January 26, 2011 (Conaripe, Chile) – The Open Men’s squad of Benjamin Sonntag (Ger) and Jason Sager (USA) Jamis won Stage 2 of the TransAndes Challenge, 66km from Huilo to Conaripe, Chile in a time of 3:29:11. Simon Zahnd (Sui) and Javier Puschel (Chi) finished second, trailing by 13:55. Canadian team of Marty Lazarski (Can) and Neil Kindree (Can) finished third for the second day in a row, while fellow Canucks Jacques Gagne (Can) and Benoit Simard (Can) cruised into fourth place, only seconds behind their countrymen. The Open Mixed category was once again swept by Seven Cycles’ Mary McConneloug (USA) and Michael Broderick (USA), while World Cup stars Eva Lechner (Ita) and Nathalie Schneitter (Sui) Colnago dominated the Open Women’s race.

In the Solo Open Men’s competition, Blake Harlan (USA) took top honours, while Canada’s own Andreas Hestler finished third on the day after a second place ride on Stage 1.

Results

Solo Open Men
1. Blake Harlan (USA) 3:48:18
2. José Raul Hernández Silva (Spain) 0:21:58
3. Andreas Hestler (Canada) 0:44:49

Solo Men 18-30
1. Samuel De la Sotta (Chile) 4:26:20
2. Manuel Grescnell (Italia) 0:18:49
3. Taigh Banson (Australia) 0:33:10

Solo Women 18 -30
1. Denisse Van Sint Jan (Chile) 5:32:53

Solo Men 31- 45
1. Juan García (Argentina) 3:57:06
2. Pat Doyle (Canada) 0:04:59
3. José Antonio Riquelme (Chile) 0:10:14
4. Javier Lopez (USA) 0:21:21
5. Marshall Craig (Canada) 0:44:07
6. Graham Cocksedge (Canada) 1:21:34
7. Cristian Raab (Chile) 1:27:28
8. Michael Lella (Alemania) 1:49:31
9. José Luis Astorquiza (Chile) 1:50:00
10. Faustino Linares (Argentina) 1:50:11
11. Rafael De Vito (Argentina) 3:42:03
DNS Cristian Contreras (Chile)

Solo Men 46+
1. William Glore (USA) 4:33:06
2. Felipe Sargent (Chile) 0:59:31
3. Rick Metzger (Canada) 1:11:51
4. Michael Schmid (Chile) 1:51:14
5. Luis Hernán Bustos (Chile) 3:24:58
DNS Rodrigo Javier Lopez (Chile)
DNS Zdenko Rajevic (Chile)

Team Open Men
1. Benjamin Sonntag (Ger) / Jason Sager (USA) 3:29:11
2. Simon Zahnd (Sui) / Javier Puschel (Chi) 13:55
3. Marty Lazarski (Can) / Neil Kindree (Can) 27:11
4. Jacques Gagne (Can) / Benoit Simard (Can) 27:56
5. Martin Flano (Chi) / Nicolas Prudencio (Chi) 29:06
6. Francois Dumas (Can) / Pierre-Yves Nadeau (Can) 54:14
7. Armin Kiebacher (Ita) / Fabien Rabensteiner (Ita) 1:16:48

Team Open Mixed
1. Mary McConneloug (USA) / Michael Broderick (USA) Seven Cycles 3:44:38
2. Elisa Garcia (Chi) / Claus Plaut (Chi) 4:46:19

Team Open Women
1. Eva Lechner (Ita) / Nathalie Schneitter (Sui) Colnago 4:55:52
2. Anja De Decker (Bel) / Elke Roage (Bel) 6:02:21

Team 35+ Men
1. Mathias Huller (Ger) / Florian Reichert (Ger) 6:45:45

Team 60+ Mixed
1. Victor Ortiz (Chi) / Pamela Aguilera (Chi) 5:48:48
2. Paula Tomaz (Chi) / Cristian Garcia (Chi) 6:24

Team 60+ Men
1. Giorgio Nattero (Chi) / Sergio Madrid (Chi) 4:17:39
2. Gert De Geeter (Bel) / Maarten Delforche (Bel) 16:01
3. Pablo Bscur (Chi) / Cristobal Garcia-Huidobro (Chi) 17:55
4. Carlos Cardemil (Chi) / Jose Maria Eyzaguirre (Chi) 32:03
5. Edmund Telser (Ita) / Valentin Wendel (Ita) 38:13
6. Serio Bunster / Nicolas Maino (Chi) 46:32
7. Patricio Diaz (Chi) / Santiago Diaz (Chi) 1:09:16
8. Eduardo Vitelli (Bra) / Eduardo Shikasho (Bra) 1:44:38
9. David Frehner (Spa) / Enrique Pascual Cuesta (Spa) 1:44:43

Team 80+ Men
1. Gert Stappenbelt (Ned) / Gerrit Van den Broek (Ned) 4:49:51
2. Aníbal Baeza (Chi) / César Salgado (Chi) 18:11
3. Pablo Cruz (Chi) / José Luis Ibaibarriaga (Chi) 40:53
4. José Valdés / Benjamin Kauffman (Puerto Rico) 1:27:49
5. Gerard Preuss (Ger) / Bernd Bauernschmidt (Ger) 1:34:30
6. Edward Kaplún (USA) / Scott Biddinger (USA) 2:15:30
7. Rafael Abelenda Lomas (Spa) / Antoni Gasso Navarro (Spa) 2:18:03
8. Fernando Lopez (Can) / Paul Parker (Can) 2:38:21

Team 100+ Men
1. Jim Gibson (USA) / Shawn Gillis (USA) 5:04:57
2. Al Mickelson (Can) / Jim Forbes (Can) 7:19:36

Team 100 + Mixed
1. John Ledington (USA) / Deb Ledington (USA) 6:24:45