Djbel assfour is a climb of 14.6 kilometers (hors catégorie). Djbel assfour tops out at 1,537 m above sea level. It is located in Beni Boussaid ⴱⴻⵏⵉ ⴱⵓⵙⵄⵉⴷ بني بوسعيد, Tlemcen ⵜⵍⴻⵎⵙⴻⵏ تلمسان, Algérie ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ الجزائر. The average gradient is 6.1% with a maximum of 15.6%. The climb has 898 meters of elevation gain.
Difficulty analysis: This beyond-category climb has a real difficulty concentrated in its middle section. The first section (KM 0-4) is very manageable (1-4%), acting as a warm-up. The difficulty peaks between KM 4 and 11, with a demanding 7 km stretch where the gradient fluctuates between 7% and 11%. The final section (KM 11-14.6) gets progressively easier (5% down to 1%), letting you ease off the effort.
Pacing advice:
1. Managing your pace on the middle section: Use the first 4 km to find your rhythm without burning matches. Anticipate the sharp increase in gradient at KM 4 and adjust your effort to hold a steady cadence over the 7 hard km.
2. Using the final section to recover: From KM 11 onwards, the gradients ease (7% down to 1%). This is the time to hold your rhythm without forcing, or even nudge up the pace slightly if you've managed your earlier effort well.
14.6 km • 898 m D+
VAM: average climbing speed, based on elevation gain
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