Bainskloof Pass (North side) virtual cycling route
South_Africa Bainskloof Pass (North side)
Distance: 25.99 km
Elevation Gain: 359 m
Elevation Loss: 421 m
Difficulty: 236 (Easy)
FIETS Index: 1.51 FIETS
Avg Grade: 3.71 %
Max cat climb: 2
Min elevation: 181 m
Max elevation: 590 m
Ride Category: Rollers

Bainskloof Pass is a mountain pass on the regional road between Wellington and Ceres in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The 18 kilometres (11 mi) pass, opened in 1854, was constructed by road engineer Andrew Geddes Bain with the use of convict labour. Originally built for horse-drawn traffic, the pass was later tarred. The pass reaches 594 metres (1,949 ft) at its highest point. Here, the road joins the Witte River, which descends the northern side of the mountains through a precipitous cleft to a stretch of rapids, waterfalls and natural pools. Bainskloof Pass is now a national monument.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 alan schmidt Sep 13, 2023 00:43:48 360 W 3.57 w/kg 35.56 km/h
🥈 D Speelman Sep 13, 2023 00:45:09 297 W 3.91 w/kg 34.49 km/h
🥉 Tom Smeets Jan 17, 2022 00:45:18 287 W 3.93 w/kg 34.38 km/h
4 Raul Grüneberg Jan 31, 2024 00:45:56 259 W 3.81 w/kg 33.90 km/h
5 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Nov 09, 2023 00:46:52 285 W 3.24 w/kg 33.23 km/h
6 Tigo Star Jan 19, 2022 00:49:05 243 W 3.20 w/kg 31.73 km/h
7 Rod McGovern Sep 14, 2023 00:49:37 252 W 3.25 w/kg 31.39 km/h
8 Chris Oct 06, 2023 00:49:49 231 W 3.09 w/kg 31.26 km/h
9 Nick Kaldenbach Nov 18, 2023 00:51:27 226 W 2.76 w/kg 30.27 km/h
10 Leon Zupancic Feb 15, 2025 00:52:39 196 W 2.87 w/kg 29.58 km/h
11 Martin Budd Jan 25, 2022 00:53:04 203 W 2.83 w/kg 29.35 km/h
12 Chris Beswick Dec 31, 2023 00:53:46 210 W 2.88 w/kg 28.96 km/h
13 Piotr Ziemiański Nov 20, 2023 00:53:55 208 W 2.63 w/kg 28.88 km/h
14 Raf Van Grieken Oct 23, 2023 00:54:24 200 W 2.50 w/kg 28.63 km/h
15 Andrew Fawcett Oct 25, 2023 00:54:25 232 W 2.64 w/kg 28.62 km/h
16 Indalecio Lekerika Mar 03, 2024 00:54:28 173 W 3.26 w/kg 28.59 km/h
17 Quentin Hautot Dec 04, 2023 00:54:33 197 W 2.98 w/kg 28.55 km/h
18 Rene van Leeuwen Apr 16, 2024 00:54:44 200 W 2.41 w/kg 28.45 km/h
19 William Santens Sep 14, 2024 00:54:50 191 W 2.55 w/kg 28.40 km/h
20 Rikard Persson Dec 12, 2023 00:54:59 196 W 2.72 w/kg 28.32 km/h
21 Matej Pirnat Nov 30, 2023 00:55:36 198 W 2.64 w/kg 28.01 km/h
22 Roman Mospan Jan 29, 2025 00:55:37 198 W 2.64 w/kg 28.00 km/h
23 David Dos Santos Rodrigues Feb 22, 2025 00:55:37 165 W 2.66 w/kg 28.00 km/h
24 Sebastiaan de Graaf Jan 24, 2024 00:55:48 214 W 2.30 w/kg 27.91 km/h
25 J F Feb 18, 2025 00:55:54 201 W 2.28 w/kg 27.86 km/h
26 Jan Theron Jan 29, 2024 00:55:55 181 W 2.59 w/kg 27.85 km/h
27 DANIEL ALLIENNE Nov 02, 2023 00:56:06 187 W 2.60 w/kg 27.76 km/h
28 Lukasz Pilny Dec 29, 2024 00:56:10 194 W 2.55 w/kg 27.73 km/h
29 Christopher Epo Sep 13, 2023 00:56:25 192 W 2.23 w/kg 27.60 km/h
30 Flaviu Bozga Jan 31, 2024 00:56:34 188 W 2.51 w/kg 27.53 km/h
31 Ulrik Haldrup Nov 15, 2024 00:56:37 195 W 2.60 w/kg 27.51 km/h
32 jeanette peterson Mar 07, 2024 00:56:46 163 W 2.70 w/kg 27.43 km/h
33 Fabio Zanirato Sep 26, 2023 00:56:55 168 W 3.00 w/kg 27.36 km/h
34 Ron Peterson Mar 03, 2024 00:56:59 198 W 2.23 w/kg 27.33 km/h
35 Reinout Hesselink Sep 13, 2023 00:57:00 177 W 2.30 w/kg 27.32 km/h
36 Ian Clark Dec 28, 2023 00:57:34 180 W 2.65 w/kg 27.05 km/h
37 Eva Klusoňová Feb 09, 2024 00:58:04 173 W 2.31 w/kg 26.82 km/h
38 Stefan Baar Feb 14, 2024 00:58:04 179 W 2.08 w/kg 26.82 km/h
39 Marc Schmerder Sep 08, 2023 00:58:23 172 W 2.23 w/kg 26.67 km/h
40 Gino Pino Feb 13, 2025 00:58:24 155 W 2.38 w/kg 26.67 km/h
41 Matthieu Bourgois Nov 13, 2023 00:58:26 169 W 2.25 w/kg 26.65 km/h
42 Mark Rose Feb 16, 2024 00:58:27 191 W 2.22 w/kg 26.64 km/h
43 Rémy Jouanne Sep 10, 2023 00:58:36 162 W 2.61 w/kg 26.58 km/h
44 Robert Rheault Nov 08, 2023 00:58:52 165 W 2.54 w/kg 26.45 km/h
45 R VB Oct 23, 2023 00:59:02 186 W 2.19 w/kg 26.38 km/h
46 Peter Hasperhoven Mar 11, 2026 00:59:05 180 W 2.25 w/kg 26.36 km/h
47 Paul Shields Nov 13, 2023 00:59:15 168 W 2.15 w/kg 26.28 km/h
48 JJosef Kluson Sep 21, 2023 00:59:18 159 W 2.12 w/kg 26.26 km/h
49 J Lee Wamble Dec 31, 2024 00:59:52 171 W 2.29 w/kg 26.01 km/h
50 Ruhland Philippe Oct 01, 2023 01:00:05 175 W 2.30 w/kg 25.92 km/h
51 Matthias Schlaffer Jan 29, 2025 01:00:10 167 W 2.20 w/kg 25.88 km/h
52 Rainer Ertl Nov 04, 2023 01:00:12 165 W 2.20 w/kg 25.87 km/h
53 Stephen Gunn Sep 11, 2023 01:00:52 152 W 2.33 w/kg 25.59 km/h
54 Saskia van Zijp Feb 12, 2023 01:01:00 143 W 2.17 w/kg 25.53 km/h
55 Ron Keshtacher Sep 14, 2023 01:01:17 174 W 2.02 w/kg 25.41 km/h
56 Paul Smith Jan 02, 2024 01:01:45 161 W 2.15 w/kg 25.22 km/h
57 Hennie Dekker Jan 14, 2024 01:02:14 156 W 1.97 w/kg 25.02 km/h
58 Mike 8008 Dec 11, 2023 01:02:16 176 W 2.10 w/kg 25.01 km/h
59 Andreas A. Sep 17, 2023 01:02:23 181 W 1.97 w/kg 24.96 km/h
60 Jos Carboex Oct 18, 2023 01:03:05 156 W 2.08 w/kg 24.69 km/h
61 David Fuller Oct 29, 2023 01:03:20 155 W 2.07 w/kg 24.59 km/h
62 Remco de Vries Sep 20, 2023 01:03:28 136 W 1.92 w/kg 24.54 km/h
63 K F Feb 17, 2025 01:03:33 140 W 2.22 w/kg 24.51 km/h
64 Daniel 1975 Mar 14, 2024 01:03:42 147 W 1.79 w/kg 24.45 km/h
65 Leonie Viterbo Oct 28, 2023 01:03:53 149 W 1.94 w/kg 24.38 km/h
66 Artur Chmielewski Jan 31, 2022 01:04:04 132 W 2.32 w/kg 24.31 km/h
67 Markus Albert Mar 17, 2022 01:04:21 151 W 1.68 w/kg 24.20 km/h
68 Dorus De Leeuw Oct 24, 2023 01:04:21 151 W 1.78 w/kg 24.20 km/h
69 rudi willen Mar 12, 2026 01:04:27 159 W 1.62 w/kg 24.16 km/h
70 Dimitrios N Servis Nov 03, 2023 01:04:55 145 W 1.81 w/kg 23.99 km/h
71 Hans Couvreur Sep 13, 2023 01:05:03 146 W 1.78 w/kg 23.94 km/h
72 Maurizio Gaudino Sep 12, 2023 01:05:59 139 W 1.85 w/kg 23.60 km/h
73 Peter Muris Nov 18, 2023 01:05:59 135 W 1.73 w/kg 23.60 km/h
74 Justi Nov 06, 2023 01:06:09 179 W 1.79 w/kg 23.54 km/h
75 Dru Dixon Oct 04, 2023 01:06:30 131 W 1.94 w/kg 23.42 km/h
76 Graham Lowe Sep 18, 2023 01:07:10 142 W 1.79 w/kg 23.19 km/h
77 Frantxoa A Nov 06, 2023 01:08:10 151 W 1.96 w/kg 22.85 km/h
78 Audrey Schmidt Sep 13, 2023 01:08:28 134 W 1.97 w/kg 22.75 km/h
79 Britta Koch Jan 17, 2024 01:08:40 166 W 1.54 w/kg 22.68 km/h
80 John Savill Sep 11, 2023 01:08:56 139 W 1.70 w/kg 22.59 km/h
81 Allan Rancier Nov 16, 2023 01:09:29 143 W 1.79 w/kg 22.41 km/h
82 Friedhelm Fischer Nov 27, 2023 01:10:24 162 W 1.45 w/kg 22.12 km/h
83 Karin Bruckner Jan 13, 2024 01:10:40 104 W 1.89 w/kg 22.04 km/h
84 Jozef Ceginik Nov 16, 2023 01:11:32 124 W 1.59 w/kg 21.77 km/h
85 Konrad Arnold Sep 14, 2024 01:12:09 118 W 1.69 w/kg 21.58 km/h
86 Ursula Schwarz Nov 01, 2023 01:12:13 108 W 1.89 w/kg 21.56 km/h
87 W van Koetsveld Apr 11, 2024 01:12:55 114 W 1.52 w/kg 21.36 km/h
88 Sylwia Jędrzkiewicz Nov 09, 2023 01:17:28 87 W 1.74 w/kg 20.10 km/h
89 Hans Petiet Jan 22, 2022 01:18:13 100 W 1.25 w/kg 19.91 km/h
90 Joseph Dec 18, 2025 01:18:13 106 W 1.41 w/kg 19.91 km/h
91 Edward Redfoot Sep 09, 2023 01:19:15 101 W 1.44 w/kg 19.65 km/h
92 A.L. Dec 22, 2023 01:19:46 100 W 1.52 w/kg 19.52 km/h
93 Michael B 1947 Oct 07, 2023 01:23:26 105 W 1.40 w/kg 18.67 km/h
94 Michael Gibbons Jan 15, 2024 01:24:13 91 W 1.39 w/kg 18.49 km/h
95 Henk Hanssen Mar 05, 2024 01:24:13 108 W 1.27 w/kg 18.49 km/h
96 Jean-Claude Tondini Feb 24, 2024 01:37:34 71 W 0.95 w/kg 15.96 km/h

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