November 3/11 12:40 pm - La Ruta de Los Conquistadores: Stage 1
Posted by Editoress on 11/3/11
Todd Wells Wins Stage 1 in record time at La Ruta
At 8:30am the first rider was seen coming out of what's been nicknamed "the mud pits of hell", a section of yellowish gluelike mud within the depths of the Carara rainforest.
Drenched in mud, 2011 Leadville100 winner Todd Wells was the first racer to reach CP2, where a fervent contingent of local and international media awaited the first riders to start the minute by minute coverage of Stage1.
Wells was followed by Honduran racer, Milton Ramos who would exchange lead wheels at times. Yet it was about five kilometers before CP4 where Wells stood on his feet with a malicious smile on his face and picked up his pace reaching a lead of over six minutes by the time he reached CP5.
Costa Rican rider, Rom Akerson, was the big surprise on Stage1, he showed strength and determination riding next to 'Lico' Ramírez up the hill to CP4 where Lico dropped positions due to stomach problems. Akerson picked up the tempo and shortened distance with Milton Ramos to reach third place only three minutes behind Ramos.
2011 Leadville record holder, Rebecca Rusch, is back for some tropical mountain biking pain. She finished second, just ten minutes behind Costa Rican rider Adriana Rojas, the strongest female rider of the day.
Weather on our side, partly cloudy skies, no rain for a change… 63 kilometres of beautiful coffee plantation country await riders in the mountain south of the city of San Jose.
Canadians are leading or top 5 in many age categories
Leighton Poidevin leading men's 40-49
Jonathan Firth 5th in 30-39
Tom Ebbern 2nd in 50+
Brian Cooke 4th in 'tourist'
Stage 1 (November 3rd): Jaco/Puntarenas to Santa Ana/San José 108km
| Open Men | |||
| Category Finish | Overall Finish | ||
| 1 | 1 | Todd Wells (USA) | 5:27:32 |
| 2 | 2 | Milton Ramos (HON) | 5:38:06 |
| 3 | 3 | Rom Akerson (CRC) | 5:41:16 |
| 4 | 4 | Moises Hernandez Araya (CRC) | 5:58:21 |
| 5 | 5 | Alex Grant (USA) | 6:01:04 |
| 6 | 6 | Federico'Lico' Ramirez Mendez (CRC) | 6:01:05 |
| 7 | 7 | Luis Mejia (COL) | 6:05:38 |
| 8 | 8 | Gerry D. Cody (USA) | 6:13:19 |
| 9 | 10 | Alexander Sanchez Calderon (CRC) | 6:17:29 |
| 10 | 13 | Ben Sonntag (GER) | 6:25:06 |
| 11 | 14 | Hector Fernando Riveros Paez (COL) | 6:28:54 |
| 12 | 15 | Jonathan Camacho (CRC) | 6:34:37 |
| 13 | 17 | Manuel Prado (CRC) | 6:38:36 |
| 14 | 19 | Dennis Porras Murillo (CRC) | 6:42:05 |
| 15 | 21 | Nate Whitman (USA) | 6:58:36 |
| 16 | 22 | Ruderick Marcel Juarez Sequeira (NIC) | 6:59:22 |
| 17 | 23 | José Joaquin Rojas Acosta (CRC) | 7:03:18 |
| 18 | 29 | Sharlys Silva de Oliveira (BRA) | 7:10:26 |
| 19 | 31 | Melvin Alexander Mora Garita (CRC) | 7:20:38 |
| 20 | 37 | Mario Alfredo Meneses Bonilla (CRC) | 7:33:12 |
| 21 | 42 | Hendrick Rojas Arroyo (CRC) | 7:44:07 |
| 22 | 43 | Juan Simon Ocaña Ortiz (MEX) | 7:44:08 |
| 23 | 46 | José Andres Rojas Meza (CRC) | 7:45:52 |
| 24 | 52 | Esteban Quesada Arias (CRC) | 8:00:28 |
| 25 | 54 | Jesus Hernandez Sanabria (VEN) | 8:00:29 |
| 26 | 55 | Daniel Garcia Matamoros (CRC) | 8:05:12 |
| 27 | 56 | Ajay Pandit Chhetri (NEP) | 8:05:25 |
| 28 | 59 | Allan Gonzalez Brenes (CRC) | 8:15:00 |
| 29 | 62 | Esteban Calleja Montealegre (CRC) | 8:18:20 |
| 30 | 66 | Anthony Fonseca Sanchez (CRC) | 8:19:30 |
| 31 | 68 | Kenneth Sanabria Sanabria (CRC) | 8:23:29 |
| 32 | 93 | Jhonny Francisco Sanchez Chavarria (CRC) | 9:06:58 |
| 33 | 140 | Roger Gonzalez Salvador (ESP) | 10:21:57 |
| 34 | 142 | Jose Guadalupe Cruz Salas (MEX) | 10:23:13 |
| 35 | 179 | Arturo Fernandez Vega (CRC) | 11:30:59 |
| Women | |||
| 1 | 27 | Adriana Rojas (CRC) | 7:06:09 |
| 2 | 30 | Rebecca Rusch (USA) | 7:16:41 |
| 3 | 39 | Louise Kobin (USA) | 7:36:48 |
| 4 | 67 | Jane Rynbrandt (USA) | 8:19:31 |
| 5 | 80 | Ligia Madrigal Moya (CRC) | 8:37:08 |
| 6 | 121 | Caterina Tellini (CRC) | 9:54:36 |
| 7 | 144 | Kathy Judson (USA) | 10:26:12 |
| Men 30-39 | |||
| 1 | 16 | Travis Hauck (CAN) | 6:37:29 |
| 2 | 18 | Jeff D Herrera (CRC) | 6:38:36 |
| 3 | 20 | Juan Pablo Sanchez (CRC) | 6:51:54 |
| 4 | 28 | Michel Alfonso Larrain (VEN) | 7:06:10 |
| 5 | 32 | Jonathan Firth (CAN) | 7:24:02 |
| 6 | 33 | Luis Diego Chaverri Madden (CRC) | 7:24:10 |
| 7 | 34 | Victor Alonso Araya Pereira (CRC) | 7:25:39 |
| 8 | 35 | Dax Jaikel (CRC) | 7:30:27 |
| 9 | 36 | Eddy Perez Mata (CRC) | 7:30:27 |
| 10 | 47 | Max Araya Orozco (CRC) | 7:47:07 |
| 11 | 49 | Ivan Jimenez Camacho (CRC) | 7:50:37 |
| 12 | 57 | Luis Fernando Mora Hidalgo (CRC) | 8:08:01 |
| 13 | 61 | Maxwell Da Rocha (BRA) | 8:18:07 |
| 14 | 65 | Mario Alberto Araya Mena (CRC) | 8:19:30 |
| 15 | 69 | Erick Barboza (CRC) | 8:24:03 |
| 16 | 70 | Esteban Mendez (CRC) | 8:24:04 |
| 17 | 75 | Roy Rojas Garbanzo (CRC) | 8:29:06 |
| 18 | 86 | Francisco Javier Matamoros Hdez. (CRC) | 8:55:14 |
| 19 | 88 | Christian Gerardo Valerio Varela (CRC) | 8:56:33 |
| 20 | 102 | Alejandro Lopez Quesada (CRC) | 9:29:52 |
| 21 | 105 | Rafael Bosco Ferreiro Melo (BRA) | 9:31:56 |
| 22 | 106 | Luis Mariano Viquez Vargas (CRC) | 9:33:14 |
| 23 | 109 | Giancarlo Loria Fonseca (CRC) | 9:40:03 |
| 24 | 125 | Luis Urain (CRC) | 10:01:30 |
| 25 | 134 | Alan Arguello Díaz (CRC) | 10:08:39 |
| 26 | 139 | Cesar Nuñez Monge (CRC) | 10:21:53 |
| 27 | 150 | Alejandro Diez (MEX) | 10:36:32 |
| 28 | 154 | Gabriel Porras Chacon (CRC) | 10:52:41 |
| 29 | 160 | Luis D. Peregrina C. (MEX) | 10:58:21 |
| 30 | 174 | Omar Esteban Roman Marin (CRC) | 11:25:32 |
| 31 | 185 | Mauricio Richmond Padilla (CRC) | 11:34:02 |
| Men 40-49 | |||
| 1 | 12 | Leighton Poidevin (CAN) | 6:19:44 |
| 2 | 48 | Renato Cisneros (ECU) | 7:48:38 |
| 3 | 51 | Fernando Salazar (CRC) | 7:56:12 |
| 4 | 58 | Stefano Tomirotti (ITA) | 8:11:42 |
| 5 | 64 | Mauricio Alvarado Rivera (CRC) | 8:18:54 |
| 6 | 72 | Leonel Gomez Navarro (CRC) | 8:25:09 |
| 7 | 73 | Mark Jeffery (UK) | 8:28:48 |
| 8 | 74 | Eric Warkentin (USA) | 8:29:00 |
| 9 | 82 | Alvaro Lang (CRC) | 8:39:37 |
| 10 | 83 | Brian Vaughan (USA) | 8:41:28 |
| 11 | 84 | Federico Amador Leon (CRC) | 8:47:31 |
| 12 | 104 | Carlos Cabezas Charpentier (CRC) | 9:31:43 |
| 13 | 107 | Will Muecke (USA) | 9:38:36 |
| 14 | 126 | Geovanny Gomez Navarro (CRC) | 10:01:51 |
| 15 | 127 | Carlos Calvo Ramazzini (CRC) | 10:02:50 |
| 16 | 128 | Darrell Jones (CAN) | 10:05:44 |
| 17 | 137 | Carlos Martinez Masis (CRC) | 10:15:59 |
| 18 | 141 | Ignacio Merino (MEX) | 10:23:10 |
| 19 | 161 | Andres E. Cordovez F. (ECU) | 10:58:29 |
| 20 | 164 | Abraham Finkelman (ISR) | 11:01:44 |
| 21 | 177 | David Fernandez (DOM) | 11:25:34 |
| 22 | 198 | Erick Barrientos Cordero (CRC) | DNF |
| Men 50+ | |||
| 1 | 76 | Javier Gurdian Astúa (CRC) | 8:29:06 |
| 2 | 87 | Tom Ebbern (CAN) | 8:56:33 |
| 3 | 110 | Francisco Sanchez Castillo (CRC) | 9:46:47 |
| 4 | 159 | Andres Clarke Holman (CRC) | 10:57:26 |
| 5 | 170 | David Kibler (CRC) | 11:19:01 |
| 6 | 180 | Heart Akerson (USA) | 11:31:30 |
| Tourists | |||
| 1 | 9 | Jose Octavio García Larrañaga (MEX) | 6:16:03 |
| 2 | 11 | Santos Corea Gutierrez (CRC) | 6:19:43 |
| 3 | 24 | Yanan Briceño Gutierrez (CRC) | 7:03:59 |
| 4 | 25 | Brian Cooke (CAN) | 7:05:17 |
| 5 | 26 | Ronald Araya Garcia (CRC) | 7:05:58 |
| 6 | 38 | Ross Farrel (N.IRL) | 7:35:55 |
| 7 | 40 | Vincent Ruddy (CRC) | 7:40:42 |
| 8 | 41 | Adam Pulford (USA) | 7:41:46 |
| 9 | 44 | Alex Ter-Vrugt (HOL) | 7:45:50 |
| 10 | 45 | Jose Alberto Porras Alvarez (CRC) | 7:45:50 |
| 11 | 50 | Szymon Zacharski (POL) | 7:55:33 |
| 12 | 53 | Edgardo Sanchez Paniagua (CRC) | 8:00:28 |
| 13 | 60 | Nathaniel Grew (CRC) | 8:17:58 |
| 14 | 63 | Guillermo Monge Ramos (CRC) | 8:18:21 |
| 15 | 71 | Marlon Alonso Mena Brenes (CRC) | 8:24:59 |
| 16 | 77 | Juan Carlos Villa Solano-MAYFLOWER RT (CRC) | 8:32:08 |
| 17 | 78 | Rafael Herrera Herrera (CRC) | 8:32:09 |
| 18 | 79 | Brian Oestrike (USA) | 8:36:26 |
| 19 | 81 | Diego Bernini Esquivel (CRC) | 8:38:25 |
| 20 | 85 | Lutz Frank Karbe (GER) | 8:51:31 |
| 21 | 89 | Roberto Solorzano Nuñez (CRC) | 9:05:22 |
| 22 | 90 | Matt Luhn (USA) | 9:05:47 |
| 23 | 91 | Staffan Bjorklund (SWE) | 9:05:51 |
| 24 | 92 | Javier Alexander Rojas Acosta (CRC) | 9:06:58 |
| 25 | 94 | Eduardo Saenz Corrales (CRC) | 9:08:53 |
| 26 | 95 | Randy Taylor Rhodes- MAYFLOWER RT (USA) | 9:10:15 |
| 27 | 96 | Ricardo Alvarado Quiros (CRC) | 9:11:50 |
| 28 | 97 | Erick Ballestero Cruz (CRC) | 9:13:45 |
| 29 | 98 | Luis Alberto Barquero Solano (CRC) | 9:17:06 |
| 30 | 99 | Odd Mjaland (NOR) | 9:19:11 |
| 31 | 100 | Christian Palomo Campos (CRC) | 9:21:40 |
| 32 | 101 | Christian Paul Lesko Madriz (CRC) | 9:24:40 |
| 33 | 103 | Christian Gerardo Guillen Solano (CRC) | 9:31:20 |
| 34 | 108 | John Stimpson (USA) | 9:38:36 |
| 35 | 111 | Steven Rules (USA) | 9:46:48 |
| 36 | 112 | Arnaldo Brenes Rojas (CRC) | 9:49:09 |
| 37 | 113 | Alvaro Sauma Rossi (CRC) | 9:49:10 |
| 38 | 114 | Sebastian Bolaños (CRC) | 9:53:41 |
| 39 | 115 | Scott Rake (USA) | 9:53:41 |
| 40 | 116 | Martin Robb (UK) | 9:53:41 |
| 41 | 117 | Troy Malmin (USA) | 9:53:42 |
| 42 | 118 | Tyler Dominguez (ESP) | 9:53:42 |
| 43 | 119 | Jonathan Bullock (USA) | 9:53:42 |
| 44 | 120 | Eddie Clark-MAYFLOWER RT (USA) | 9:53:42 |
| 45 | 122 | Mario Andre Cordero Alfaro (CRC) | 9:58:51 |
| 46 | 123 | Alejandro Arias Victory (CRC) | 10:00:03 |
| 47 | 124 | Detinne Denis (Bel) | 10:00:23 |
| 48 | 129 | Jorge Horacio Ramirez Basurto (MEX) | 10:06:04 |
| 49 | 130 | LA Kelly-MAYFLOWER RT (USA) | 10:07:06 |
| 50 | 131 | Dominic Yee (USA) | 10:07:07 |
| 51 | 132 | John Hessian (USA) | 10:07:20 |
| 52 | 133 | Gerardo Alvarado Sanchez (CRC) | 10:07:31 |
| 53 | 135 | David Engelbrecht (USA) | 10:14:31 |
| 54 | 136 | Sergio Acuña Aguilar (CRC) | 10:15:59 |
| 55 | 138 | Jake Sinn-MAYFLOWER RT (USA) | 10:19:27 |
| 56 | 143 | Jimmy Chinchilla Sanchez (CRC) | 10:24:26 |
| 57 | 145 | Mary Dannelley (USA) | 10:28:56 |
| 58 | 146 | Mike Dannelley (USA) | 10:28:56 |
| 59 | 147 | Yuryil Aguilar Gutierrez (CRC) | 10:29:35 |
| 60 | 148 | Gerardo Alfaro Soto (CRC) | 10:30:23 |
| 61 | 149 | Pablo Pessoa Soto (CRC) | 10:34:37 |
| 62 | 151 | Timothy O'Keeffe (USA) | 10:36:33 |
| 63 | 152 | Marvin Hernandez Monge (CRC) | 10:42:47 |
| 64 | 153 | Thomas Wolf-MAYFLOWER RT (USA) | 10:46:27 |
| 65 | 155 | Rob Bilich (HRV) | 10:54:39 |
| 66 | 156 | Andres Garcia Mendoza (CRC) | 10:55:11 |
| 67 | 157 | Rony Garcia Mendoza (CRC) | 10:55:11 |
| 68 | 158 | Alejandro Murillo Paniagua (CRC) | 10:56:11 |
| 69 | 162 | Felix De Leon (MEX) | 10:58:29 |
| 70 | 163 | Gustavo Padilla Umaña (CRC) | 10:58:41 |
| 71 | 165 | Gerardo Cambronero Aguiluz (CRC) | 11:04:19 |
| 72 | 166 | Juan Pablo Ramirez Araya (CRC) | 11:08:40 |
| 73 | 167 | Krzysztof Pniewski (POL) | 11:16:06 |
| 74 | 168 | Christine Dietsche (GER) | 11:18:48 |
| 75 | 169 | Luis Diego Castro Martinez (CRC) | 11:18:48 |
| 76 | 171 | Cliff Richmond (USA) | 11:19:24 |
| 77 | 172 | Franco Gomez (CRC) | 11:21:03 |
| 78 | 173 | Marc Hoffmeister (USA) | 11:23:31 |
| 79 | 175 | Scott Sidener (USA) | 11:25:33 |
| 80 | 176 | Modesto Arostegui (DOM) | 11:25:34 |
| 81 | 178 | Johan Garcia Barquero (CRC) | 11:30:59 |
| 82 | 181 | Alvaro Chacon Soto (CRC) | 11:31:30 |
| 83 | 182 | Miguel Rodriguez (PR) | 11:31:34 |
| 84 | 183 | Freddy Quesada Miranda (CRC) | 11:33:37 |
| 85 | 184 | Roberto Quesada Witte (CRC) | 11:33:39 |
| 86 | 186 | Esteban Mora Cyrman (CRC) | 11:34:25 |
| 87 | 187 | Benito Canales Martinez (MEX) | 11:39:40 |
| 88 | 188 | Jose Luis Del Bosque (MEX) | 11:40:10 |
| 89 | 189 | Rolando Fonseca (CRC) | DNF |
| 90 | 190 | Marco Antonio Cerdas Barrantes (CRC) | DNF |
| 91 | 191 | Kevin Hayes (CAN) | DNF |
| 92 | 192 | Julio Argentino Hormaechea (ARG) | DNF |
| 93 | 193 | Lucas Di Luzio (ARG) | DNF |
| 94 | 194 | Jan Brataas (NOR) | DNF |
| 95 | 195 | Gerardo Padilla Garza (MEX) | DNF |
| 96 | 196 | Juan Carlos Soto Brenes (CRC) | DNF |
| 97 | 197 | Joseph Semple (USA) | DNF |
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