Catalunya stage 4: Urgell-Asco

Location:
Catalunya, Spain

Overview:
Lucas Euser is riding the 2008 Volta a Catalunya this week with his Garmin Edge 705 and recording all the stages - except the opening time trial - for you data hungry fans out there.

As the longest stage of the 2008 Volta a Catalunya, stage 4 is mostly downhill as the course heads south towards the Mediterranean coast. Starting in La Seu d’Urgell (780 m), the first 180 km of the course are downhill to the village of Flix (70 m). But the stage isn’t all easy. There’s a final category 2 climb - Alt de Paumeras (510 m) before the downhill finish in Asco. The Paumeras climb is 9.6 km long with a grade ranging from 5.6-9%.

Difficulty: Moderate

Distance: 136.27 miles

Total Elevation Gain: 9,246 ft.

Google Earth:   View on Google Earth

MotionBased:   View on MotionBased

Download Ride Data:   GPS Device   GPX   HST   CRS