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Clásico RCN Claro Sep 28 - Okt 7 (1.451,8 k)

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Clásico RCN Claro Sep 28 - Okt 7 (1.451,8 k)

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Stages:

Friday Sep 28, Prólogo Cartagena de Indias (Bolívar) 7k
Saturday Sep 29, stage 1 - Turbaco (Bolívar) - Sincelejo (Sucre) 172k
Sunday Sep 30, stage 2 - Sincelejo (Sucre) - Montería (Córdoba) 119k
Monday Oct 1, stage 3 - Caucasia - Santa Rosa O (Antioquia) 212k
Tuesday Oct 2, stage 4 - tagüí (Antioquia) - Pereira (Risaralda) 200k
Miércoles Oct 3, stage 5 - Pereira (Risaralda) - Cali (Valle) 211k
Thursday Oct 4, stage 6 - Buga (Valle) - Ibagué (Tolima)196k
Friday Oct 5, stage 7 - Girardot - Faca (Cundinamarca) 139k
Saturday Oct 6, stage 8 - Zipaquirá (Cundina) - Tunja (Boyacá) 165k
Sunday Oct 7, stage 9 - ITT Puente de Boyacá - Tunja 29k

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2011:

1. Rafael Infantino (Epm-Une)
2. Julian Rodas (Orgullo Paisa) à 5:04
3. Ivan Parra (Epm-Une) à 5:40
4. Darwin Atapuma (Policia Nacional) à 6:00
5. Sergio Henao (Sky Pro Cycling) à 6:50
6. Mauricio Ortega (Une-Epm) à 8:04
7. Alexander Giraldo (Exito) à 10:16
8. Gregory Brenes (Movistar-CC) à 12:42
9. Oscar Rivera (Une-Epm) à 13:11
10. Giovanni Báez (Une-Epm) à 13:12

List of honor:

2011 Rafael Infantino
2010 Félix Cárdenas
2009 Maurico Ortega
2008 Óscar Sevilla
2007 Libardo Niño
2006 Javier Gonzalez
2005 Libardo Niño
2004 Hernán Buenahora

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sevilla!!!si senor....


oh boy the 2011 clasico rcn infantino was one of the most superhuman things i've seen.if someone finds those live video streams when the commentator says he's riding like he has a rocket up his asz, let me know
 
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the course this year appearantly sucks. last year was incredibly hard. infantino killed this race beyond anything
 

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Emociones en el Clásico

21 equipos con 197 ciclistas disputarán el Clásico RCN-Claro 2012

5 mountain top finishes.

Interesting

stage 3:
141k - Alto de Ventanas (hors cat)
157k - Mina Vieja (cat 1)
180k - Alto Promoventas (cat 2)

stage 4:
25k - Alto de Minas (cat 2)
180k - El Jazmín (cat 2)
188k - Boquerón (cat 3)

stage 6:
137k - Alto de La Línea (hors cat)
188k - Boquerón (cat 2)

stage 7:
49k - Alto del Copial (cat 2)
69k - Alcaldía La Mesa (cat 1)
102k - Alto de Mondoñedo (hors cat)
109k - Alto de Mondoñedo (cat 2)

stage 8:
18k - Tierra Negra (cat 2)
77.6k - La Palestina (cat 3)
139k - Alto de Samacá (cat 1)
151k - Alto de Cucaita (cat 1)

stage 9:
8k - El Moral (montain ITT)

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vuelta colombia 2009 was insane. all we need is that course again plus the letras finally added since 2007!
 

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Orden de salida del Prólogo final

125. Carlos OSPINA (Orgullo Paisa) 11:20:00
155. Marlon PÉREZ (Colombia-CLARO) 11:50:00
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174. Mauricio ARDILA (Colombia-CLARO) 12:09:00

175. Jaime LOZANO (VTO-Gob SUCR) 12:10:00

176. Edison GOMEZ (El MAGO Edito) 12:11:00

177. Óscar SEVILLA (Formesan-BLER) 12:12:00

178. Victor NIÑO (Loteria BOYACA) 12:13:00

179. Juan RAMIREZ (Supergiros) 12:14:00

180. Félix CARDENÁS (Great Wall) 12:15:00

181. Fredy MONTAÑA (Movistar B) 12:16:00

182. Alex CANO (Orgullo Paisa) 12:17:00

183. Rafael INFANTINO (Epm-Une) 12:18:00

first toreadores start at 9:15 am today
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the hird stage is a first ever!(as far as I know) climb of 3000 metres of altitude in one climb!!! it will be insane. other than that, the route is not too hard.
 
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incredible headwidn though(cartagena) and very changing cirucmstances it seems. let's hope for a fair ride.
 
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Mejores Tiempos en Línea de Meta: 1. John Freddy García (Coltejer-Alcaldía de Manizales) 8:23, 2. Weimar Roldan (GW-Shimano) a 8 seg., 3. Robinson Oyola (Epm-Une) a 9 seg., 4. Jesus David Castaño (4-72 Colombia) a 16 seg., 5. Juan David Vargas (Elegant House-Specialized) a 16 seg.