Cuccaro Monferrato from Grana del Monferrato

At just 1.8km, Cuccaro Monferrato from Grana del Monferrato is short but deceptively intense — 122m of elevation packed into a brief, breathless effort. The gradient averages 6.9% — steady enough to find a rhythm, steep enough to feel it. It's over before the legs know what happened — a short, explosive effort where momentum is everything. Located in Piedmont, Italy.