IRONMAN 70.3 Mallorca · AlcúdiaVerified
IRONMAN 70.3 Mallorca · Alcúdia: 90 km bike leg, 832 m of climbing. Elevation profile, what the terrain asks of you, the weather this race day usually brings, and how to pace this course.
Course intel
Out of Alcúdia and into the mountains: the long climb of Coll de Femenia (topping out near 600 m), then down the other side onto a long flat run home. The whole pacing plan revolves around that one mountain.
Source: Compiled from the official route and public race information · every course rechecked before launch
The terrain on this course
- Flat (±1.2%) makes up 64%
- Main climb 21.9–26.5 km: 287 m of gain (avg 6.2%)
- Main climb 26.9–29.6 km: 133 m of gain (avg 4.8%)
- Main climb 34.4–35.8 km: 75 m of gain (avg 5.1%)
Speed score
There is a climb longer than 2 km out there: go in at an intensity you can hold to the top, and only add past halfway if you feel good. Riders who go hard from the bottom mostly bleed speed in the back half.
Historical race-day weather (around 05-10): 18.0°C · Wind 2.3 m/s
0 to 100, and the higher it is the easier it is to post a good time. Points come off for terrain, for corners, and for the heat and wind this race has actually had over the last five years at the same time of year. Full explanation in the article “How the course score works”.