Puerto de El Purche
8.4 km at 8.0%, summit at 1,486 m. Cat 1.
- Length
- 8.4 km
- Average gradient
- 8.0%
- Height gained
- 672 m
- Summit
- 1,486 m
- Steepest km
- 11.7% measured on the route
- Category
- Cat 1
The climb
Puerto de El Purche climbs 8.4 km at an average of 8.0%, gaining 672 m to a summit at 1,486 m. The average hides a lot: the kilometres swing widely either side of it, so the climb is a sequence of ramps and easier stretches rather than a constant effort.
The hardest kilometre measures 14.0% and comes in the final third of the climb, and 6 kilometres of the ascent average more than 8%, 2 of them above 10%. The last kilometre is the steepest part of the finish at 14.0%, so there is nothing to recover on before the summit.
It appears on 2 stages in ProPace's data, between 2024 and 2026; each one is listed below and can be ridden in the app.
Stages that climbed it
| Stage | Date | Summit at | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vuelta a España 2024, stage 9: Motril → Granada | 25 August 2024 | km 97.1 | not listed |
| Vuelta a España 2026, stage 20: La Calahorra → Collada de Alguacil | 12 September 2026 | km 128.3 | Cat 1 |
Stages since 2024 whose route climbed to this summit, matched on ProPace's route data. Category as listed for that stage where the roadbook data is in the app.
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