December 17/09 23:12 pm - Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Costa Rica - Stage 2
Posted by Editoress on 12/17/09
The 149.6 kilometre route linked the capital San José with the rural community of Pital in the northern part of the country. The Russian sprinter Iván Kovalev (Russian National Team) took the victory over a peloton of 60 riders with a time of 3:41:57. Second was his teammate Alexey Schmidt, while local Paulo Vargas (Plycem-JPS-Orbea) finished third.
Young local Fabricio Quirós (BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS) remains the overall leader, however, on the road he temporarily lost his yellow jersey to the Dutch rider Jan Lof, who was in the stage's main breakaway, along with Canadian Jean-Micheal Lachance and Guatemalan Alejandro Padilla. The trio managed to take the gap to nearly six minutes over the peloton, which were forced to speed up to catch the break with only three kilometers to remaining.
Jean-Michel Lachance leading the break
Tomorrow's third stage will stay in the north of Costa Rica, with a 130.3 kilometre circuit that starts and finishes at Ciudad Quesada.
| Stage 2: San José-Pital de San Carlos 149.6 Km | |
| 1 Iván Kovalev (Rus) Russian National Team | 3:41:57 |
| 2 Alexey Schmidt (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| 3 Paulo Vargas (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea | |
| 4 Douglas Offer (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent a Car-Blue | |
| 5 Steven Villalobos (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea | |
| 6 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| 7 Víctor Smalko (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| 8 William Valencia (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia | |
| 9 Jeroen Kers (Ned) Team Ámsterdam | |
| 10 Esteban Castro (CRc) Bufete Guzmán y Álvarez-Exeltec | |
| 11 Henry Raabe (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent a Car-Blue | |
| 12 Juan Carlos Rojas (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea | |
| 13 Carlos Pulgarín (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia | |
| 14 Alexander Sánchez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS | |
| 15 Marco Salas (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea | |
| 16 Alfredo Flores (Gua) Guatemalan National Team | |
| 38 Marvin Guzman (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | |
| 59 Cory Wallace (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | all s.t. |
| 64 Vincent Veilleux (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | 7:23 |
| 67 Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | s.t. |
| 70 Cody Canning (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | 8:54 |
| 72 Charles Thibault (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | 9:50 |
| 76 Arnaud Papillon (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | 11:35 |
| GC | |
| 1 Fabricio Quirós (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS | 3:54:25 |
| 2 Alexander Sánchez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS | |
| 3 Guillermo González (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS | |
| 4 Gregory Brenes (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS | |
| 5 Federico Ramírez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS | |
| 6 José Alberto Montero (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS | |
| 7 Allan Morales (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS | all s.t. |
| 8 Henry Raabe (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent a Car-Blue | 0:04 |
| 9 José Adrián Bonilla (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent a Car-Blue | |
| 10 Josué González (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent a Car-Blue | |
| 11 Marconi Durán (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent a Car-Blue | all s.t. |
| 12 William Valencia (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia | 0:10 |
| 13 Janier Acevedo (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia | |
| 14 Nicolás Castro (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia | both s.t |
| 44 Cory Wallace (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | 1:26 |
| 59 Marvin Guzman (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | 3:26 |
| 64 Jean-Michel Lachance (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | 8:49 |
| 65 Vincent Veilleux (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | s.t. |
| 68 Cody Canning (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | 10:20 |
| 71 Charles Thibault (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | 10:51 |
| 73 Arnaud Papillon (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH | 13:01 |
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