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TOP 5: UK's Toughest Climbs

by Nick Gregory

Saddleback Fred Whitton Challenge 2014 - 11/05/2014 - Grasmere The English Lake District
Rating: 95.0% based on 98 reviews - See Previous Ratings
Coast to Coast In A Day - 28/06/2014 - Seascale to Whitby
Rating: 93.2% based on 57 reviews - See Previous Ratings
The White Rose Classic - 29/06/2014 - Ilkley
Rating: 92.8% based on 11 reviews - See Previous Ratings
Wiggle Tour of the Peak 2014 - 18/05/2014 - Bakewell, Derbyshire
Rating: 65.0% based on 6 reviews - See Previous Ratings
PEAK EPIC 2014 - 01/06/2014 - Peak District
Rating: 80.0% based on 2 reviews - See Previous Ratings
Great Dun Fell Cycle Sportive - 04/05/2014 - Appleby, Cumbria
Bealach Mor Challenge - 30/08/2014 - Applecross Peninsula, Wester Ross
Coast to Coast In A Day - 27/06/2015 - Seascale to Whitby
Rating: 96.2% based on 7 reviews - See Previous Ratings
Saddleback Fred Whitton Challenge 2015 - 10/05/2015 - Grasmere The English Lake District
Rating: 97.8% based on 43 reviews - See Previous Ratings
The Tour of the Peak 2015 - 17/05/2015 - Bakewell, Derbyshire
Rating: 100.0% based on 1 review - See Previous Ratings
Peak Epic 2015 - 31/05/2015 - Peak District
Great Dun Fell Cycle Sportive - 03/05/2015 - Appleby, Cumbria
The White Rose Classic - 28/06/2015 - Ilkley
Rating: 96.7% based on 1 review - See Previous Ratings
Bealach Mor Challenge - 05/09/2015 - Applecross Peninsula, Wester Ross
Rating: 94.4% based on 2 reviews - See Previous Ratings
Peak Epic 2016 - 05/06/2016 - Peak District
Rating: 100.0% based on 1 review - See Previous Ratings
KTG Tour of the Peak 2016 inc Winnat's Pass Killer Mile challenge - 15/05/2016 - Bakewell, Derbyshire
Saddleback Fred Whitton Challenge 2016 - 08/05/2016 - Grasmere, Lake District
Rating: 98.1% based on 4 reviews - See Previous Ratings
Coast to Coast In A Day - 25/06/2016 - Seascale to Whitby
Rating: 94.8% based on 14 reviews - See Previous Ratings
Coast to Coast In A Day - 24/06/2017 - Seascale to Whitby
Peak Epic 2017 - 04/06/2017 - Peak District
Peak Epic 2018 - 03/06/2018 - Peak District

TOP 5: UK's Toughest Climbs

When an organiser sits down to plan a sportive, you could be forgiven for thinking that they pull out a map, find the longest, hardest hill in the area, and then plan a loop around this. Actually, looking at most events on the calendar, I think this is what most of those torturous people do.

With the Tour de France Grand Depart taking place this weekend, the sight of some of professional cycling's best climbers flying up Yorkshire's most spectacular peaks and passes will no doubt raise the already substantial profile of the area as a cyclist's paradise.

There are dozens and dozens of legendary, lung bursting climbs in the UK, but the following are some of what we regard as the toughest tackled year-in-year-out by sportive riders willing to give it a go.

Spoiler alert: Norfolk doesn't feature...

Bealach-na-ba (Image: Joe Dunckley- Flickr)

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