VI Tour de San Luis (23.01.-29.01., ARG, 2.1)

[Lupetto]

23.01. - 29.01.2012

Stage 1, San Luis - Villa Mercedes, 189 km
Stage 2, Fraga - Juana Koslay, 145 km
Stage 3, Estancia Grande - Mirador del Potrero, 168 km
Stage 4, San Luis - San Luis (ITT), 19,5 km
Stage 5, La Toma - Merlo (Mirador del Sol), 161 km
Stage 6, Lujan - Quines, 201 km
Stage 7, San Luis - San Luis, 167 km

Teams

AG2R-La Mondiale (Nocentini)
Liquigas-Cannondale (Nibali, Viviani)
Movistar Team (Arroyo, Ventoso, Visconti)
OmegaPharma - Quick Step (Boonen, Chavanel)
Saxo Bank-SunGard (Contador)
Andaluciá
Androni Giocattoli - CIPI
Caja Rural (Moyano)
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli (Pozzato)
Team NetApp
UnitedHealthcare
Christina Watches - Onfone (Rasmussen, Schumacher)
Team Italia
Tavira - Prio
San Luis - Somos Todos
Funvic - Pindamonhangaba
Comcel Coldeportes
Clube Dataro de Ciclismo
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Ecuador
Paraguay
Uruguay

Top Ten 2011

1 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Chile 25:51:54
2 Jose Serpa (Col) Androni-Giocattoli 0:00:38
3 Josue Moyano (Arg) Argentina 0:01:49
4 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:50
5 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) D'Angelo & Antenucci 0:02:42
6 Jorge Giacinti (Arg) Argentina 0:04:36
7 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Argentina 0:04:56
8 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia-Caja Granada 0:05:24
9 Camilo Gomez (Col) Colombia 0:05:38
10 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Chile 0:05:50

 

[Panda Claws]

Any big names starting?

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Stage 1, San Luis - Villa Mercedes, 189 km
Stage 2, Fraga - Juana Koslay, 145 km
Stage 3, Estancia Grande - Mirador del Potrero, 168 km
Stage 4, San Luis - San Luis (ITT), 19,5 km
Stage 5, La Toma - Merlo (Mirador del Sol), 161 km
Stage 6, Lujan - Quines, 201 km
Stage 7, San Luis - San Luis, 167 km

They kind of neutered stage 6 compared to last year. Shame.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Any big names starting?

contador, nibali, rasmussen, cardenas

my god it's almost as good as porn. I can't wait for this

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

They kind of neutered stage 6 compared to last year. Shame.

yes


.....

 

[Anonymous]

their website puts the sites of some much bigger races to shame.. superb site

 

[Zam_Olyas]

contador, nibali, rasmussen, cardenas

my god it's almost as good as porn. I can't wait for this

+ and Lol.......

 

[Forunculo]

their website puts the sites of some much bigger races to shame.. superb site

But it's in spanish

So stages 3,4 and 5.

 

[Anonymous]

But it's in spanish

Meh.. most cycling fans should be able to read the basics, Inicio, Etapas, Equipos, Reglamento etc in at least four languages... Certainly French, Italian and Spanish

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Ah, a real race in January. Isn't it nice.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

It's on the other side of the world, it's in january, it attracts famous riders....

The WT should start with this race, if they need to have globalization, not the TDU.

 

[Sofía_]

Stage 3 will be a mix of 2011 stage 6 and 2011 stage 2 with Alto de Nogolí and Mirador del Potrero. It will be fun

It's on the other side of the world, it's in january, it attracts famous riders....

The WT should start with this race, if they need to have globalization, not the TDU.

in a near future this race will be WT, no doubt about it

I'm from the other side of the world.......... neat!

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Well, let's put it this way, you're, figuratively speaking, from the other side of the world compared to the traditional centre of cycling; Europe.

I'd wish they'd put some race(s) from Latin America in the WT, if they need to globalise it that much, at least there cycling is a big sport, from what I can tell. It would be cool if we saw some more European teams racing over there, like we see in this race.

 

[Tank Engine]

I think it's about as hard as it could be while still attracting big names from the north in January, so a nice parcours. Less than 3 weeks to go

 

[Sofía_]

Well, let's put it this way, you're, figuratively speaking, from the other side of the world compared to the traditional centre of cycling; Europe.

I'd wish they'd put some race(s) from Latin America in the WT, if they need to globalise it that much, at least there cycling is a big sport, from what I can tell. It would be cool if we saw some more European teams racing over there, like we see in this race.

it's ok

and it's nothing against TDU, it would be great a WT race in Australia with some mountain/hilly stages.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Personally I don't think we should make South American races WT. They should be .HC or .1 rated so that the local Continental teams and national teams can take part, but with an incentive for the top teams to show up. San Luís strikes a good balance. I'd like to see a second race brought in to create an Argentine mini-season; maybe one around San Juan, Córdoba, Mendoza or Tucumán (or Bariloche )...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

It's on the other side of the world, it's in january, it attracts famous riders....

The WT should start with this race, if they need to have globalization, not the TDU.

no it should not be a wt event and trust me san luis will never allow to become a wt event because it means only wt teams can enter.did you see the race last year?? how the urugyans and argentinean taught the first stage to all europeans how to ride wind echelons?? followed by the mountainstages in which the chilean team showed superb tactics and aggressivity to win the race. I remember reading in tutobici after the race how teams were completely in shock of the level of the riders there. that's what's so great about san luis. other than nibali not a european has won it yet

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Well, to be honest I haven't seen this race before, and I see the points you and Libertine Seguros are making.

For now I'm just glad we'll see South Americans, Contador, Nibali, Rasmussen etc. face off.

 

[Parrulo]

can't wait to see what the portuguese boys can do against the real man from the pro tour circuit mostly cardoso and mestre. this race has the potential to be amazing. also imo they shouldn't make it world tour. this way at least the south american teams and some smaller pro conti and conti teams from europe can race it.

 

[jens_attacks]

here you can find the 2011 edition
http://www.cyclingtorrents.nl/details.php?id=3552

it was a really super race,soler-tondo up there fighting,everything seemed just fine

 

[Swede1]

lemme guess the winner....contador?

 

[Cake42]

lemme guess the winner....contador?

With mountain and ITT (19,5) then a good guess....

 

[Havetts]

The CAS decision is expected from 15 to 20 January, so it isnt sure at all he's the winner.

 

[Cake42]

The CAS decision is expected from 15 to 20 January, so it isnt sure at all he's the winner.

I now, but that was a guess if he rides Tour de San Luis.
I hope he will and the case must stop NOW

 

[craig1985]

no it should not be a wt event and trust me san luis will never allow to become a wt event because it means only wt teams can enter.did you see the race last year?? how the urugyans and argentinean taught the first stage to all europeans how to ride wind echelons?? followed by the mountainstages in which the chilean team showed superb tactics and aggressivity to win the race. I remember reading in tutobici after the race how teams were completely in shock of the level of the riders there. that's what's so great about san luis. other than nibali not a european has won it yet

And it would be a big race for the South Americans and an opportunity to show what they can do and if they're good enough, to get a contract in Europe. I agree, let's not make this race WT, the TDU can be WT.