December 28, 2009 (San José, Costa Rica) – Colombian Janier Acevedo, of team Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia, got the title of the 45th Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Costa Rica, which 12th and final stage was held this Monday between San Isidro of Pérez Zeledón, at the South of the country, and the capital San José.

Acevedo crossed the finish line in third place, only three seconds behind today’s winner Juan Carlos Rojas, of local team Plycem-JPS-Orbea. However, this result was good enough for the South American to claim the 19th title for a Colombian racer at Costa Rica’s main road tour.

Rojas, former La Vuelta a Costa Rica champion in 2005 and one of the local people choices, covered the 134,8 kilometers of this “queen stage” on a time of 3 hours, 52 minutes and 34 seconds. Second place went to last year’s champion Gregory Brenes, of team BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS, who couldn’t reach Acevedo in the general classification and gave up his crown this time.

Nevertheless, the 21 years old rider secured the U23 trophy as a consolation prize. This might be the last race for Brenes on his own country, since Spanish UCI Continental Team Burgos-Monumental recently signed him up for coming road seasons.  

As for the shining new monarch Acevedo, he also obtained the red dots jersey that identifies the Best Climber of the event. His team Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia also ended up first at the Teams’Classification.

The final stage winner Juan Carlos Rojas, got the Points title as well, while Citibank-Economy Rent a Car-Blue’s Eduardo Garita took the Sprints overall.

Results

1. Juan Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 3:52:34
2. Gregori Brenes (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade
3. Janier Acevedo (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 0:03
4. Nicolas Castro (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 0:04
5. Julian Rodas (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia
6. Salas Marco (Crc) Grupo Ice 4:49
7. Henry Raabe (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue
8. Fabricio Quiros (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 0:10:26
9. Pablo Araya (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea
10. Jesus Castaño (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia
11. Federico Ramirez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade
12. Marconi Duran (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue
13. Jose Bonilla (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue
14. Cesar Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 0:19:47
15. Jose Montero (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 0:19:45
16. Moises Hernandez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade
17. Lars Van Devall (Ned) Amsterdam Team
18. Allan Morales (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade
19. Paulo Vargas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea
20. Carlos Hernandez (Gua) Guatemala National Team
21. Alexander Sanchez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade
22. Daniel Korevaar (Ned) Amsterdam Team
23. Eddier Godinez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade
24. Enrique Artavia (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue
25. Jan Lof (Ned) Amsterdam Team
26. Cody Canning (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH
27. Mariano Herrera (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea
28. Allan Cordero (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec
29. Hersson Jimenez (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea
30. Erick Perez (Gua) Guatemala National Team
31. Cory Wallace (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH
32. Steven Villalobos (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea
33. Marco Salas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea
34. Carlos Pulgarin (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia
35. Roman Villalobos (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea
36. Jonathan Camacho (Crc) Grupo Ice
37. Mynor Lopez (Gua) Guatemala National Team
38. Alfredo Sanchez (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec
39. Juan Solis (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 0:33:49
40. Alfredo Flores (Gua) Guatemala National Team 0:33:54
41. Diego Flores (Gua) Guatemala National Team
42. Eduardo Garita (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue
43. Douglas Offer (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 0:34:00
44. Guillermo Gonzalez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade
45. Johan Barahona (Crc) Grupo Ice
46. Dirk Van Der Craats (Ned) Amsterdam Team
47. Dion Beukeboom (Ned) Amsterdam Team
48. Daniel Rodriguez (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec
49. Giel Nijs (Ned) Amsterdam Team
50. Noe Alvarez (Gua) Guatemala National Team
51. Luis Rojas (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 0:36:47
52. Marco Guillen (Crc) Grupo Ice
53. Luis Alvarez (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 0:38:46
54. Renan Gonzalez (Crc) Grupo Ice 0:40:45
55. Jeroen Kers (Ned) Amsterdam Team 0:44:24
56. Gilbert Tencio (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue
57. Pablo Leiva (Crc) Grupo Ice 0:45:36
58. Randall Aguilar (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec
59. Charles Thibault (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH 0:53:22
60. Miguel Rojas (Crc) Grupo Ice
61. Vicent Veilleux (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH
62. David Vargas (Crc) Grupo Ice 1:04:58

Points

1. Juan Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 25 points
2. Gregori Brenes (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 20
3. Janier Acevedo (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 16
4. Nicolas Castro (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 14
5. Julian Rodas (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 12
6. Salas Marco (Crc) Grupo Ice 10
7. Henry Raabe (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 9
8. Fabricio Quiros (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 8
9. Pablo Araya (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 7
10. Jesus Castaño (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 6
11. Federico Ramirez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 5
12. Marconi Duran (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 4
13. Jose Bonilla (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 3
14. Cesar Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 2
15. Jose Montero (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 1

Final Overall GC

1. Janier Acevedo (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 34:36:30
2. Gregori Brenes (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 3:59
3. Julian Rodas (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 4:55
4. Juan Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 5:54
5. Jose Bonilla (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 0:20:52
6. Jesus Castaño (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 0:26:34
7. Nicolas Castro (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 0:27:01
8. Salas Marco (Crc) Grupo Ice 0:29:24
9. Fabricio Quiros (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 0:29:49
10. Marconi Duran (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue
11. Henry Raabe (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 0:30
12. Federico Ramirez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 0:32:30
13. Pablo Araya (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 0:39:05
14. Cesar Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 0:44:47
15. Paulo Vargas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 0:50:15
16. Marco Salas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 0:58:03
17. Steven Villalobos (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 0:58:54
18. Allan Morales (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 0:59:28
19. Carlos Hernandez (Gua) Guatemala National Team 1:09:57
20. Jose Montero (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 1:10:11
21. Eddier Godinez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 1:15:25
22. Alexander Sanchez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 1:17:24
23. Mynor Lopez (Gua) Guatemala National Team 1:17:37
24. Juan Solis (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 1:25:21
25. Roman Villalobos (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 1:26:59
26. Moises Hernandez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 1:27:03
27. Hersson Jimenez (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 1:28:11
28. Enrique Artavia (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 1:30:39
29. Daniel Korevaar (Ned) Amsterdam Team 1:37:10
30. Cory Wallace (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH 1:37:41
31. Allan Cordero (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 1:43:50
32. Carlos Pulgarin (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 1:44:19
33. Erick Perez (Gua) Guatemala National Team 1:50:10
34. Mariano Herrera (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 1:51:30
35. Guillermo Gonzalez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 1:56:50
36. Diego Flores (Gua) Guatemala National Team 2:03:03
37. Daniel Rodriguez (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 2:13:19
38. Lars Van Devall (Ned) Amsterdam Team 2:13:21
39. Jan Lof (Ned) Amsterdam Team 2:13:45
40. Alfredo Sanchez (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 2:15:06
41. Luis Rojas (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 2:18:49
42. Jonathan Camacho (Crc) Grupo Ice 2:18:53
43. Noe Alvarez (Gua) Guatemala National Team 2:23:17
44. Alfredo Flores (Gua) Guatemala National Team 2:24:40
45. Eduardo Garita (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 2:25:36
46. Douglas Offer (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 2:32:31
47. Johan Barahona (Crc) Grupo Ice 2:32:39
48. Cody Canning (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH 2:39:45
49. Dion Beukeboom (Ned) Amsterdam Team 2:45:12
50. Gilbert Tencio (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 2:51:32
51. Renan Gonzalez (Crc) Grupo Ice 2:57:29
52. Giel Nijs (Ned) Amsterdam Team 2:58:17
53. Randall Aguilar (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 2:59:45
54. Dirk Van Der Craats (Ned) Amsterdam Team 3:07:35
55. Vicent Veilleux (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH 3:17:24
56. Jeroen Kers (Ned) Amsterdam Team 3:17:56
57. Marco Guillen (Crc) Grupo Ice 3:28:29
58. Pablo Leiva (Crc) Grupo Ice 3:31:05
59. Miguel Rojas (Crc) Grupo Ice 3:38:04
60. Luis Alvarez (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 3:41:47
61. Charles Thibault (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH 3:46:18
62. David Vargas (Crc) Grupo Ice 4:17:42

Points Classification

1. Juan Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 116 points
2. Julian Rodas (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 113
3. Janier Acevedo (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 112
4. Gregori Brenes (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 111
5. Jose Bonilla (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 83
6. Henry Raabe (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 74
7. Fabricio Quiros (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 71
8. Paulo Vargas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 53
9. William Valencia (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 53
10. Eduardo Garita (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 44
11. Pablo Araya (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 43
12. Federico Ramirez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 39
13. Marconi Duran (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 39
14. Nicolas Castro (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 39
15. Jesus Castaño (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 34
16. Douglas Offer (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 33
17. Carlos Pulgarin (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 33
18. Steven Villalobos (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 28
19. Salas Marco (Crc) Grupo Ice 25
20. Cesar Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 23
21. Giel Nijs (Ned) Amsterdam Team 23
22. Jose Montero (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 22
23. Marco Guillen (Crc) Grupo Ice 21
24. Alexander Sanchez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 20
25. Marco Salas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 19
26. Carlos Hernandez (Gua) Guatemala National Team 17
27. Jeroen Kers (Ned) Amsterdam Team 16
28. Enrique Artavia (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 15
29. Mariano Herrera (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 15
30. Allan Morales (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 11
31. Hersson Jimenez (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 10
32. Cory Wallace (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH 10
33. Jan Lof (Ned) Amsterdam Team 8
34. Charles Thibault (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH 7
35. Juan Solis (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 5
36. Roman Villalobos (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 5
37. Cody Canning (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH 5
38. Luis Rojas (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 4
39. Alfredo Sanchez (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 3
40. Jonathan Camacho (Crc) Grupo Ice 1
41. Diego Flores (Gua) Guatemala National Team 1
42. Mynor Lopez (Gua) Guatemala National Team 1

Mountains Classificatin

1. Janier Acevedo (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 58 points
2. Juan Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 46
3. Gregori Brenes (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 40
4. Nicolas Castro (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 25
5. Julian Rodas (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 15
6. Federico Ramirez (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 12
7. Pablo Araya (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 8
8. Carlos Pulgarin (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 8
9. Henry Raabe (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 8
10. Jan Lof (Ned) Amsterdam Team 6
11. Giel Nijs (Ned) Amsterdam Team 6
12. William Valencia (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 6
13. Hersson Jimenez (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 5
14. Roman Villalobos (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 4
15. Salas Marco (Crc) Grupo Ice 4
16. Alfredo Sanchez (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 4
17. Cesar Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 3
18. Marconi Duran (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 2
19. Jose Bonilla (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 2
20. Luis Rojas (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 2
21. Jesus Castaño (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 2
22. Eduardo Garita (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 1
23. Fabricio Quiros (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 1

Sprint Classification

1. Eduardo Garita (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 19 points
2. Marco Guillen (Crc) Grupo Ice 17
3. Giel Nijs (Ned) Amsterdam Team 11
4. Hersson Jimenez (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 10
5. Douglas Offer (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 10
6. Marconi Duran (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 10
7. Jan Lof (Ned) Amsterdam Team 8
8. Julian Rodas (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 8
9. Enrique Artavia (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 6
10. Paulo Vargas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 5
11. Juan Solis (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 5
12. Roman Villalobos (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 5
13. Cesar Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 5
14. Luis Rojas (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 4
15. Alfredo Sanchez (Crc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec 3
16. Jose Montero (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade 3
17. William Valencia (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 3
18. Nicolas Castro (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 3
19. Jose Bonilla (Crc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue 2
20. Marco Salas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 1
21. Carlos Pulgarin (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia 1
22. Mariano Herrera (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 1
23. Carlos Hernandez (Gua) Guatemala National Team 1
24. Diego Flores (Gua) Guatemala National Team 1

Team Classification

1. Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia (Col) 103:45:02
2. BCR-Pizza-Hut-Khs-Powerade (Crc) 0:38:26
3. Citibank-Economy Rent-A-Car-Blue (Crc) 0:58:27
4. Plycem-Jps-Orbea (Crc) 1:01:34
5. Guatemala National Team (Gua) 3:45:50
6. Grupo-Ice (Crc) 4:05:45
7. Amsterdam Team (Ned) 4:41:48
8. Bufete-Guzmán & Álvarez-Exceltec (Crc) 5:10:34
9. Tour De Quebec-GTH (Can) 6:38:52

U23 Classification

1.   Gregory Brenes (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS 34:40:23
2.   Fabricio Quirós (Crc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS 23:07
3.   César Rojas (Crc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea 25:57