Campeonato de los Andes 2022
Hard, long, crazy
General Infos
2750 kms in 16 Days | 19km less than 2021
66913 HM | 877 less than 2021
4 Countries
7 Mountain Stages
3 "Hilly" Stages
2 "Flat" Stages
1 Pave Stage
1 TTT
1 ITT
9 Stages with Gravel
1 Rest Day
Key Higlights 2022
Stage 1 Pave in Cusco
Stage 2 Long Downhill TTT
Stage 5 9829HM and the legendary Camino de la Muerte
Stage 7 and 10 very long Gravel passages
Stage 9 41km Mountain ITT with Gravel at the Top
Stage 9 and 14 climbing the Cristo Redentor de los Andes
Finish of the tour at the Palacio de La Moneda
GENERAL DESIGN RULES
Mountains:
HC-Cat.: 2000hm >=Ø6% OR 2500hm -> Only Exception Stage 3: Cerro Maralinane as highest Point of the Tour (Similar to Cima Coppi at Giro)
1-Cat.: 1500hm >=Ø6% OR 2000hm
2-Cat.: 1000hm >=Ø6% OR 1500hm
3-Cat.: 500hm >=Ø6% OR 1000hm
4-Cat.: 250hm >=Ø6% OR 500hm
Sprints:
3 IS on Flat stages
2 IS on Hilly stages
1 IS on HC stages
The Race:
Et.1: Pave 199km-108min-mintact km184
On the First look it seems like an easy first day.
But with the Cerro Wanakaudi with a 10 km climb with 5.8% average
and 7 Pave Sections with 2**,1***,3*** its a really difficult stage for many Climbers.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden01
Et.2: TTT 43km-43min
Hopefully everyone was careful with their power on stage 1 because on Stage 2 we Face a 43km TTT
Glad it starts with a long Downhill after some Flat kms we will finish with a 8 km climb at 5.75%
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden02
Et.3: Mountain Stage 263km-175min-mintact km176
The first Real Climbing test and with 263kms already our longest stage. Right at the Start we start Climbing the Vulcano Pichu Pichu a long but not very steep climb, the last uphill kms we already face some Gravel. After the long Flat and downhill part we then start climbing Nevado Hipocapac, we then go on with some gravel kms till we climb the last kms to the Highest Point of our Tour, the Cerro Maralinane our first HC categorised GPM. We then Finish with 18 downhill kms in San Cristobal.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden03
Et.4: Hilly 164km-107min-mintact km114
Not an easy stage still finishing with a climb but short and not very steep. after 5 kms with 6% average we finish on a 4%. With 163kms the shortest Stage of these Campeonatos de los Andes.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden04
Et.5: Mountain 229km-145min-mintact km168
Camino de la Muerte... Road of Death long and steep climb up on gravel, and after you have succesful beaten the Camino de la Muerte you then have to climb up till the top of La Cumbre.
in total we have 9829 HM the most
EVER
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden05
Et.6: Hilly 202km-111min-mintact km182
Today we face an easier stage with 202 kms its still long but not in Terms of Andes Stages.
The Choque Caine is still an hard climb and could give the Climbers the needed advantage to take this Stage. The stage will finish with 7 flattish kms.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden06
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Et.7: Mountain 223km-150min-mintact km146
After the Rest day. On Stage 7 we have a 223 km Mountain Stage with some Hard Gravel mountains once again. The Alte de las Minas on 58 kms we face 2500hm with a light beginning we get an harder finish with some really steep last 22kms and also over 20 kms Gravel.
After some lighter downhill we then climb Cerro Altar starting light once again again with Gravel. the last 3 kms then get steeper with nearly 9% average.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden07
Et.8: Hilly 183km-136min-mintact km94
Hilly stage with a very light mountain finish 1 6% with 3 kms to go finishing on 3%,4%
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden08
Et.9: ITT 41km-41min
41 km 2414HM after a sligtly easier start the real climb up to the Paso del Cristo Redentor starts at km 10:
The Last 32kms 2000HM at 6.25%average with 9 kms of Gravel.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden09
Et.10: Mountain 215km-124min-mintact km182
We start in Calingaste and then climb up towards Abre de la Totora a Mountainpass in the middle of nowhere. A very long climb with 4 steeper kms in the end.
Till the End of the Stage we wont see any more civilisation.
Over 60 kms of Gravel we face here and a bunch of shorter climbes.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden10
Et.11: Mountain 195km-107min-mintact km176
Another Really hard Stage starting with a long and Steady climb. 74 km till we reach Portezuelo de Conconta nearly all the time Uphill. starting on 1665m we reach the Top at 4873m. A lighter Climb in the middle before we finish the Stage on a really steep climb with a maximum of 17% on the last km.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden11
Et.12: Flat 224km-122min-mintact km204
At Stage 12 we face a flat Stage, it will be interesting to see what happens because we dont expect many Sprinters at Andes espeacially still being here on stage 12, also Flat riders could have had a hard time till here. With Cerro El Calvario we still face a pretty hard climb with the last sieb km 70 kms before the finish line.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden12
Et.13: Hilly 205km-115min-mintact km180
After the Flat stage we have an easier middle mountain Stage. Some lighter climbs with Gravel during the stage and finishing the stage on Cerro Tencadan. After 4 steeper and then 6 flatter km we finish the stage on a 7% and 9% lets see if the Climber teams are fit enough to control here of if classics get a chance.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden13
Et.14: Mountain 164km-129min-mintact km70
The 2nd shortest Stage but one of the hardest.
3 Very Hard Climbs during the stage, with a couple of Gravel kms. Once again we climb up to the Paso del Cristo Redentor then after the over 40 kms downhill we Climb up the Los Bronces after another downhill we then finish on top of Tres Puntas on our 2nd HC GPM of the day.
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden14
Et.15: Flat 199km-112min-mintact km176
On the last Day we finish easy. with Cuesta Barriga we climb a small hill at the beginning of the stage. After that we finish with 163 flat kms.
Still possible the GC gets attacks here it depends on the remaining rider of the teams fighting for GC
http://www.radsportfreaks.de/radsport/p ... 022anden15
Greetings Lenny & Hansa