"minor climb" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it in a sentence to describe a situation that is slowly increasing, such as "The stock market has seen a minor climb in the past week."
The stage, which started in Troyes and ended in this town in eastern France, was conducted in heavy heat over slightly rolling roads and the two minor climbs.
That was the only thing Armstrong, who now trails by 22 seconds over all, had not gained after the 127-mile slog over three major and four minor climbs from Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille on a hot day.
The only feat the Texan did not quite pull off was victory in the 205-kilometer (127-mile) stage over three major and two minor climbs in the Pyrenees.
Taking advantage of a 45-kilometer (28-mile) descent after the first of three minor climbs, he and two companions built a maximum lead of slightly more than seven minutes during an overcast and chilly day.
They finished first and second in the seventh of 20 daily stages, 219 kilometers (136 miles) from Sallanches to the mountaintop village of L'Alpe d'Huez over three minor climbs and two fearsome ones.
He finished alone -- blowing kisses to the crowds, crossing himself, lifting his arms and then repeating the choreography -- in 4 hours 24 minutes 30 seconds, a rapid 32.7 kilometers an hour (20.3 miles an hour) over three minor climbs and three major ones.
Friday's stage is a 178.5km trek from Grenoble to Poisy featuring three minor climbs.
Apprehensions of families and unaccompanied minors are climbing again.
It wasn't just the ignition of the 1927 Chevrolet that was temperamental: the doors were stiff, the interior cramped and, even in first gear, the car struggled to climb minor hills.
Stage 6 through Champagne country is predominantly pancake-flat, with only two minor, 4 category climbs.
