IRONMAN 70.3 NiceVerified
IRONMAN 70.3 Nice: 92 km bike leg, 1278 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
Nice 70.3: out of the city and climbing inland all the way to a high point of about 1000 m, then a long descent with technical corners back down to a flat coastal finish. The single big climb is the whole story; your power discipline on the way up decides what legs you have for the run.
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 39%
- Main climb 10.1–11.3 km: 80 m of gain (avg 6.6%)
- Main climb 14.7–17.8 km: 133 m of gain (avg 4.3%)
- Main climb 27.1–36.5 km: 628 m of gain (avg 6.6%)
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 09-14): 22.1°C · Wind 1.9 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”.