Riders make their way back down
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Max Plaxton (Rocky Mountain-Haywood) was the first of the international
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The field makes its way up one of the second day's
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Paolo Montoya Cantillo (Macosta Lee Cougan Santa Ana BCT)
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Federico Ramirez Mendez (BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade-KHS)
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Costa Rica's Federico Ramirez Mendez (BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade-KHS)
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Federico Ramirez Mendez (BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade-KHS) rides across the line
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Juan Alberto Solis Rodas (BCR-PIZZA HUT-POWERADE-KHS)
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Stage podium (L-R): Paolo Montoya Cantillo (Macosta Lee Cougan Santa Ana BCT), Federico Ramirez Mendez
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Paolo Montoya, Federico Ramirez and Juan Alberto Solis
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The mud was like cream cheese
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Juan Alberto Solis paces team leader Ramirez
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Thomas Dietsch and Tinker Juarez struggled
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The leaders grind up
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Deiber Esquivel went for skinny tyres
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Lico Ramirez took his second stage
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Plaxton leads Ramirez
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It was either going down or up
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The scenery was spectacular,
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Louise Kobin lost nine-plus minutes
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Haywood was initial worried when rival Louise Kobin caught her,
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And was only the first climb of the day...
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Stream Akerson is one of four members
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Max Plaxton bounced back
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Deiber Esquivel leading Ramirez and Montoya
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Juan Alberto Solis was aggressive
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Paolo Montoya preserved his second
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Ramirez, Esquivel and Montoya tried
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