00:24:21	278 W	4.63 w/kg	24.30 km/h
6	Tom Smeets	Aug 17, 2022	00:25:15	305 W	4.18 w/kg	23.43 km/h
7	Tigo Star	Dec 28, 2018	00:25:18	312 W	4.00 w/kg	23.38 km/h
8	Gunnar Tojren	Jan 01, 2019	00:25:53	302 W	3.92 w/kg	22.86 km/h
9	D Speelman	Dec 16, 2022	00:26:18	292 W	3.89 w/kg	22.49 km/h
10	Hugo Sánchez Perez	Mar 04, 2020	00:26:24	280 W	3.94 w/kg	22.41 km/h

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