The Adventure of the 2015 Andes Pacifico Comes to an End

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All part of the job as Allan Cooke tapes up Advil-popping Scott Chapin before the start of the final day of the 2015 Andes Pacifico. Photo by Gary Perkin

Photographer Sam Needham gets his dislocated shoulder popped back into place by race doctor Nico Thumm. Photo by Gary Perkin

Nico Lau kicking up the anti-grip dust on Stage 3 of the final day on his way to the overall victory. It's never over until it's over. Photo by Gary Perkin

On Stage 2 of the final day, Fabien Barel caught some stray course tape which wrapped around his cassette and rotor and proceeded to melt into the pads and disc. He lost valuable time and his lead in the overall. Photo by Gary Perkin

After crashing out and breaking his elbow here last year, Chris Johnston came back in, faced his demons and took 3rd overall. Photo by Gary Perkin

Fabien Barel races to the finish line at Matanzas with the Pacific Ocean on the horizon. Photo by Gary Perkin

Rene and Francois Damseux jump on the crazy train with Joe Flanagan on Stage 3. Rene crashed in the final drop and broke his hand but soldiered on to the finish. Photo by Gary Perkin

Wearing Brendon Fairclough's jersey means you have to pull out some Brendog steeze. Seb Kemp knows solid aero technique shaves seconds. Photo by Gary Perkin

Fred Glo galloping across the Chilean landscape on Stage 4 of the final day. Photo by Gary Perkin

SRAM's Jon Cancellier gathers himself after 4 days of mad racing across the Chilean countryside. His Garmin showed 9689 meters of descending. That's a hair shy of 32,000 feet or 2.25 Pikes Peaks. Better than snowy Colorado by a landslide. Photo by Gary Perkin

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The last few feet of the 2015 Andes Pacifico... Photo by Gary Perkin

Tito Tomasi travels the world riding bikes and creating amazing stories and art works as he goes along. Each day he wrote and painted about the day's events. Consider it a one-of-a-kind analog ,hand-made slideshow. Photo by Gary Perkin

Matias Del Solar (in audio) after finishing the 2015 Andes-Pacifico, while Fabien Barel pounds and Chris Johnston and Nico Lau look on. Photo by Gary Perkin

It was such a rad moment when the timing chips were downloaded and Nico Lau found out he won the 2015 Andes-Pacifico. It came down to 35-seconds after 2 hours of total racing. Photo by Gary Perkin

Two Sam's take in a romantic sunset. Flanagan and Needham wonder if the weather in Yorkshire will be the same as Chile when they get back home. Photo by Gary Perkin

After 4 days of manic racing, here's your Women's podium. (L to R) Rachel Walker 2nd, Florencia Espiñeira 1st and Sarah Rawley 3rd. Photo by Gary Perkin

Fabien Barel gave a great podium speech thanking race organisers Matias del Solar and Nacho Barbosa (in audio). Photo by Gary Perkin

Your 2015 Andes-Pacifico racers and crew. Cheers for the rad times everyone. Photo by Gary Perkin

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Disco time isn't too far off. Photo by Gary Perkin

Dylan Wolsky inventor of the #NoPiscoNoDisco hashtag leads the charge in the bar right after the finish. He burned quickly, but ever so brightly last night. Photo by Gary Perkin

It's time to say good-bye from sunny Chile. Gracias amigos. Hasta luego! Photo by Gary Perkin

After just shy of 10,000 meters of descending through the Chilean countryside, the 2015 Andes Pacifico came to a close at the edge of the Pacific ocean. In dramatic fashion, Nico Lau was determined the winner after the timing chip data was downloaded. Only 35-seconds after 2 hours of racing over 4 days is all that separated Nico and Fabien Barel.

Top 20 Open Class Results

Rank

Name

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Total

1st

Nicolas Lau