The competition brings together a batch of 120 cyclists who will travel through eight provinces of the country to complete a route of 1,217.8 kilometers.
The 38th edition of the Cycling Tour of Ecuador begins this Wednesday, December 8 in Guayaquil, a race of eight stages and 1,217.8 kilometers of route. The proof is of category 2.2 of the International Cycling Union and closes the 2021 America Tour calendar.
The return starts at sea level, with four days on flat terrain, to from the fifth day enter high ground, where the champion will be defined.
Guayaquil opens the route, with a first stage that goes up to Villamil Beaches, a journey of 115.3 kilometers. The second is the longest stage, with 226 kilometers between Salinas and Manta, starting city for the third day that goes until Quevedo (191 kilometers), and continued until Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, with the 102.5 kilometers that close the route on flat terrain.
Sangolquí-Ibarra (139 kilometers) will be the first day on high ground, in the fifth stage. The sixth comprises a fraction of 159 kilometers between Ibarra and Tulcan, the considered queen stage of the national round. The seventh fraction will reach First (185 kilometers) and the final will be the circuit in Quito, of 100 kilometers, with closure at the foot of the monument to the Middle of the World.
Changes to the original test dates (November) also changed the equipment payroll, which has only one international, the Factory Team of the United States. 13 national teams make up the starting list, with 120 cyclists.
The favoritism of the test falls on the Best PC, Ecuadorian team with continental license led by Byron Guamá, who will seek his fifth national crown after those achieved in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2012.
From the experience of its staff, the Movistar Team Ecuador is another of the teams that will fight for the title. The telephones arrive led by Jorge Montenegro, winner of the Ecuadorian turn in 2019 and current national time trial champion.
Joel Burbano (Without Borders) It was four seconds away from being the surprise in the 2020 edition, so this year it is another of the figures to take into account for the general classification.
With the technical congress and presentation of the teams, the 38th edition of the Vuelta al Ecuador gets underway this Tuesday.
At 18:00 an event is planned at the Voltaire Paladines Coliseum in which the 14 participating squads will be presented.
In this event, the Organizing Committee of the Tour of Ecuador has planned a recognition of the athletes who shone at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, by those each stage will bear his name, the cases of Kiara Rodríguez, Poleth Mendes, Lucía Yépez, Angie Palacios, Anaís Méndez, Tamara Salazar, Neisi Dajomes and the cyclist Richard Carapaz, to whom the Ecuadorian round pays tribute for a consecutive season. (D)
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