Decoding Stage 9 Of The 2018 Giro Rosa | Monte Zoncolan

The penultimate day of the Giro Rosa will be the toughest yet, with a summit finish atop the Monte Zoncolan. The climb averages a leg-numbing 12 percent in gradient over 10 kilometers in length—with the middle of the ascent, from kilometer two to six, averaging more than 15 percent.

The daunting peak was first introduced to professional bike racing during the 1997 edition of the Giro Rosa. Two decades after the first ascent of the Zoncolan, the Giro Rosa returns

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