Monte Zoncolan
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| Elevation | 1,750 m (5,740 ft) |
| Coordinates | 46°30′0″N 12°55′0″E / 46.50000°N 12.91667°ECoordinates: 46°30′0″N 12°55′0″E / 46.50000°N 12.91667°E |
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 Monte Zoncolan
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| Location | Italy |
| Parent range | Carnic Alps |
Monte Zoncolan (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmonte dzoŋkoˈlan]) (el.1,750 metres (5,740 ft)) is a mountain in the Carnic Alps, located in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. It is one of the most demanding climbs in professional road bicycle racing, having been used in the Giro d'Italia five times (2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014) and the Giro Donne once (1997). Gilberto Simoni was the winner of the first two stages finishing on Monte Zoncolan in the men's Giro while Ivan Basso won in 2010, Igor Antón won in 2011, Michael Rogers won in 2014 and Fabiana Luperini won at the only visit in the women's race.
The mountain also holds the ski resort of Ravascletto with 22 km of slopes and a skiable height between 950 and 2000 m.
The mountain can be climbed on three roads: one from Ovaro, another from Sutrio, and a third from Priola.
Monte Zoncolan has been featured in the men's Giro d'Italia five times so far. The first time was in the 12th stage of the 2003 Giro d'Italia, won by Gilberto Simoni, using the road from Sutrio, at the east side of Monte Zoncolan. It was also the last time that Marco Pantani was seen fighting for a stage victory in the Giro d'Italia, launching an unsuccessful attack 3 kilometres from the finish line and finishing in the fifth place, forty-two seconds behind Simoni. Prior to this edition, the climb was used in 10th stage of the 1997 Giro Donne, where Fabiana Luperini won en route to the third of her five overall victories.
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