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
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- Julien did Thier d'Hodimont today
- Bernd did Holstraat today
- Tmas did Col du Rideux-Sud and Col du Rideux-Sud today
- Kevin馃嚙馃嚜 did Col du Rideux-Sud today
- Augustin did Col du Rideux-Sud today
- Cedric did C么te de la Trappe today
- David did Les Plachettes, C么te du Bois de la Houppe and Berendries today
- Arno did Congoberg today
- steven did C么te du Bois de la Houppe, L'Escalette and Le Grinquier-Ouest today
- Arnaud did C么te des Trois Burettes today
- Rik did Plattenberg today
- Alain did Berendries today
- Sebastien did Le Maultienne today
- Wim did C么te de Boucquemont today
- Wim did Krekelenberg, C么te de Sainte-Croix, Les Gaudys and 1 more today
- steven did Baneberg and Rodeberg-West today
- Noel did C么te de Warre today
- Ninke did Oude Kwaremont and Taaienberg today
- Van did Smeysberg today
- Jurgen did Katteberg today