On the 23rd of July 2001 a time trial was organized on the horrible Mont du Chat (1504 m). The trial started 9 kilometres below the top. The average gradient of the last 7 kilometers is 11.2% and of the complete time trial 10.0%!! The recorded times are at follows:



Name Time km/h
Paul van der Bijl 40.22 13.38
Johan Barel 43.47 12.33
Bert Evers 44.56 12.02
Rolf Pruijsen 47.22 11.40
Minne Cuperus 50.03 10.79
Marja de Ridder 50.35 10.68
Eric Hooijschuur 51.17 10.53
Tom Mulder 55.17 9.77
René van Mourik 1.00.18 8.96