Ecuador DeVinci Enduro Series Round 3: Alausi

After a big mid-season break, the Ecuador DeVinci Enduro Series resumes at one of the best venues in the country: Alausi. Located right in the heart of the country, this small city offers big mountains with amazing trails. Also, this place really embodied one of the best traits of enduro racing in Ecuador, raw and natural terrain.

As in 2016, the first stage started at 3,500 meters, dropping right into business with a huge rock garden that is actually part of an ancient road that has been used for many generations of farmers in the area. If the big rocks are not enough, make the racers start by pairs and blind, as no practice is allowed at all. After the big rock garden, the trail continued on an open track with loose rocks and then dropped into a skinny singletrack lined with shrubs. To finish, a fast open section, and an awkward steep rock garden.










The second stage was a mix of high-speed track and singletrack. The first half was open and not really techy but then the track took a big turn into an amazing singletrack, with switchbacks and dust. Then a final chute of rocks and roots that required full commitment. After this, racers tackled the biggest liaison of the day, 10 kilometers long and almost 700 meters of vertical gain.






Stage 3 was the favorite of many racers, 5 kilometers of a good mix of technical, fast and flowy trails. The first section featured some old tracks with big rocks and ruts. After a little climb, the racers faced a mostly flowy section full of moon dust and nice views. Another climb led to a technical singletrack full of rocks and big holes. Finally, the trail shared the second half of Stage 2.













To end the day, and for the first time in the series, Stage 4 was a small urban circuit, with lots of awkward turns, small sprints, and sets of stairs.




After this round, Martin Jijon and Alejo Ortiz are tied in points for the overall, so everything will be decided at the last round. In the women category, Julia Lasso kept her lead with Diana Marggraff in second. Congrats to race organizer Andres Sotomayor and his team, it was a great race!


RESULTS

Men
1. Martin Jijon
2. Alejo Ortiz
3. Juan Jurado

Women
1. Diana Marggraff
2. Julia Lasso

Enduro 2
1. Cristian Camacho
2. Kevin Slane
3. Juan Cordovez

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