But the climbs on this course were much harder than in Beihai. Each lap required tackling a Category 2 climb with a total elevation gain of 237 meters, a length of 1.4 kilometers, and a staggering average gradient of 11.8%.
Unfortunately, this climb wasn't located at the finish line, but rather at the 5.5-kilometer mark of each lap.
So in the end, it would still come down to a contest of anaerobic power among the sprinters. The climb definitely wouldn't be enough to create any significant gaps.
Stage Four, the Queen Stage of the Tour of Guangxi, was a 161.4-kilometer route from Nanning to Nongla.
This stage contained two climbs. The first, at the 30.5-kilometer mark, was a Category 3 climb with 293 meters of total elevation gain over 1.7 kilometers, at an average gradient of 5.2%.
Then there was the First Category Climb at the finish line: Nongla Mountain.
It had a total elevation gain of 469 meters, a total length of 3.3 kilometers, and an average gradient of 6.6%.
