December 29, 2008 – Julio Perez (Mex) Canel’s Turbo-Mayordomo won the final Stage of the Vuelta a Costa Rica today in a solo breakaway. He finished 1:52 ahead of the hungry chase group. Arnoldo Alcolea (Cub) Mapache won the pack sprint for second place, followed by Marconi Duran (CRc) Dos Pinos-Coopenae in third. Canada’s Vincent Veilleux (Can) TourdeQuebec finished 45th. Gregory Brenes (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade took the overall win, finishing the 14 stages 2:36 faster than Jose Bonilla (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade. Arnoldo Alcolea (Cub) Mapache placed third overall. Vincent Veilleux (Can) TourdeQuebec was the only Canadian finisher, placing 52nd.

Results (brief)

Stage 14

1. Julio Perez (Mex) Canel’s Turbo-Mayordomo 4:00:06
2. Arnoldo Alcolea (Cub) Mapache 1:52
3. Marconi Duran (CRc) Dos Pinos-Coopenae s.t.
4. Enrique Artavia (CRc) Super Pro-Economy
5. Cesar Rojas (CRc) Dos Pinos-Coopenae
6. Jose Bonilla (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade
7. Gregory Brenes (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade
8. Henry Raabe (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade
9. Maikol Cambronero (CRc) Super Pro-Economy
10. Marco Salas (CRc) Dos Pinos-Coopenae

45. Vincent Veilleux (Can) TourdeQuebec 21:03

Final GC after 14 Stages

1. Gregory Brenes (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade 36:28:35
2. Jose Bonilla (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade 2:36
3. Arnoldo Alcolea (Cub) Mapache 4:19
4. Julio Perez (Mex) Canel’s Turbo-Mayordomo 8:30
5. Raul Granjel (Cub) Mapache 14:47
6. Marco Salas (CRc) Dos Pinos-Coopenae 15:48
7. Marco Salas (CRc) IBP Pensiones 18:04
8. Federico Ramirez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade 19:44
9. Henry Raabe (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade 20:44
10. Jonathan Carballo (CRc) IBP Pensiones 25:01

52. Vincent Veilleux (Can) TourdeQuebec 4:11:53