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.