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Originally Posted by aprilia4life
Only a 4.5% elevation over 2kms.

Cakewalk.
What makes it tough is that it is so short. It is not a "climber's" hill. The last 500 m (the steep part) takes only about 90". In the context of a race this climb is done at about 160% of threshold power. That's called "burning a match".
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