Qingri la is a climb of 18.3 kilometers (hors catégorie). Qingri la tops out at 4,272 m above sea level. It is located in Shigatsé, 西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།, 中国. The average gradient is 7.0% with a maximum of 17.1%. The climb has 1287 meters of elevation gain.
Difficulty analysis: At 18.3 km, with 1287 m of elevation gain and an average gradient of 7%, the Qingri Pass from Qianggedang is HC category. The climb offers very little respite: outside the 3-4 km section (1%) and the finish (2% between km 18 and 18.3), the gradient stays between 4% and 7% from start to finish. The 7% stretches at km 2-3, 5-6, 7-8, 13-14 and 15-16 are the most demanding. It's a long, steady climb that wears down your legs and your morale more than it ambushes you with a wall.
Pacing tips:
1. Ease into it. In the first kilometres at 5%, ride at a moderate pace so you have something left for the 7% sections that follow.
2. Recover on the flat. Use the 3-4 km section, where the gradient drops to 1%, to drink, eat and get your cadence back before the second half of the climb.
3. Shift down on the steep bits. Between km 13 and 14, then 15 and 16, drop into an easy gear and hold a steady cadence, around 70 to 80 rpm, to spare your knees.
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18.3 km • 1287 m D+
VAM: average climbing speed, based on elevation gain
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