The race was postponed in November, new dates were set between December 8 and 15. The tour begins in Guayaquil and will complete 1,217.8 kilometers.
Postponed in November, The 38th edition of the Cycling Tour of Ecuador starts on Wednesday, December 8, with a tour in eight stages who will complete a journey of 1,217.8 kilometers, with Departure in Guayaquil and closing in Quito. The test is category 2.2 of the International Cycling Union.
The social movement announcements to take measures and stoppages against the national government, in November, they made Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha (CDP), entity in charge of the organization, decided to change dates to “safeguard the safety and integrity of athletes, organizers, sponsors and the caravan in general.”
With a modified tour, the race will be held between December 8 and 15, days in which The caravan will visit 13 cities in eight provinces of the country.
With the technical congress set for Tuesday 7, the first stage will run on Wednesday between Guayaquil and Villamil Beaches, a stage of 115.3 kilometers.
The second stage of the national round includes a route of 226 kilometers between Salinas and Manta, city where the third day, Thursday, bound for Quevedo, where 191 kilometers will be completed.
Quevedo and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas join forces on matchday four (102.5 kilometers), where the route closes on flat terrain.
Sangolquí will be the beginning of high ground, with a stage that will extend until Ibarra on December 12, with a route of 139 kilometers.
The sixth stage joins Ibarra and Tulcán, a fraction of 159 kilometers. The Ecuadorian cycling capital will be the return point in the seventh stage, which has a goal in Cayambe, after 185 kilometers.
A 100-kilometer circuit in Quito will define the champion of the 2021 edition. The tour will take place in San Antonio de Pichincha, with close at the foot of the monument to the Middle of the World, to repeat the end of the last edition, which crowned Santiago Montenegro as champion.
Son 14 teams announced for the national tour, that its list of participants was altered due to the modification in the calendar; Nevertheless, will have international participation with the estadounidense Factory Team, Besides of Ecuadorian continental team Best PC.
Between the national templates They are Movistar Team, 54 Once, 100% Imbabura, Toscana Cayambe, Saitel, Eagle Bikes, Team Pichincha, Orgullo azuayo, Oro y grana, Sin Fronteras, Montes Bike and Avena Polaca-LDU, with which they aspire to have a number of 120 cyclists on the country’s roads. (D)
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