2016 Tour de San Luis

2016 Tour de San Luis 2016 UCI America Tour 18–24 January 2016 7 921.7 km Dayer Quintana MOV 2016 COL green Eduardo Sepúlveda FVC 2016 ARG Nairo Quintana MOV 2016 COL Eduardo Sepúlveda ARG FVC 2016 red purple Miguel Ángel López AST 2016 COL blue MOV 2016 2015 The 2016 Tour de San Luis was a road cycling stage race that took place in Argentina between 18 and 24 January 2016. It was the tenth edition of the Tour de San Luis. The race was used by many European-based riders as the beginning of their 2016 road seasons. It was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2016 UCI America Tour. The defending champion is the Argentine cyclist Daniel Díaz (DMP 2016).Tour de San Luis – General Classification (preview) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=163252&c=2 ProCyclingStats 17 January 2016 The race took place over seven days. The first stage was a team time trial; there were also two stages suitable for sprinters, two suitable for riders who can both climb and sprint, and two mountain-top finishes suitable for the best climbers. The team time trial was won by EQS 2016, putting their rider Maximiliano Richeze into the lead. Another EQS 2016 y rider, Fernando Gaviria, won the second stage and took over the race lead. He lost this the following day to Peter Koning (DPC 2016), who won in a solo breakaway. The first mountain stage was won by Eduardo Sepúlveda (FVC 2016), giving him a three-second advantage over Dayer Quintana (MOV 2016). This was maintained through the following stage, won in a solo breakaway. The final mountain stage was won by Miguel Ángel López (AST 2016), with Quintana taking enough time out of Sepúlveda to put himself into the race lead. The final sprint stage was won by Jakub Mareczko (Italy), with Quintana taking the overall win. Participating teams The race organisers selected 28 teams to take part in the race, including 7 UCI WorldTeams. There were also six UCI Professional Continental teams, seven UCI Continental teams and eight national teams.Seven WorldTeams sign up for Tour de San Luis http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/11/news/seven-worldteams-sign-up-for-tour-de-san-luis_388620 11 January 2016 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 4 November 2015 UCI WorldTeams 2016 TTS MOV CPT 2016a EQS AST ALM LAM UCI Pro Continental teams 2016 UHC DPC AND VFN FVC DMP UCI Continental teams 2016 SLS Inteja JSH VIV Strongman–Campagnolo Sindicato Empleados Públicos of San Juan LMC National teams Argentina Italy Brazil Chile Mexico Uruguay Costa Rica Cuba Pre-race favourites The Tour de San Luis is one of the earliest races in the cycling calendar. It takes place at the same time as the Tour Down Under, which takes place in Australia. The Tour de San Luis takes place on far more mountainous terrain than the Tour Down Under and is used by many riders, especially climbers, as a way to begin the season.Cash Dane Tour de San Luis 2016: A season kick-off for climbers http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/01/news/tour-de-san-luis-2016-a-season-kick-off-for-climbers_392993 17 January 2016 VeloNews.com Competitor Group, Inc. 16 January 2016 18 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160118131854/http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/01/news/tour-de-san-luis-2016-a-season-kick-off-for-climbers_392993 dead The general classification is expected to be decided in the two mountainous stages and the team time trial. The contest involves both riders from the top European teams who are beginning their seasons and also riders from South America who are in the middle of their summer. Many of the South American riders use the Tour de San Luis to prepare for their national championships.O'Shea Sadhbh Tour de San Luis – 5 riders to watch https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-san-luis-5-riders-to-watch/ 17 January 2016 Cyclingnews.com 14 January 2016 Because so many of the European riders were beginning their seasons at the race, it was unclear which were in good form. There were two riders from European teams who had won the Tour de San Luis in the past. Nairo Quintana (MOV 2016) had won the 2014 race and had come third in 2015; he was one of the principal favourites for the overall victory. Another favourite was Vincenzo Nibali (AST 2016), who won the 2010 race and who came to the race with the intention to compete for the overall victory.O'Shea Sadhbh Nibali: It's my goal to try to win the Tour de San Luis https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nibali-its-my-goal-to-try-to-win-the-tour-de-san-luis/ 17 January 2016 Cyclingnews.com 16 January 2016 Other riders from WorldTeams with a chance of victory included Quintana's teammate Daniel Moreno, Nibali's teammate Miguel Ángel López, Rafał Majka (TTS 2016), Jean-Christophe Péraud (ALM 2016) and Andrew Talansky (CPT 2016a). The principal South American favourite was the defending champion, Daniel Díaz. Díaz had won the 2015 edition and the 2013 edition. Díaz, an Argentine rider, had moved to a higher-level team for the 2016 season – the UCI Professional Continental DPC 2016 – and was expected to be highly motivated for the race. His team, however, was expected to struggle in the team time trial. Other South American riders with a chance of victory included Rodolfo Torres (AND 2016), who was second in 2015, and Eduardo Sepúlveda (FVC 2016). Several other riders came to the race hoping for stage victories. These included Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), who was looking for his first victory in the rainbow jersey he wore as the 2015 road race world champion, Fernando Gaviria (EQS 2016), who won two races in the 2015 Tour de San Luis and Elia Viviani (riding for the Italian national team). Route and stages The race will include seven stages. The first will be a 21 km on team time trial. The second stage, the longest of the race at 181.9 km, is mostly flat and will suit the sprinters; the third stage is also likely to end in a sprint, although a climb shortly before the finish could be suitable for an attack.Tour de San Luis http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-san-luis-2016/ 11 January 2016 Cyclingnews.com The fourth stage finishes with the climb of the Alto del Amago. There is a shorter uphill finish the following day, which is unlikely to cause significant time gaps. There is another mountain stage on the sixth day, however; it finishes on the Filo Sierras Comechingones, which is described by Cycling Weekly as "fearsome".Puddicombe Stephen Tour de San Luis 2016 preview https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/tour-de-san-luis-2016-preview-206265 11 January 2016 Cycling Weekly 11 January 2016 The final stage will be held on a circuit in San Luis itself and will again suit the sprinters. +Stage scheduleTour de San Luis 2016 - General Classification (stages) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=163252&c=4 ProCyclingStats 11 January 2015 Stage Date Route Distance Type Winner 1 18 January El Durazno – El Durazno 21 km 0 on22px|alt=|link= Team time trial EQS 2016 2 19 January San Luis – Villa Mercedes 181.9 km 0 on22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Fernando Gaviria COL 3 20 January Potrero de Los Funes – La Punta 131 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Peter Koning NED 4 21 January Terrazas del Portezuelo – Cerro El Amago 140 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Eduardo Sepúlveda ARG 5 22 January Renca – Juana Koslay 168.7 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Hilly stage German Tivani ARG 6 23 January La Toma – Filo de la Sierra de Comechingones 159.5 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Miguel Ángel López COL 7 24 January San Luis – San Luis 119.6 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Jakub Mareczko ITA Stage 1 Stage 1 was a 21 km on team time trial around El Durazno over rolling terrain, with no significant or difficult climbs.Tour de San Luis – Stage 1 (TTT) (profile) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=163245&c=6&stat_id=217 ProCyclingStats 18 January 2016 DPC 2016 were the first team to set a time: they finished in 24' 53" with an average speed of 50.6 km/h. They were soon beaten, however, by UHC 2016, who were six seconds faster.Etixx wins San Luis opener, Richeze takes lead http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/01/news/road/etixx-wins-san-luis-opener-richese-takes-lead_393152 18 January 2016 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 18 January 2016 20 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160120144834/http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/01/news/road/etixx-wins-san-luis-opener-richese-takes-lead_393152 dead The Colombian rider Carlos Alzate was the first UnitedHealthcare rider to cross the line. This time was good enough to beat several of the next teams to race, including the WorldTeams LAM 2016 and ALM 2016. Eventually, TTS 2016 took over the lead by finishing 31 seconds ahead of UnitedHealthcare. Their lead was brief, however, as EQS 2016 soon finished a further 23 seconds ahead with a time of 23' 53" and an average speed of 52.8 km/h.Tour de San Luis: Etixx-Quickstep wins opening team time trial https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-san-luis-2016/stage-1/results/ 18 January 2016 Cyclingnews.com 18 January 2016 At this point there were four teams left to race. The Continental-level team Holowesko–Citadel finished well down the field, but the remaining teams were all WorldTeams with contenders for the overall victory. AST 2016, led across the line by Vincenzo Nibali, finished 17 seconds behind Etixx–Quick-Step. CPT 2016a were much further back, losing nearly a minute. The final team across the line was MOV 2016; although they could not match the winning time, they did finish second. Etixx–Quick-Step therefore won the stage; Maximiliano Richeze was the first to finish and so he was the first individual leader of the race. The win also put Rodrigo Contreras, the defending champion of the youth classification, into the lead of that competition. Nairo Quintana was the best-placed of the general classification riders; he took time out of all his rivals. This was in large part due to the work of his teammate Adriano Malori.O'Shea Sadhbh Tour de San Luis: Quintana takes time on rivals on opening day https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-san-luis-quintana-takes-time-on-rivals-on-opening-day/ 18 January 2016 Cyclingnews.com 18 January 2016 Result of Stage 1Tour de San Luis – Stage 1 (TTT) (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016_Stage_1_TTT ProCyclingStats 18 January 2016 no 1 EQS 2016 23' 53" 2 MOV 2016 + 8" 3 AST 2016 + 18" 4 TTS 2016 + 24" 5 UHC 2016 + 54" 6 ALM 2016 + 56" 7 DMP 2016 + 58" 8 AND 2016 + 59" 9 CPT 2016a + 59" 10 DPC 2016 + 1' 00" || General classification after Stage 1 1 Maximiliano Richeze ARG EQS 2016 23' 53" 2 Rodrigo Contreras COL EQS 2016 +0" 3 Łukasz Wiśniowski POL EQS 2016 +0" 4 Fabio Sabatini ITA EQS 2016 +0" 5 Fernando Gaviria COL EQS 2016 +0" 6 Marc Soler ESP MOV 2016 +8" 7 Nairo Quintana COL MOV 2016 +8" 8 Adriano Malori ITA MOV 2016 +8" 9 Daniel Moreno ESP MOV 2016 +8" 10 Dayer Quintana COL MOV 2016 +8" |} |} Stage 2 19 January – San Luis – Villa Mercedes, 181.9 km 0 on Result of Stage 2Tour de San Luis – Stage 2 (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016_Stage_2 ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 Fernando Gaviria COL EQS 2016 4h 23' 54" 2 Peter Sagan SVK TTS 2016 + 0" 3 Elia Viviani ITA Italy + 0" 4 Eduard-Michael Grosu ROM VFN 2016 + 0" 5 Lucas Sebastián Haedo ARG JAM 2016 + 0" 6 Mauro Richeze ARG SLS 2016 + 0" 7 Francesco Chicchi ITA AND 2016 + 0" 8 Jason Lowndes AUS DPC 2016 + 0" 9 Jakub Mareczko ITA Italy + 0" 10 Marco Canola ITA UHC 2016 + 0"General classification after Stage 2Tour de San Luis – Stage 2 (GC) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016_Stage_2_GC ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 Fernando Gaviria COL EQS 2016 4h 47' 37" 2 Maximiliano Richeze ARG EQS 2016 + 10" 3 Rodrigo Contreras COL EQS 2016 + 10" 4 Łukasz Wiśniowski POL EQS 2016 + 10" 5 Dayer Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 18" 6 Adriano Malori ITA MOV 2016 + 18" 7 Nairo Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 18" 8 Marc Soler ESP MOV 2016 + 18" 9 Daniel Moreno ESP MOV 2016 + 18" 10 Peter Sagan SVK TTS 2016 + 27" Stage 3 20 January – Potrero de Los Funes – La Punta, 131 km 0 on Result of Stage 3Tour de San Luis – Stage 3 (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016_Stage_3 ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 Peter Koning NED DPC 2016 3h 08' 41" 2 Fernando Gaviria COL EQS 2016 + 1' 37" 3 Travis McCabe USA HSD 2016 + 1' 37" 4 Peter Sagan SVK TTS 2016 + 1' 37" 5 Mauro Richeze ARG SLS 2016 + 1' 37" 6 Alexis Vuillermoz FRA ALM 2016 + 1' 37" 7 Julien Loubet FRA FVC 2016 + 1' 37" 8 Daniel Moreno ESP MOV 2016 + 1' 37" 9 Dayer Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 1' 37" 10 Miguel Ángel López COL AST 2016 + 1' 37"General classification after Stage 3Tour de San Luis – Stage 3 (GC) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016_Stage_3_GC ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 Peter Koning NED DPC 2016 7h 57' 43" 2 Fernando Gaviria COL EQS 2016 + 6" 3 Maximiliano Richeze ARG EQS 2016 + 22" 4 Rodrigo Contreras COL EQS 2016 + 22" 5 Dayer Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 30" 6 Nairo Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 30" 7 Daniel Moreno ESP MOV 2016 + 30" 8 Peter Sagan SVK TTS 2016 + 39" 9 Miguel Ángel López COL AST 2016 + 39" 10 Vincenzo Nibali ITA AST 2016 + 39" Stage 4 21 January – Terrazas del Portezuelo – Cerro El Amago, 140 km 0 on Result of Stage 4Tour de San Luis – Stage 4 (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016_Stage_4 ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 Eduardo Sepúlveda ARG FVC 2016 4h 00' 35" 2 Janier Acevedo COL JAM 2016 + 54" 3 Román Villalobos CRC Costa Rica + 1' 31" 4 Dayer Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 1' 31" 5 Ilia Koshevoy BLR LAM 2016 + 1' 43" 6 Miguel Ángel López COL AST 2016 + 2' 10" 7 Rafał Majka POL TTS 2016 + 2' 10" 8 Nairo Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 2' 10" 9 Jonathan Millan COL SCQ 2016 + 2' 12" 10 Anderson Maldonado URY Uruguay + 2' 14"General classification after Stage 4Tour de San Luis – Stage 4 (GC) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016_Stage_4_GC ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 Eduardo Sepúlveda ARG FVC 2016 12h 00' 16" 2 Dayer Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 3" 3 Rodrigo Contreras COL EQS 2016 + 38" 4 Nairo Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 42" 5 Miguel Ángel López COL AST 2016 + 51" 6 Daniel Moreno ESP MOV 2016 + 56" 7 Román Villalobos CRC Costa Rica + 1' 06" 8 Janier Acevedo COL JAM 2016 + 1' 09" 9 Ilia Koshevoy BLR LAM 2016 + 1' 22" 10 Rafał Majka POL TTS 2016 + 1' 36" Stage 5 22 January – Renca – Juana Koslay, 168.7 km 0 on Result of Stage 5Tour de San Luis – Stage 5 (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016_Stage_5 ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 German Nicolas Tivani ARG Argentina 3h 37' 39" 2 Daniel Díaz ARG DMP 2016 + 0" 3 Emiliano Ibarra ARG Sindicato Empleados Públicos of San Juan + 0" 4 Elia Viviani ITA Italy + 1' 34" 5 Lucas Sebastián Haedo ARG JAM 2016 + 1' 34" 6 Eduard-Michael Grosu ROM VFN 2016 + 1' 34" 7 Davide Cimolai ITA LAM 2016 + 1' 34" 8 Yannick Martinez FRA DMP 2016 + 1' 34" 9 Marco Canola ITA UHC 2016 + 1' 34" 10 Grega Bole SLO VFN 2016 + 1' 34"General classification after Stage 5Tour de San Luis – Stage 5 (GC) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016_Stage_5_GC ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 Eduardo Sepúlveda ARG FVC 2016 15h 39' 29" 2 Dayer Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 3" 3 Rodrigo Contreras COL EQS 2016 + 38" 4 Nairo Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 42" 5 Miguel Ángel López COL AST 2016 + 51" 6 Román Villalobos CRC Costa Rica + 1' 06" 7 Janier Acevedo COL JAM 2016 + 1' 09" 8 Ilia Koshevoy BLR LAM 2016 + 1' 22" 9 Rafał Majka POL TTS 2016 + 1' 36" 10 André Cardoso POR CPT 2016a + 1' 37" Stage 6 23 January – La Toma – Filo de la Sierra de Comechingones, 159.5 km 0 on Result of Stage 6Tour de San Luis – Stage 6 (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=163250 ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 Miguel Ángel López COL AST 2016 4h 35' 49" 2 Nairo Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 2" 3 Dayer Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 4" 4 Ilia Koshevoy BLR LAM 2016 + 23" 5 Eduardo Sepúlveda ARG FVC 2016 + 23" 6 Rodolfo Torres COL AND 2016 + 41" 7 Rafał Majka POL TTS 2016 + 58" 8 Vincenzo Nibali ITA AST 2016 + 58" 9 Román Villalobos CRC Costa Rica + 1' 38" 10 Janier Acevedo COL JAM 2016 + 1' 38"General classification after Stage 6Tour de San Luis – Stage 6 (GC) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016_Stage_6_GC ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 Dayer Quintana COL MOV 2016 20h 15' 21" 2 Eduardo Sepúlveda ARG FVC 2016 + 20" 3 Nairo Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 35" 4 Miguel Ángel López COL AST 2016 + 38" 5 Ilia Koshevoy BLR LAM 2016 + 1' 42" 6 Rodolfo Torres COL AND 2016 + 2' 15" 7 Rafał Majka POL TTS 2016 + 2' 31" 8 Román Villalobos CRC Costa Rica + 2' 41" 9 Janier Acevedo COL JAM 2016 + 2' 44" 10 André Cardoso POR CPT 2016a + 3' 31" Stage 7 24 January – San Luis – San Luis, 119.6 km 0 on Result of Stage 7Tour de San Luis – Stage 7 (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016_Stage_7 ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 Jakub Mareczko ITA Italy 2h 36' 51" 2 Elia Viviani ITA Italy + 0" 3 Jason Lowndes AUS DPC 2016 + 0" 4 Peter Sagan SVK TTS 2016 + 0" 5 Maximiliano Richeze ARG EQS 2016 + 0" 6 Mauro Richeze ARG SLS 2016 + 0" 7 Grega Bole SLO VFN 2016 + 0" 8 Carlos Eduardo Alzate COL UHC 2016 + 0" 9 Francesco Chicchi ITA AND 2016 + 0" 10 Julian Paulo Gaday ARG Los Matanceros + 0"Result of General ClassificationTour de San Luis – General Classification (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_San_Luis_2016 ProCyclingStats 6 February 2016 1 Dayer Quintana COL MOV 2016 22h 52' 12" 2 Eduardo Sepúlveda ARG FVC 2016 + 20" 3 Nairo Quintana COL MOV 2016 + 35" 4 Miguel Ángel López COL AST 2016 + 38" 5 Ilia Koshevoy BLR LAM 2016 + 1' 42" 6 Rodolfo Torres COL AND 2016 + 2' 15" 7 Rafał Majka POL TTS 2016 + 2' 31" 8 Janier Acevedo COL JAM 2016 + 2' 44" 9 Román Villalobos CRC Costa Rica + 2' 59" 10 André Cardoso POR CPT 2016a + 3' 31" Classification leadership table Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains classification25pxSprint classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification25px|link=|alt=Team classification 1 Etixx–Quick-Step Maximiliano Richeze Not awarded Not awarded Rodrigo Contreras Etixx–Quick-Step 2 Fernando Gaviria Fernando Gaviria Ariel Sivori Juan Curuchet Fernando Gaviria 3 Peter Koning Peter Koning Peter Koning Emmanuel Guevara 4Eduardo Sepúlveda Eduardo Sepúlveda Eduardo Sepúlveda Rodrigo Contreras Movistar Team 5German Tivani Miguel Ángel López 6Miguel Ángel López Dayer Quintana Roman Villalobos 7Jakub Mareczko Eduardo Sepúlveda FinalTour de San Luis (results) https://www.edosof.com/carrera/11/clasificacion#cajaetapas Edosof 24 January 2016Dayer Quintana Eduardo Sepúlveda Emmanuel Guevara Miguel Ángel López Movistar Team References 30em External links 2016 Category:2016 in Argentine sport Category:2016 UCI America Tour Category:January 2016 sports events in South America