Du toits kloof is a climb of 19.3 kilometers (hors catégorie). Du toits kloof tops out at 1,312 m above sea level. It is located in Drakenstein Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. The average gradient is 6.2% with a maximum of 19.4%. The climb has 1188 meters of elevation gain.
Difficulty breakdown: This Hors Catégorie climb has a demanding profile, with a particularly brutal finish. The average gradient of 6.2% holds over 19.3 km, but the last 5 km ramp up to some vicious numbers (8%, 9%, 13%), accounting for nearly 30% of the total elevation gain.
Pacing advice:
1. Managing your rhythm: Start easy, especially over the first kilometres, which are less steep (km 0-6 at 2-5%), so you save your legs. The main effort should be kept for the final section.
2. Save something for the end: From km 14 onwards, the gradient becomes relentless and steep (10% to 13%). Keep some mental and physical reserves for this last quarter, which is where the race will be decided.
3. Breaking it down: Split the climb into sections. The middle part (km 6-13) is fairly steady (4-6%), ideal for settling into a rhythm before the final push.
19.3 km • 1188 m D+
VAM: average climbing speed, based on elevation gain
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