Pleaux from Le Pont Blanchard

At just 1.9km, Pleaux from Le Pont Blanchard is short but deceptively intense — 105m of elevation packed into a brief, breathless effort. The gradient averages 5.6% — 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 Auvergne, France.