Andes Pacifico 2016 Day 1 - Video

Yesterday we started with Andes Pacifico 2016. This year It will 5 days of pure mountain bike from the Andes Mountain to the Pacific Ocean in Chile. More than 10.000 meter drop in the 21 special stages will be what the riders will have to make to complete this adventure.


La Parva Ski Resort, received a total of 64 riders from around the world to compete in the 3rd version of Santa Cruz 2016 Pacific Andes by Montenbaik. The Special Stage Valle Amarillo that started at 3500 meters was the initial test of the “Dakar" of mountain bikes after this and 4 other stages, the Chilean pilot from team Extreme Zone, Nicolas Prudencio stands as leader with a total time of 41 : 26.5, followed by the Scottish Mark Scott with a solid stride.



Very close in third position is the Frenchman Francois Bailly-Maitre with 41.33.4, that is also fighting for a place on the podium. In fourth is the Chilean Milciades Jaque from Curico, after cutting his chain in the fifth special Lomas del Viento, despite this mishap is less than 1 minute from Prudencio.



Meanwhile, in the ladies category, three-time world champion Tracy Moseley from Britain won the first day, followed by the French rider Pauline Dieffenthaler with a time of 51.22.2.


There was a total of almost 4000 meters of descending and 5 Special stages on the first day of competition in the Andes. For the second day there will be another 5 special stages on a rocky and dissolved squeezing the skills of each rider.



Photos: Claudio Olguin, Sven Martin, Gary Perkin and Jonathan Jungue.

For full results from day one.

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