German Stefan Sahm took first place and the overall lead after stage 1 of the Trans Andes Challenge between the town of Panguipulli and Huilo Huilo Natural Reserve, in the middle of the Chilean patagonia.
The race got underway at 10:00 am with 190 starters. The stage developed under a threatening skies and covered a mix of singletrack, secondary roads and pavement. It also included fording a beautiful river. Over 82km, racers climbed 2340m.
Sahm crossed the line in 3:45:56. American Jason Sager followed in second place at 3:48:25. Third place overall and first in the teams category went to Chilean Javier Püschel and Argentinian Luciano Caraccioli. Americans Mary McConneloug and Michael Broderick won the open mixed category with a time of 4:38:35.
On Tuesday, stage 2 will take racers just 50km, but will feature 2310m of climbing, completely within the Huilo Huilo Reserve.
Full Results
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Men solo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Stefan Sahm (Ger)
3:45:56
2
Jason Sager (USA)
0:02:29
3
Jan Dams (Bel)
0:18:41
4
Alessandro Venturelli (Ita)
0:22:16
5
Blake Harlan (USA)
0:25:44
6
Renzo Corzini (Chi)
0:28:28
7
Alfonso Cossio (Chi)
0:37:24
8
Jordi Falgueras Payret (Spa)
0:45:17
9
Adam Ossowski (Pol)
0:49:30
10
José Antonio Riquelme (Chi)
0:49:36
11
Brad Cob (GBr)
0:50:27
12
Luuk Belga (Ned)
1:02:08
13
Jim Salusbury (Can)
1:10:38
14
Cederic Lyen (Bel)
1:10:58
15
Juan José Hazbún (Chi)
1:13:16
16
Christoph Stephan (Ger)
1:14:34
17
Nathan Heaps (USA)
1:22:21
18
Joaquín Echeverría (Ecu)
1:22:43
19
Pietrus Swiegers (Nam)
1:24:20
20
Sjoerd Tilstra (Ned)
1:29:20
21
Carsten Bischoff (Ger)
1:39:00
22
Bert Belga (Ned)
1:39:29
23
Ryan Mendes (Tri)
1:41:32
24
Jason Costelloe (Tri)
1:42:00
25
Greg Martin (USA)
1:42:37
26
Ian Owen (Gal)
1:47:00
27
Cristóbal Cruz (Chi)
2:13:18
28
Carlos Maldonado (PRc)
2:16:15
29
Cristian Kind (Chi)
2:22:02
30
Ramón Lopez (PRc)
2:26:10
31
Jonathan Chester (Can)
2:26:16
32
Daniel Restrepo (Col)
2:50:41
33
TC Crawford (USA)
2:51:57
34
Larry Rilley (USA)
2:52:02
35
Jorge Riba (Pan)
2:54:40
36
Rafael De Vitto (Arg)
3:04:12
37
Christopher Smith (Tri)
3:11:33
38
Carim Zogbi (Arg)
3:19:48
39
Grant Harris (RSA)
3:22:52
40
Jorge Urrutia (USA)
4:03:20
41
Maximiliano Echeverría (Chi)
4:55:47
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Women solo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Anja Dinter (Ger)
5:24:56
2
Melanie Hunter (USA)
0:37:18
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Men Solo 45+
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Leon Van der Schoor (Ned)
4:56:31
2
Zbigniew Wizner (Pol)
0:10:35
3
Steve Walsh (Can)
0:12:18
4
Stephen Lebovitz (USA)
0:13:59
5
Frank Snyman (Nam)
0:14:19
6
Gabriel González (Chi)
0:15:26
7
John Ramsden (Can)
0:32:52
8
Scott McCallum (USA)
0:38:17
9
Rick D´Amico Jr (USA)
0:43:58
10
David Burke (USA)
0:44:50
11
Michael Talbert (USA)
0:48:09
12
Monty Dersley (RSA)
0:50:57
13
Thomas Borst (Ger)
0:51:49
14
Felipe Sargent (Chi)
0:53:12
15
Gustavo Rodolfo Marquez (Arg)
1:05:21
16
Bob Faulkner (Can)
1:07:24
17
Richard Dustan (Can)
Row 16 - Cell 2
18
Scott Biddinger (USA)
1:07:25
19
Kevin Maldonado (USA)
1:20:10
20
Gerry McCuaig (Can)
1:40:05
21
Joaquín Gil del Real (Pan)
1:40:07
22
Andrés Correa (Col)
2:23:39
23
Robert Souter (Can)
2:39:45
24
Jorge Ricardo Riba (Pan)
4:04:12
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Mixed duo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Mary McConneloug (USA) & Michael Broderick (USA)
4:39:35
2
Elisa García (Chi) & Claus Plaut (Chi)
0:17:17
3
Trish Grajczyk (Can) & Erik Bakke (USA)
0:17:44
4
Florencia Espiñeira (Chi) & Tomás Baeza (Chi)
0:27:14
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Men duo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Javier Püschel (Chi) & Luciano Caraccioli (Arg)
3:56:22
2
Hans Alfredo Tapia (Chi) & Saul Novoa (Chi)
0:11:52
3
Juan Garcia (Arg) & Francisco Perez (Arg)
0:30:24
4
Víctor Galvez (Chi) & Nicolás Prudencio (Chi)
0:33:16
5
Paul Ensink (Ned) & Matthijs Pot (Ned)
0:51:40
6
Benoit Simard (Can) & Jacques Gagne (Can)
0:58:48
7
Pedro González (Chi) & Sebastián Figueroa (Chi)
1:01:30
8
Michael Neser (RSA) & Christiaan Neser (RSA)
1:19:24
9
Alexander Vermehren (Chi) & Ivan Neihual (Chi)
1:33:15
10
Rolando Alfaro (Chi) & Roberto Alfaro (Chi)
1:44:15
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Mixed duo 60+
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Begoña Sylleros (Chi) & Cristóbal García Huidobro (Chi)
5:14:26
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Men duo 60+
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Carlos Cardemil (Chi) & José María Eyzaguirre (Chi)
4:26:36
2
Giorgio Nattero (Chi) & Sergio Madrid (Chi)
0:00:15
3
José Pablo Ramirez (Chi) & Gonzalo Aravena (Chi)
0:10:30
4
Alberto Santiago (PRc) & Javier Lopez (PRc)
0:31:59
5
Ben Swenka (USA) & Mike Quinn (USA)
0:47:55
6
Mauricio Guguielmetti (Chi) & Julian Muñoz (Chi)
1:07:40
7
Patricio Diaz (Chi) & Santiago Diaz (Chi)
1:07:52
8
Edward Kaplun (Chi) & Anibal Baeza (Chi)
1:44:44
9
Luis Lobo (Ven) & Luis Naranjo (Ven)
2:00:07
10
Pablo Anguita (Chi) & Gonzalo San Martín (Chi)
2:17:55
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Mixed duo 80+
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Chris Carmichael (USA) & Rebecca Rusch (USA)
5:10:54
2
Linda McGee (USA) & Rob McGee (USA)
0:26:31
3
Vanessa Tirloni (Ita) & Aldo Zanardi (Ita)
1:12:54
4
Irina Kukueva (Rus) & Valery Evgrafov (Rus)
1:16:08
5
Ximena Martínez (Per) & Javier Serra (Spa)
3:57:51
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Men duo 80+
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Carsten Bresser (Ger) & Udo Bölts (Ger)
4:11:59
2
Brian Vaughn (USA) & Yuri Hauswald (USA)
0:41:34
3
Cristian Raab (Chi) & José Luis García (Chi)
1:11:52
4
Friedrich Ricco (RSA) & Claude Van Cuyck (RSA)
1:13:04
5
Klaus Ruebensaal (Ger) & Andreas Wittmann (Ger)
1:13:30
6
Jeffrey Larson (USA) & Leonard Tullous (USA)
1:14:30
7
Willem Van der Merwe (RSA) & Jeffry Willcocks (RSA)
1:22:13
8
Jim Lehman (USA) & John Battista (USA)
1:32:49
9
Wayne Brunyee (RSA) & Jan Hnizdo (RSA)
1:39:36
10
Ben Morris (GBr) & Shane Dickinson (GBr)
2:02:26
11
Jeremy Barret (GBr) & Stephen Jackson (GBr)
2:35:54
12
Reuven Sztejfman (Isr) & Christopher Hoe (USA)
1:51:56
DNF
Denio Roberto M. Franco (Bra) & Paulo Coelho (Bra)
Row 12 - Cell 2
DNF
Graham Denny (GBr) & Rod Cairns (RSA)
Row 13 - Cell 2
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Mixed duo 100+
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Bill Glore (USA) & Mike Dannelley (USA)
4:51:01
2
Harry Ensink (Ned) & Willy Welles (Ned)
0:06:04
3
Thys Neser (RSA) & Brett Sachs (RSA)
0:45:42
4
Graham Denny (GBr) & Rod Cairns (RSA)
1:18:04
4
Sarah Webb (RSA) & Stewart Shaw-Tayloer (RSA)
2:08:51
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Half Andes Men solo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Boris Pérez (Pan)
7:37:20
2
Javier Crasemann (Chi)
0:50:40
3
Luis Hernán Bustos (Chi)
0:50:41
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Half Andes Men solo 45+
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Augusto Coello (Chi)
8:28:00
2
Axel Paul (Chi)
Row 1 - Cell 2
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Men solo general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Stefan Sahm (Ger)
3:45:56
2
Jason Sager (USA)
0:02:29
3
Jan Dams (Bel)
0:18:41
4
Alessandro Venturelli (Ita)
0:22:16
5
Blake Harlan (USA)
0:25:44
6
Renzo Corzini (Chi)
0:28:28
7
Alfonso Cossio (Chi)
0:37:24
8
Jordi Falgueras Payret (Spa)
0:45:17
9
Adam Ossowski (Pol)
0:49:30
10
José Antonio Riquelme (Chi)
0:49:36
11
Brad Cob (GBr)
0:50:27
12
Luuk Belga (Ned)
1:02:08
13
Jim Salusbury (Can)
1:10:38
14
Cederic Lyen (Bel)
1:10:58
15
Juan José Hazbún (Chi)
1:13:16
16
Christoph Stephan (Ger)
1:14:34
17
Nathan Heaps (USA)
1:22:21
18
Joaquín Echeverría (Ecu)
1:22:43
19
Pietrus Swiegers (Nam)
1:24:20
20
Sjoerd Tilstra (Ned)
1:29:20
21
Carsten Bischoff (Ger)
1:39:00
22
Bert Belga (Ned)
1:39:29
23
Ryan Mendes (Tri)
1:41:32
24
Jason Costelloe (Tri)
1:42:00
25
Greg Martin (USA)
1:42:37
26
Ian Owen (Gal)
1:47:00
27
Cristóbal Cruz (Chi)
2:13:18
28
Carlos Maldonado (PRc)
2:16:15
29
Cristian Kind (Chi)
2:22:02
30
Ramón Lopez (PRc)
2:26:10
31
Jonathan Chester (Can)
2:26:16
32
Daniel Restrepo (Col)
2:50:41
33
TC Crawford (USA)
2:51:57
34
Larry Rilley (USA)
2:52:02
35
Jorge Riba (Pan)
2:54:40
36
Rafael De Vitto (Arg)
3:04:12
37
Christopher Smith (Tri)
3:11:33
38
Carim Zogbi (Arg)
3:19:48
39
Grant Harris (RSA)
3:22:52
40
Jorge Urrutia (USA)
4:03:20
41
Maximiliano Echeverría (Chi)
4:55:47
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Women solo general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Anja Dinter (Ger)
5:24:56
2
Melanie Hunter (USA)
0:37:18
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Men Solo 45+ general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Leon Van der Schoor (Ned)
4:56:31
2
Zbigniew Wizner (Pol)
0:10:35
3
Steve Walsh (Can)
0:12:18
4
Stephen Lebovitz (USA)
0:13:59
5
Frank Snyman (Nam)
0:14:19
6
Gabriel González (Chi)
0:15:26
7
John Ramsden (Can)
0:32:52
8
Scott McCallum (USA)
0:38:17
9
Rick D´Amico Jr (USA)
0:43:58
10
David Burke (USA)
0:44:50
11
Michael Talbert (USA)
0:48:09
12
Monty Dersley (RSA)
0:50:57
13
Thomas Borst (Ger)
0:51:49
14
Felipe Sargent (Chi)
0:53:12
15
Gustavo Rodolfo Marquez (Arg)
1:05:21
16
Bob Faulkner (Can)
1:07:24
17
Richard Dustan (Can)
Row 16 - Cell 2
18
Scott Biddinger (USA)
1:07:25
19
Kevin Maldonado (USA)
1:20:10
20
Gerry McCuaig (Can)
1:40:05
21
Joaquín Gil del Real (Pan)
1:40:07
22
Andrés Correa (Col)
2:23:39
23
Robert Souter (Can)
2:39:45
24
Jorge Ricardo Riba (Pan)
4:04:12
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Mixed duo general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Mary McConneloug (USA) & Michael Broderick (USA)
4:39:35
2
Elisa García (Chi) & Claus Plaut (Chi)
0:17:17
3
Trish Grajczyk (Can) & Erik Bakke (USA)
0:17:44
4
Florencia Espiñeira (Chi) & Tomás Baeza (Chi)
0:27:14
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Men duo general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Javier Püschel (Chi) & Luciano Caraccioli (Arg)
3:56:22
2
Hans Alfredo Tapia (Chi) & Saul Novoa (Chi)
0:11:52
3
Juan Garcia (Arg) & Francisco Perez (Arg)
0:30:24
4
Víctor Galvez (Chi) & Nicolás Prudencio (Chi)
0:33:16
5
Paul Ensink (Ned) & Matthijs Pot (Ned)
0:51:40
6
Benoit Simard (Can) & Jacques Gagne (Can)
0:58:48
7
Pedro González (Chi) & Sebastián Figueroa (Chi)
1:01:30
8
Michael Neser (RSA) & Christiaan Neser (RSA)
1:19:24
9
Alexander Vermehren (Chi) & Ivan Neihual (Chi)
1:33:15
10
Rolando Alfaro (Chi) & Roberto Alfaro (Chi)
1:44:15
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Mixed duo 60+ general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Begoña Sylleros (Chi) & Cristóbal García Huidobro (Chi)
5:14:26
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Men duo 60+ general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Carlos Cardemil (Chi) & José María Eyzaguirre (Chi)
4:26:36
2
Giorgio Nattero (Chi) & Sergio Madrid (Chi)
0:00:15
3
José Pablo Ramirez (Chi) & Gonzalo Aravena (Chi)
0:10:30
4
Alberto Santiago (PRc) & Javier Lopez (PRc)
0:31:59
5
Ben Swenka (USA) & Mike Quinn (USA)
0:47:55
6
Mauricio Guguielmetti (Chi) & Julian Muñoz (Chi)
1:07:40
7
Patricio Diaz (Chi) & Santiago Diaz (Chi)
1:07:52
8
Edward Kaplun (Chi) & Anibal Baeza (Chi)
1:44:44
9
Luis Lobo (Ven) & Luis Naranjo (Ven)
2:00:07
10
Pablo Anguita (Chi) & Gonzalo San Martín (Chi)
2:17:55
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Mixed duo 80+ general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Chris Carmichael (USA) & Rebecca Rusch (USA)
5:10:54
2
Linda McGee (USA) & Rob McGee (USA)
0:26:31
3
Vanessa Tirloni (Ita) & Aldo Zanardi (Ita)
1:12:54
4
Irina Kukueva (Rus) & Valery Evgrafov (Rus)
1:16:08
5
Ximena Martínez (Per) & Javier Serra (Spa)
3:57:51
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Men duo 80+ general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Carsten Bresser (Ger) & Udo Bölts (Ger)
4:11:59
2
Brian Vaughn (USA) & Yuri Hauswald (USA)
0:41:34
3
Cristian Raab (Chi) & José Luis García (Chi)
1:11:52
4
Friedrich Ricco (RSA) & Claude Van Cuyck (RSA)
1:13:04
5
Klaus Ruebensaal (Ger) & Andreas Wittmann (Ger)
1:13:30
6
Jeffrey Larson (USA) & Leonard Tullous (USA)
1:14:30
7
Willem Van der Merwe (RSA) & Jeffry Willcocks (RSA)
1:22:13
8
Jim Lehman (USA) & John Battista (USA)
1:32:49
9
Wayne Brunyee (RSA) & Jan Hnizdo (RSA)
1:39:36
10
Ben Morris (GBr) & Shane Dickinson (GBr)
2:02:26
11
Jeremy Barret (GBr) & Stephen Jackson (GBr)
2:35:54
12
Reuven Sztejfman (Isr) & Christopher Hoe (USA)
1:51:56
DNF
Denio Roberto M. Franco (Bra) & Paulo Coelho (Bra)
Row 12 - Cell 2
DNF
Graham Denny (GBr) & Rod Cairns (RSA)
Row 13 - Cell 2
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Mixed duo 100+ general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Bill Glore (USA) & Mike Dannelley (USA)
4:51:01
2
Harry Ensink (Ned) & Willy Welles (Ned)
0:06:04
3
Thys Neser (RSA) & Brett Sachs (RSA)
0:45:42
4
Graham Denny (GBr) & Rod Cairns (RSA)
1:18:04
4
Sarah Webb (RSA) & Stewart Shaw-Tayloer (RSA)
2:08:51
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Half Andes Men solo general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Boris Pérez (Pan)
7:37:20
2
Javier Crasemann (Chi)
0:50:40
3
Luis Hernán Bustos (Chi)
0:50:41
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Half Andes Men solo 45+ general classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Augusto Coello (Chi)
8:28:00
2
Axel Paul (Chi)
Row 1 - Cell 2
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