Tadej Pogačar, currently on a training camp with UAE Team Emirates near Alicante in Spain, has set a record time on the iconic Coll de Rates mountain, which featured most recently on the 2021 Vuelta a España.
Maintaining an average gradient of 6.6 per cent on a 9.7 kilometre route, Coll de Rates has 645 metres of climbing and is often cited as a staple for cyclists when in the Costa Blanca region of Spain.
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