Yes. Zoo Road will get you to about RM505, easily. Continue on Zoo Road to Morelia Rd and it will take you south where you could catch the course around 570, though this would be way out of the way and I wouldn't do it just for a rider change unless for some reason it is absolutely necessary and you have a plethora of chase trucks. From San Felipe you can take Old Puertecitos Rd to easily get you to just before RM540, before where the Sportsman shortcut is.
Super helpful. We plan on checking out chase strategies when we head down to prerun our segments. Just trying to get a leg up on logistics planning. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!
Some of the best info I've heard.
You can always go on this site under Score results. They have maps posted from previous races you can compare to this years course. Find another year with the same section your looking for and pull up the gps file. Use google earth to explore your options.
Yeah, I just grabbed the 500 GPS files to start doing this. I spent a ton of time on the pacific side last year and know what's a good road and what's not for the most part, but I spent almost no time on the SF side, so I guess asking what's a workable road into some of these places for a chase truck. Sometimes google earth makes stuff look too accessible.
yes as i understand were going up at cohabuzo to heroes via codrillera molina
I’ve been over the summit a couple of times in races, but I’m not familiar with Cordillera De Molina. What’s that section like?
Like the Summit but worse and longer, and makes you wish you were driving the summit instead.
Pretty sure @PAB knows.. hit him up
Yes I believe that is the case. The few times it’s been used I wasn’t racing and didn’t really pay attention to the fact that there was a different route over that range other than the summit. I’ve now gone back and watched a few videos of it, including the one the Brenthels did. It seems that going west, Cordillera is better. Going east, summit is better. Whatever the case, it’s just a section I need to prioritize in whatever prerunning I can afford to do so I can plan my logistics accordingly. That and 300 to 410 seem like the most critical sections in this race, at least for me.
I’m guessing Nov 6th? It’s the deadline to get on the program entry list. They didn’t come out with weekly lists for the 500, and I’m sure they will have limited updates for the 1000 as well
