hors categorie

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hors categorie

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Borrowed from French hors catégorie (literally “beyond category”).

noun hors categories · hors catégorie

The toughest category of climbs, tougher than category 1. One of six categories of climbs, HC, 1, 2, 3, 4, and not classified; not classified being the easiest. Ahead of me was the legendary Col de Tourmalet—at 2115m, the highest road pass in the Pyrenees and a stalwart in Tour de France history. It's even classed as an hors-catégorie (out-of-category) climb because it's such a killer. This was a mountain that even professional cyclists are wary of.
Similar: HC, S

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Français	hors catégorie

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@misc{hors_categorie_2026,
  title = {hors categorie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hors%20categorie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}