The Argentine test will be run again in January, after being canceled in 2021 due to the pandemic. It will have WorldTour, Pro and Continental squads on the payroll.
With nine WorldTour squads, the 39th edition of the Vuelta a San Juan (Argentina) will be disputed from January 30 to February 6, with the presence of the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz, in what would be his start to the season.
After the suspension of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Vuelta a San Juan returns in 2022 with a record of international first-line teams, “An unprecedented event,” according to the organization.
The Belgian team Deceuninck-Quick Step will be the one to return with Remco Evenepoel for the defense of the title achieved in 2020, and with them the British Ineos Grandiers, which will arrive with the world time trial champion Filipo Ganna and the Olympic champion, the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz.
The other squads son Israel Start-Up Nation, Astana-Premier Tech, Movistar Team, BORA-hansgrohe, Lotto Soudal, Trek-Segafredo, y Cofidis, Solutions Crédits.
The test will also have four professional and nine continental teams, including Team Ecuador, as well as nine national teams.
Among the professional teams will be Andoni Giocattoli-Sidermec, which by 2022 will change its name to Drone Hopper-Androni Toys, and will keep the Ecuadorian national champion in its ranks Alexander Cepeda, who will make his season debut at the Vuelta al Táchira, on January 16 in Venezuela.
Cycling competition will tour the 19 municipalities of the province of San Juan, and the most significant fact of the journey is that the platoon will return to the town of Calingasta after 26 years.
Unlike past editions, 2022 there will be no rest day, for which they will be disputed eight stages consecutive, with a total of 1,198 kilometers. (D)
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