Tour de San Luis organizers highlighted details of the parcours for their UCI 2.1 race held from January 18-24 in Argentina. The main attractions for the 10th annual event will be an opening team time trial and two summit finishes to Cerro El Amago and Filo Sierras Comechingones.
Organisers released the host cities in September, and released the roster of 27 teams Friday that included big-name climbers like Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) and defending champion Dani Diaz (Delko Marseille), who will all be looking forward to testing their form on the climbs.
The first mountaintop finish will cap off stage 4 from San Luis to Cerro El Amago, a 140-kilometre relatively flat stage until it reaches the final 20 kilometres. The climb to Alto del Amago will include two KOMs for points; the first a category 3 ascent at the 128km to go, with the climb getting steeper toward the category 1 summit finish.
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The second mountaintop finish will be held two days later on stage 6, a 159.5km race from La Toma, through Merlo to the summit of Filo Sierras Comechingones. The terrain is undulating until the final ascent, which will feature three KOMs. The first is a category 3 near the base of the climb at 146.4km, the second is a category 1 half way up at 152km and the third in a category 1 at the summit finish line.
Despite the two summit finishes, however, Giovanni Lombardi, who is responsible for hiring the riders and teams for the race, noted that the quality field will face a thrilling route, but less difficult than the previous years.
The seven-day race will kick off with a newly introduced 20km team time trial during stage 1 in El Durazno. A stomping ground for teams like Etixx-QuickStep and Movistar.
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