Friday and Saturday’s legs contain tests exceeding 50km and both are driven twice, so four of the event’s 12 stages fall under the marathon label. A new 2.68km super special stage in Merlo kicks off the 35th edition of the South American classic before a long liaison section back to the host town of Villa Carlos Paz, around which the remaining three days are based.  Friday offers new challenges with the classic 51.99km test from Agua de Oro to Ascochinga driven in the reverse direction to last year, and the 20.31km stage from Villa Bustos to Tanti on roads unused since 2007. Both are repeated ahead of the popular super special stage on the edge of Villa Carlos Paz, which will be...
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