On the 16th of July 1999, as part of a cycling vacation through the south of Switzerland and north of Italy (Klik hier voor een reisverslag [Dutch only]), a time trial from the side of Prato was organized (and again on the 30th of August 1999, but without the authors of this site) Below you can see the times as they were recorded (and some from previous dates). None of the cyclers mentioned below are taking part in some sort of a competition, all are pure amateurs. The distance cycled is not 24.7 km's (which is seen in many books as the official length of the climb), but 25.7 km's. To put the times in perspective: the best time WE KNOW is in hands of Peter Kornef from Germany. He registered a time of 1 hour 17 minutes and 10 seconds, that is an average of 19,98 km/h. The best time we know from a (ex) professional is the one from Bernard Hinault (Fra), 5 times winner of the Tour de France, with a time of about 1 hour and 18 minutes. Well known people in The Netherlands who registered a time are the skater Bart Veldkamp and former skater Christine Aaftink. Veldkamp has a best time of 1 hour and 45 minutes (14.69 km/h), Aaftink of 2 hours and 30 minutes (10.28 km/h).
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Date |
Name |
Time |
Km/h |
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12-09-1994 |
Luc Bogaert |
1.32.00 |
16.76 |
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16-08-1999 |
Bert Evers |
1.43.09 |
14.95 |
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30-08-2002 |
Mike Tchang |
1.43.38 |
14.94 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Paul van der Bijl |
1.44.15 |
14.80 |
|
16-08-1999 |
Rolf Pruijsen |
1.45.45 |
14.69 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Coen Schillemans |
1.46.10 |
14.52 |
|
30-08-1999 |
Reyn de Niet |
1.48.16 |
14.24 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Arjan van der Sande |
1.49.24 |
14.10 |
|
30-08-1999 |
John v.d. Meer |
1.51.14 |
13.86 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Eric Burgman |
1.51.29 |
13.83 |
|
16-08-1999 |
Rik van Blokland |
1.53.38 |
13.57 |
|
16-08-1999 |
Johan Koenders |
1.54.38 |
13.45 |
|
30-08-1999 |
Hans van Haaften |
1.54.54 |
13.42 |
|
16-08-1999 |
Ron Gommers |
1.56.26 |
13.24 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Frans Cornelissen |
1.57.28 |
13.18 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Minne Cuperus |
1.57.15 |
13.15 |
|
16-08-1999 |
Peter Coolsma |
1.57.05 |
13.13 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Djoen Liem |
1.58.47 |
12.98 |
|
30-08-1999 |
Hans Koster |
2.03.06 |
12.53 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Martin Ringelenberg |
2.06.33 |
12.18 |
|
30-08-1999 |
Marko Jansen |
2.06.40 |
12.17 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Kurt van de Nes |
2.06.54 |
12.15 |
|
30-08-1999 |
Anco Hissink |
2.08.33 |
12.00 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Teake Penninga |
2.10.34 |
11.81 |
|
30-08-1999 |
Edwin van Essen |
2.10.15 |
11.84 |
|
16-08-1999 |
Rene de Boer |
2.10.40 |
11.80 |
|
30-08-1999 |
Richard Koelewijn |
2.14.44 |
11.44 |
|
30-08-1996 |
Henri Verschoor |
2.17.43 |
11.20 |
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30-08-2002 |
Marco van Deventer |
2.21.16 |
10.92 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Leo Mutsaars |
2.22.12 |
10.84 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Michael Haagmans |
2.23.10 |
10.77 |
|
30-08-1999 |
Raymonde van Gameren |
2.24.20 |
10.68 |
|
26-06-2001 |
Brian Weatherall (USA) |
2.26.15 |
10.54 |
|
22-10-2000 |
Darko Korbar (Slo) |
2.30.00 |
10.28 |
|
24-07-1999 |
Vincent Klein Breteler |
2.31.17 |
10.19 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Andree Windt |
2.32.43 |
10.10 |
|
30-08-2002 |
Mathieu van Rijswijck |
2.40.20 |
9.62 |
|
30-08-1999 |
Ruud Snoep |
2.45.45 |
9.30 |
|
16-08-1999 |
Ton van Warmerdam |
2.47.49 |
9.19 |
|
30-08-1999 |
Ingrid Karman |
2.50.35 |
9.04 |
|
07-08-1989 |
Duco Wijma |
3.00.08 |
8.56 |
|
24-07-1999 |
Sandra Klein Breteler |
3.05.24 |
8.32 |
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17-07-1991 |
Teus van der Stelt |
3.26.30 |
7.47 |
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27-07-1993 |
Leendert-Jan Visser |
3.39.02 |
7.04 |
|
27-08-1989 |
Erik Braal |
3.53.04 |
6.62 |
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27-07-1993 |
Mary Klein Breteler |
3.58.33 |
6.46 |