November 02, 2012 (San Jose, Costa Rica) – The first stage of the La Ruta de los Conquitadores started at 6:00 am on Thursday from the Marriot in Hermosa Beach with a 4km neutral roll-out. As the route headed into the mountains, a group of 15 elite riders, including Paolo Montoya (CRC), Todd Wells (USA), Milton Ramos (HON), Alex Grant (USA), Federico Ramirez (CRC), and Rom Akerson (CRC) took the lead.

Mud was a factor, and Wells commented conditions were similar to last year. “The ground was extremely slippery because of rain yesterday, and it was very hot…. I hope I do better tomorrow,” he said.

At kilometer 56, Paolo Montoya attacked the group and maintained a lead of about 2 minutes on his nearest rivals, Wells and Akerson.

“Towards the peak of San Pedro, I increased my pace and left the others behind, during the San Pablo stretch, I started feeling cramps…. I managed to recover in Grifo Alto,” said Montoya.

According to the storming Costa Rican, who toppled over only a few meters after crossing the line, he had not trained enough last week.

“I finished the last few miles purely on momentum, I was exhausted. It came down purely to my brain controlling me and not giving up,” he said.

Montoya arrived first with a time of 5 hours, 01 minutes and 19 seconds. Two minutes and eight seconds after, the American, Wells, finished.

“My strategy for tomorrow is to stay with Paolo [Montoya] to recover time, since he seems to be good at the ups and downs in the morning. It will be a crucial day in the race.”

Third place was Alex Grant, who abandoned the race in 2009 and placed second in 2010. “The leaders went extremely fast and I rode my own pace, luckily in the end I passed about ten competitors and made it up to second.”

Rom Akerson, who came second, was disqualified “for receiving assistance on several occasions outside the permitted area,” explained a statement by the Costa Rican Cycling Federation.

In the women’s race, it was Pua Mata (USA) who took first place in a time of 5:54:11. “I had fun, I saw it more as an adventure and not a competition, it was difficult but it was great, I was alone most of the time. The last section on the train tracks scared me a little,” said U.S. National Marathon Champion.

Sonya Looney (USA) finished second and Ligia Madrigal (CRC) was third. The second stage starts on Friday, with another 6:00 am start in Terramall and culminating in Turrialba.

Results

Elite men
1. Paolo Cesar Montoya Cantillo (CRc) 5:01:19
2. Todd Wells (USA) 0:02:08
3. Alex Grant (USA) 0:10:01
4. Deiber Esquivel Benavides (CRc) 0:13:31
5. Milton Ramos (Spa) 0:16:04
6. Dennis Manuel Porras Murillo (CRc) 0:18:26
7. Federico Ramirez Mendez (CRc) 0:19:53
8. Jose Alfredo Montoya Alvarez (CRc) 0:20:20
9. Alexander Sanchez Calderon (CRc) 0:27:03
10. Enrique Artavia Cedeño (CRc) 0:27:04
11. Roberto Heras (Spa) 0:29:35
12. Moises Hernandez Amaya (CRc) 0:29:43
13. Damian Perrin (Swi) 0:44:16
14. Miguel Angel Gutierrez Garcia (Mex) 0:48:01
15. Jefry Herrera Duarte (CRc) 0:51:02
16. Eddie Ramirez Barrantes (CRc) 1:00:42
17. Marco Perez Salguera (CRc) 1:21:16
18. Juan Simon Ocaña Ortiz (Mex) 1:25:20
19. Sebastian Conejo (CRc) 1:47:48
20. Erick Campos Ramirez (CRc) 1:59:47
21. Daniel Garcia Matamoros (CRc) 2:19:23
22. Andres Bruna Serrano (CRc) 2:49:36
23. Diego Garcia Quesada (CRc) 2:59:46
24. Richard Nielsen (USA) 2:59:52
25. Kenneth Sanabria Sanabria (CRc) 3:00:53
26. Ahned Mancilla (Mex) 3:18:25
27. Dor Pinchevsky (Isr) 3:41:48
28. Roy Alfonso Segura Castro (CRc) 3:54:11
29. Paulo Hernandez Monge (CRc) 3:59:35
30. Andres Bolaños Amerling (CRc) 4:29:03
31. Esteban Vargas Ovares (CRc) 5:05:32
DSQ Rom Akerson (CRc)

Elite women
1. Monique Pua Mata (USA) 5:54:11
2. Sonya Looney (USA) 1:27:25
3. Ligia Madrigal Moya (CRc) 2:33:31
4. Yessenia Villalta Coto (CRc) 2:43:07
5. Cristine De Mezerville (CRc) 2:49:24
6. Cinthya Coto Elizondo (CRc) 2:49:33
7. Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) 2:57:06
8. Kathy Judson (USA) 3:37:12
9. Rocío Monge (CRc) 3:42:52
10. Samantha Phillips (GBr) 4:02:18
11. Kathya Rojas Venegas (CRc) 4:15:29
12. Carolina Viquez Alpizar (CRc) 4:25:05

Men 30-39
1. William Antonio Valverde Barquero (CRc) 6:13:06
2. Pablo Sanchez Rodriguez (CRc) 0:04:05
3. Allen Castro (CRc) 0:04:58
4. Edgar Zumbado (CRc) 0:09:50
5. Fabricio Brenes Quiros (CRc) 0:15:06
6. Mario Alberto Araya Mena (CRc) 0:16:24
7. Alfredo Peralta Collado (CRc) 0:34:23
8. Victor Alonso Araya Pereira (CRc) 0:46:15
9. Pablo Castrillo M de Oca (CRc) 0:48:32
10. Rodrigo Herrera (CRc) 0:57:16
11. Manuel Rojas (CRc) 1:07:58
12. Eduardo Saenz Corrales (CRc) 1:08:53
13. Juan Carlos Fonseca Matarrita (CRc) 1:15:53
14. Edgar Navarro Marin (CRc) 1:17:20
15. Corey Scobey (USA) 1:23:23
16. Mario Rodriguez Sequeira (CRc) 1:33:58
17. Jairo Villalobos (CRc) 1:36:56
18. Allan Padilla Umaña (CRc) 1:37:31
19. Alejandro Madrigal Guerrero (CRc) 1:46:35
20. Paulo Arce Brenes (CRc) 1:55:53
21. Andres Fernandez Salazar (CRc) 1:56:41
22. Mauricio Richmond Padilla (CRc) 1:59:04
23. Sergio Acuña Aguilar (CRc) 2:00:18
24. Freddy Navarro Tames (CRc) 2:07:49
25. Pablo Cordero Pochet (CRc) 2:13:33
26. Tom Hipsz (Can) 2:13:34
27. Marlon Delgado Morera (CRc) 2:14:37
28. Leonardo Sanchez Guevara (CRc) 2:15:28
29. Luis Arias Muñoz (CRc) 2:16:56
30. Luis Urain Reyes (CRc) 2:25:36
31. Esteban Fonseca Zuñiga (CRc) 2:26:40
32. Juan Miguel Ortega Navarro (CRc) 2:29:47
33. Mauricio Odio Jarquin (CRc) 2:30:20
34. Henry Jesus Molina Vargas (CRc) 2:38:22
35. Erick Ramon Irigaray Flores (CRc) 2:39:17
36. Oscar Molina (CRc) 2:48:57
37. Jose Guadalupe Benitez (Mex) 3:01:20
38. Juan Carlos Calderon Oconitrillo (CRc) 3:02:35
39. Bosco Matarrita Quesada (CRc) 3:02:51
40. Juan Luis Casalvolone Barguil (CRc) 3:06:34
41. Carlos Cordero Robles (CRc) 3:07:20
42. William Antonio Valverde Barquero (CRc) 3:23:28
43. Gustavo Adolfo Marin Solorzano (CRc) 3:25:34
44. Alan Arguello Díaz (CRc) 3:26:57
45. Alejandro Solano (CRc) 3:31:50
46. Juan Carlos Gonzalez Bolaños (CRc) 3:42:13
47. Luis Rubi (CRc) 3:50:35
48. Luis Diego Carballo Morera (CRc) 3:57:07
49. Juan Carlos Soto Brenes (CRc) 3:58:49
50. Alejandro Rivera Garita (CRc) 4:02:16
51. Cristian Eduardo Lara Herrera (CRc) 4:03:00
52. Carlos Roberto Salazar Solorzano (CRc) 4:03:46
53. Edgar Bonilla Castro (CRc) 4:08:59

Men 40-49
1. Fernando Salazar (CRc) 6:50:28
2. Enrique Saborío Pozuelo (CRc) 0:08:22
3. Shawn Gregory (USA) 0:30:50
4. Manfred Avila Kopper (CRc) 0:49:45
5. Willy Quiros Flores (CRc) 0:50:49
6. Alvaro Lang (CRc) 0:51:26
7. Erick Guzman Mora (CRc) 1:11:45
8. Leonel Solis Zuñiga (CRc) 1:18:24
9. Alberto Rodriguez (CRc) 1:25:38
10. Scott Rake (USA) 1:30:30
11. Jorge Antonio Quiros Ramirez (CRc) 1:35:18
12. Federico Rojas Calleja (CRc) 1:43:36
13. Leo Felipe Wexler (CRc) 1:50:15
14. Jose Pablo Jimenez Diaz (CRc) 1:52:41
15. Raimond Vargas Vega (CRc) 1:56:01
16. Marco Vinicio Gamboa Jara (CRc) 1:56:54
17. Elemer Vinicio Hidalgo Prado (CRc) 1:59:24
18. Carlos E. Calvo Ramazzini (CRc) 2:02:15
19. Rodolfo Mata Lobo (CRc) 2:02:35
20. Claude Vincent (Fra) 2:06:59
21. Ricardo Morera (CRc) 2:08:57
22. Ron Castia (USA) 2:08:59
23. Wagner Segura Jimenez (CRc) 2:19:14
24. Carlos Manuel Cespedes Vargas (CRc) 2:28:25
25. Arnaldo Brenes (CRc) 2:35:03
26. Allan Taylor Gorino (CRc) 2:37:34
27. Federico Escalante Fonseca (CRc) 2:44:03
28. Gustavo Herrera Dijeres (CRc) 2:46:38
29. Julio Molina Arias (CRc) 2:50:39
30. Oscar Enrique Vargas Montero (CRc) 2:55:27
31. Marco Antonio Calderon Leal (CRc) 3:13:15
32. Antonio Gazel (CRc) 3:14:07
33. Allan Zuñiga Cordero (CRc) 3:16:17
34. Patrick Haines (USA) 3:19:14
35. Oscar Camacho Madrigal (CRc) 3:21:42

Men 50+
1. Carlos Duran Villalta (CRc) 6:35:44
2. Mauricio Pasos Odio (CRc) 1:13:47
3. Luis Alberto Barquero Solano (CRc) 1:25:33
4. Carlos Manuel Carranza Morales (CRc) 1:26:05
5. Manuel Enrique Avila Kopper (CRc) 1:46:33
6. Francisco Sanchez Castillo (CRc) 2:27:19
7. Gerardo Brenes Gonzalez (CRc) 3:01:41
8. Pedro Gerardo Zuñiga Vargas (CRc) 3:27:05
9. Rito Baez Rojas (CRc) 3:28:56
10. Pedro Felix Silva Mellizo (Per) 3:33:29

Open women
1. Jane Rynbrandt (USA) 7:57:21
2. Genevieve Evans (USA) 0:16:59
3. Eunice Rojas Oviedo (CRc) 0:18:13
4. Silvia Cob Delgado (CRc) 1:16:30
5. Laura Anderson (USA) 1:25:59
6. Silvia Saborio Taylor (CRc) 1:33:12
7. Rebeca Marin Solano (CRc) 1:48:53
8. Melida Lee Barbee Macrate (CRc) 1:55:35
9. Carlie Mock (USA) 2:00:01
10. Karla Piedra Alfaro (CRc) 2:05:52
11. Lena Yarbrough (USA) 2:10:30
12. Giannina Alvarez Herrera (CRc) 2:25:12

Open men
1. Sami Inkinen (Fin) 6:23:14
2. Jose SanJuan Martinez (Spa) 0:00:26
3. Geisel Nunes (Bra) 0:06:05
4. Andres Rivera Cespedes (CRc) 0:06:20
5. James Meyers (USA) 0:08:29
6. Esteban Rodriguez Rojas (CRc) 0:09:19
7. Alejandro Rojas Carazo (CRc) 0:14:16
8. Ronald Araya Garcia (CRc) 0:16:48
9. Wayne Morris UK 0:27:58
10. Carlos Fernando Estrada Toro (Col) 0:33:50
11. Esteban Rojas Rojas (CRc) 0:35:39
12. Bruce Young Nearing (CRc) 0:49:33
13. Eric Kollai (USA) 0:50:14
14. Eduardo Andres Ulate Fernandez (CRc) 0:52:02
15. José Arguedas Morera (CRc) 0:53:46
16. Gabriel Camacho (CRc) 0:56:44
17. Adam Puldford (USA) 1:05:11
18. Andres Salas Herrera (CRc) 1:07:15
19. Alejandro Solano Coto (CRc) 1:11:34
20. Manuel Sanchez Vilaplana (Spa) 1:11:37
21. Roy Rojas (CRc) 1:11:40
22. Christian Valerio (CRc) 1:12:01
23. Edgardo Sanchez Paniagua (CRc) 1:12:28
24. Nathaniel Grew Paul (CRc) 1:12:56
25. Julio Corengia (Arg) 1:18:28
26. Daniel Dittmer (USA) 1:18:45
27. Jose Miguel Quesada Hernandez (CRc) 1:21:14
28. Jose Joaquin Mora Quiros (CRc) 1:23:50
29. Charles Madison Sanchez (CRc) 1:24:37
30. Harry Rojas Sanchez (CRc) 1:24:43
31. Pierre Castagne (Bel) 1:24:44
32. Romulo Cobos (Ven) 1:24:56
33. Esteban Arce Vargas (CRc) 1:24:59
34. Andres Rivera Cespedes (CRc) 1:27:35
35. Daniel Cespedes Olivares (CRc) 1:29:19
36. Esteban Gomez Ramirez (Col) 1:30:12
37. Eduardo Jimenez Mendez (CRc) 1:30:17
38. Edwin Andres Hidalgo Alfaro (CRc) 1:30:21
39. Jose Ramon Castañeda Gallegos (CRc) 1:31:16
40. Zlatko Piskulich (CRc) 1:31:31
41. Marcelo Villegas Gomez (Col) 1:31:58
42. Brad Tymchuk (Can) 1:32:08
43. Mauricio Alvarado Rivera (CRc) 1:33:13
44. Juan Carlos Contreras Rave (CRc) 1:33:15
45. Freddy Nuñez Araya (CRc) 1:36:19
46. Jose Miranda (CRc) 1:37:04
47. Federico Gonzalez Collado (CRc) 1:37:49
48. Juan Carlos Villa Solano (CRc) 1:38:00
49. Ronald Obando Corrales (CRc) 1:38:21
50. Paul Zimski (USA) 1:38:57
51. Christian Lesko (CRc) 1:40:04
52. Scott Kuppersmith (USA) 1:40:46
53. Ty Maynard Lang (CRc) 1:45:40
54. Esteban Segura Chaves (CRc) 1:46:53
55. Felipe Sanabria Romero (CRc) 1:51:09
56. Keylor José Sibaja Hernandez (CRc) 1:51:14
57. Luis Daniel Conejo Ulloa (CRc) 1:51:30
58. Gustavo Zermeño (Mex) 1:51:34
59. Mauricio Monge Conejo (CRc) 1:51:53
60. Alejandro Pecchio (Ven) 1:51:58
61. Christopher Music Gamboa (CRc) 1:53:11
62. Maikol V Quesada Fernandez (CRc) 1:53:50
63. Josue Gomez Leal (CRc)
64. Alexander Meza Porras (CRc) 1:54:15
65. Mario Eduardo Rojas Rodriguez (CRc) 1:56:25
66. Juan Carlos Cruz Fernandez (CRc) 1:56:28
67. Ernesto Gerardo Vargas Arias (CRc) 1:57:09
68. Patrick Sweeney (IRI) 1:58:06
69. Victor Rojas (CRc) 2:00:11
70. Federico Robles Macaya (CRc) 2:02:47
71. Milton Fallas Barboza (CRc) 2:04:30
72. Abraham Camacho Viquez (CRc) 2:06:28
73. Giovanni Montini (Ita) 2:07:31
74. Oswaldo Alvarez Velazquez (CRc) 2:09:08
75. Jeremy Eden (Can) 2:09:20
76. Eric Warkentin (USA) 2:10:05
77. Julian Gerard Diaz Barcia (CRc) 2:11:00
78. Juan Gonzalo Tirado (Col) 2:12:10
79. Pablo Restrepo (Col) 2:12:11
80. Eric Cano Rodriguez (CRc) 2:12:37
81. Nicolas Gomez (Col) 2:15:07
82. Scott Chenue (USA) 2:15:39
83. Carlos Gonzalez Castro (CRc) 2:16:21
84. Omar Alfonso Alvarez Salas (CRc) 2:16:43
85. Donald Eldridge (USA) 2:17:52
86. Harold Alfaro Araya (CRc) 2:18:26
87. Gerardo Alvarado Sanchez (CRc) 2:19:42
88. John Stimpson (USA) 2:20:24
89. Cesar Andres Alcazar (CRc) 2:20:27
90. Jorge Mario Delgado Martinez (CRc) 2:24:23
91. Eric Goñi Vindas (CRc) 2:24:48
92. Randy Rhodes (USA) 2:25:18
93. Francisco Balma Calderon (CRc) 2:25:34
94. Serge Van Vuchelen (Bel) 2:26:06
95. Sergio Bautista Bautista (Spa) 2:26:29
96. Alexander Arias Morera (CRc) 2:29:06
97. Douglas Dijeres Sanchez (CRc) 2:29:34
98. Juan Elías Quiros Rojas (CRc) 2:29:54
99. Juan Alfredo Anaya Conejo (Mex) 2:30:50
100. Marco Chacon Quiros (CRc) 2:31:49
101. Mathijs De Wit (Ned) 2:31:51
102. Jhon Sagebiel (USA) 2:32:13
103. Alejandro Lopez Ríos (CRc) 2:32:52
104. Jorge Luis Vidart Bondarenko (Uru) 2:33:37
105. Wagner Salazar Castro (CRc) 2:35:29
106. Cesar Andres Arias Morera (CRc) 2:35:56
107. Guillermo Mora Kopper (CRc) 2:37:56
108. William Muecke (USA) 2:38:14
109. Alan Eastlund (USA) 2:39:40
110. Pedro Jaramillo (Col) 2:40:55
111. Michael Talbert (USA) 2:42:16
112. Bernardo Casillas (Mex) 2:42:49
113. Robert Duran Monge (CRc) 2:43:57
114. Mario Matarrita (CRc) 2:44:02
115. Klaus Rubensaal (Ger) 2:45:31
116. Andreas Wittmann (Ger) 2:45:33
117. Modesto Jimenez Vargas (CRc) 2:47:03
118. Luis Jean Pierre Boesch Echeverri (Hon) 2:48:40
119. Luis Fernando Conejo Morales (CRc) 2:53:07
120. Javier Segura Roman (CRc) 2:54:41
121. Andres Bonelli (Uru) 2:55:52
122. Oscar Villalobos Alfaro (CRc) 2:55:58
123. Paulo Quesada Pacheco (CRc) 2:56:33
124. Jesse Fruman (USA) 2:57:11
125. Mark Wynn (GBr) 2:57:12
126. Carlos Quiros Llobet (CRc) 2:57:51
127. Mike Criego (USA) 2:58:12
128. Ken Zylstra (USA) 2:58:57
129. Juan Manuel Bordallo Murillo (CRc) 2:59:37
130. Chris Alstrin (USA) 3:00:04
131. Arturo Solis Jara (CRc) 3:00:09
132. Robert Lee (USA) 3:00:24
133. Gregory Hamilton (USA) 3:00:26
134. Julio Villalta Calvo (CRc) 3:00:56
135. Juan Jose Bonilla Alvarado (CRc) 3:02:52
136. Vincent Maillen (Bel) 3:03:14
137. Daniel Boromisa (USA) 3:04:59
138. Jamieson Knowlton (Can) 3:06:24
139. Alonso Gonzalez Villalobos (CRc) 3:06:53
140. Ricardo Piedra Morales (CRc) 3:06:54
141. Anthony R D’Amico Jr (USA) 3:06:56
142. Thomas Ashworth (Can) 3:07:04
143. John Pougiales (USA) 3:07:58
144. Jorge Arturo Garcia Porras (CRc) 3:12:13
145. Gustavo Marin Gonzales (CRc) 3:13:43
146. Gilberto Marin Leon (CRc) 3:14:10
147. Kevin Easley (USA) 3:14:50
148. Tom Wolf (USA) 3:16:19
149. Neil Mowbray (Can) 3:17:18
150. Ron Rel (USA) 3:17:43
151. Alejandro Arias Victory (CRc) 3:19:47
152. Juan Sebastian Quesada Vasquez (CRc) 3:20:16
153. Adrian Hidalgo Gomez (CRc) 3:22:01
154. Laurent Schoepp (Bel) 3:23:02
155. Eduardo Jimenez Mendez (CRc) 3:24:54
156. Karch Kozak (USA) 3:25:05
157. Paolo Bertini (Ita) 3:25:52
158. Jorge Luis Vidart Bondarenko (Uru) 3:26:38
159. Rob Bilich (Cro) 3:27:00
160. Daniel Montero Quesada (CRc) 3:31:21
161. Douglas Sanchez Mejía (CRc) 3:31:27
162. Arnoldo Broutin (CRc) 3:32:40
163. Ivan Mclean (USA) 3:33:17
164. Jan Hofmeyr (USA) 3:33:20
165. Rafael Andres Arrieta Venegas (CRc) 3:39:00
166. Jose Antonio Menendez Madrigal (CRc) 3:39:01
167. Christian Podetti (CRc) 3:39:55
168. Pablo Gamez Bianchini (CRc) 3:40:01
169. Daniel Fornes (Arg) 3:40:03
170. Luis Diego Castro Martinez (CRc) 3:40:31
171. Luis Iglesias Cuadra (CRc) 3:41:08
172. Robert Aspinall Murray (CRc) 3:44:00
173. Esteban Cervantes (CRc) 3:47:13
174. Diego Gomez (CRc) 3:48:48
175. Ramon Reyes Cordoba (Pan) 3:50:19
176. Pedro Pontaque Garcia (CRc) 3:50:32
177. Christian Jimenez (CRc) 3:50:34
178. Rodrigo Trigueros Piedra (CRc) 3:50:37
179. Diego Nobrega (Bra) 3:51:08
180. Diego Gomes (Bra) 3:51:11
181. Noel Guevara Passot (CRc) 3:52:03
182. Rodrigo Campos Monge (CRc) 3:54:27
183. Javier Santos Villarreal (CRc) 3:54:35
184. Francisco Arana (Mex) 3:56:46
185. Rafael Angel Rojas Retana (CRc) 3:59:03
186. Freddy Quesada Miranda (CRc) 3:59:13
187. Eduardo Salazar (Per) 3:59:31
188. Eduardo Montilla (Arg) 4:00:11