Climbs

This page indexes the Climbs posted on Hors Catégorie, divided into Category 4, Category 3, and Category 2 climbs (there are no Category 1 climbs in the Dublin and Wicklow mountains). As racing fans know, categorisation can be quite arbitrary — at the start of a grand tour, the merest pimple rates Cat 4; deep into the third week, stages can be so packed with mountains that major ascents go entirely unclassified. The categorisation here follows the categorisation of the relevant segment on Strava.

Category 2

Edmondstown Road (9.1km, 432m, 4.7%)

The Firing Range (5.1km, 375m, 7.3%)

Piperstown Road (6km, 351m, 5.6%)

Category 3

Ballinascorney (2.9km, 191m, 6.3%)

Wicklow Gap (W) (5.5km, 221m, 3.9%)

Category 4

The Embankment (3.2km, 106m, 3.3%)

The Hill of Tara (2.9km, 103m, 3.3%)

McDonagh’s Lane (2.2km, 111m, 5.0%)

Trooperstown Hill (1.9km, 146m, 7.5%)