FACT SHEET TIBET CYCLING


Map of Tibet

Here is the .kmz file of the route for googleEarth applications for download. It contains files of the entire tour in Tibet from Lhasa to Zhangmu as well as from the individual stages.



CYCLING STAGES


Stage Start End Distance Diff in altitude Average speed Duration
1
 Lhasa (3580m) KambaLa (3980m) 98 km 540 hm
20.8 km/h
04:41 h
2
 KambaLa (3980m) Nagartse (4610m) 76 km 1000 hm
15.9 km/h
04:47 h
3
 Nagartse (4610m) Lungmar (4200m) 72 km 750 hm
15.3 km/h
04:41 h
4
 Lungmar (4200m) Gyantse (4062m) 21 km 64 hm
18.5 km/h
01:08 h
5
 Gyantse (4062m) Shigatse (3940m) 94 km 94 hm
26.2 km/h
03:35 h
6
 Shigatse (3940m) Chaitong (4018m) 103 km 540 hm
19.2 km/h
05:22 h
7
 Chaitong (4018m) Lhatse (4090m) 59 km 380 hm
16.5 km/h
03:30 h
8
 Lhatse (4090m) GyatsoLa (4950m) 38 km 1030 hm
9
 GyatsoLa (4950m) Shegar (4400m) 56 km 390 hm
13.0 km/h
04:19 h
10
 Shegar (4400m) PangLa (4700m) 44 km 920 hm
12.7 km/h
03:28 h
11
 PangLa (4700m) Rongbuk (5100m) 56 km 870 hm
11.2 km/h
04:56 h
12
 Rongbuk (5100m) Tsanga (4450m) 84 km 790 hm
12.6 km/h
06:35 h
13
 Tsanga (4450m) LalungLa (4900m) 75 km 850 hm
15.5 km/h
04:48 h
14
 LalungLa (4900m) Nyalam (3900m) 64 km 560 hm
16.1 km/h
03:54 h
15
 Nyalam (3900m) Zhangmu (2450m) 33 km 75 hm
16.4 km/h
02:00 h
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16
 Zhangmu (2450m) Barabise (1000m) 58 km 350 hm
13.5 km/h
04:18 h
17
 Barabise (1000m) Kathmandu (1300m) 69 km 1300 hm
14.5 km/h
04:44 h
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Total 1100 km 10,503 hm
15.49 km/h



COLS PASSED


Name of Col

Peak elevation

Diff in altitude

Kamba La

4789m

1200m

Karo La

5050m

780m

Gyatso La

5220m

1250m

Pang La

5190m

940m

Rongbuk

5145m

1050m

West Traverse

5090m

520m

Lalung La II

5120m

900m

Lalung La II

5160m

260m