ABOUT THE RACE

The Chilean Andes mountains are well known as one of the best places in the world for Mountain Biking.

The Santa Cruz Andes Pacifico is an enduro competition that last five days with liaisons and special stages that transverse the Chilean geography. The mission is to show Chile and the ancestral singletracks made by Incas and the cowboys from de Andes to the pacific ocean.

For the first time the incorporation of the E-bike category as a way to experience the future of this event and the limits.

Andes Pacifico has had the participation of the great riders like Jerome Clementz, Fabien Barel, Francois Bailly-Maitre, Cedric Gracia, Pedro Burns and many more.

CONCEPT

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The competition starts above the 3500 meters and is crossing westward over ten valleys of different geographies, landscapes and vegetation to reach the Pacific Ocean after 5 days which have fallen nearly 12,000 vertical meters.

_During these five days the riders will be challenged by very technical trails and physical difficulty, for isolated geographies where the good state of mind is one of the most needed to finish this competition.

The Half Santa Cruz Andes Pacific is a very good option for riders who want to live the experience of crossing from the Andes mountains to the Pacific ocean but only in 3 days of competition and 5 nights of camping.

FORMAT

The competition is based on the sum of the times of each racer’s  (no teams) special stage. Ther will from 2 to 5 SS per day. The liaisons are not timed, but there is a deadline for the last stage of the day.

Riders can manage their time to complete the liaisons or transfers. The organization will close the stage at a certain time, which will be communicated in advance. This track closure is based on the safety of the participants.

The times are registered through our Sportident Chip system, for which each competitor has a personal and non-transferable Chip that is delivered each morning before departing the competition.