35th Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica

Costa Rica, December 17 - 29, 1999

Stages

Prologue - December 17th: San José velodrome, 1 km ITT
Stage 1 - December 18th: San José - Limón, 166 kms
Stage 2 - December 19th: Limón - Guapiles, 151 kms
Stage 3 - December 20th: La Sabana - Quesada, 104 kms
Stage 4 - December 21st: San Carlos - La Marina, 96 kms
Stage 5 - December 22nd: La Marina - Cañas, 197 kms
Stage 6 - December 23rd: Cañas - Puntarenas, 180 kms
Stage 7 - December 24th: Puntarenas - Tibás, 124 kms
Stage 8 - December 25th: Circuit, 94,8 kms
Stage 9 - December 26th: San Pedro - San Isidro de Pérez, 129,5 kms
Stage 10 - December 27th: San Isidro - Rio Claro
Stage 11 - December 28th: Neily - Buenos Aires, 104 kms
Stage 12 - December 29th: Pérez - La Sabana

Preview

By Tomas Nilsson, cyclingnews.com correspondent

Café de Costa Rica-Pizza Hut and Jaisa-El Globo are the local teams in the 35th edition of the "Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica". They each have two squads in the race and are expected to "carry the flag" in the race. Colombians are always feared in this part of the world, but the teams here do not have any of the nation's top riders on their rosters. However, given the normal Colombian dominance they will surely be there in the decisive moments. Guatemala, on the other hand comes with a real national team with Vuelta a Guatemala winner, Fernando Escobar as the top name. Canel's Turbo from Mexico also put on some good riders in Gregorio Ladino and ex pro Miguel Arroyo. Other nations paticipating: Germany Ecuador and Honduras. Moldavia with pro's Ruslan Ivanov, Igor Pugacu and Youri Sourkov withdrew late as did Venezuela and Iran.

Teams and Riders


Germany  -  RSG Olympiapark Munich

Michel Hacquard (Ger)
Alexander Haritopulo (Ger)
Enrico Hoehme (Ger)
Hans Fischer (Ger)
Victor Maerz (Ger)
Peter Ziemann (Ger)


Ecuador

Wílmer Portilla (Ecu)
Héctor Chiles (Ecu)
Juan Carlos Montenegro (Ecu)
Byron Chulde (Ecu)
Ramiro Calpa (Ecu)
Olmedo Vallejos  (Ecu)


México - Canel's Turbo

Gregorio Ladino (Mex)
Miguel Arroyo (Mex)
Armando Vigueras (Mex)
Manuel Hernández (Mex)
Hipólito Pérez (Mex)
Eduardo Uribe (Mex)


Colombia -  Indeportes Antioquía

Oved Yesi Ramírez (Col)
Hernán Darío Bonilla (Col)
Germán Ospina (Col)
César Laverde (Col)
Ramón García (Col)
Nelson Vargas (Col)


Guatemala

Fernando Escobar (Gua)
Amilcar Gramajo (Gua)
Rudy Ispache (Gua)
Fermni Mendéz (Gua)
Oscar Salvador Loarca (Gua)
Guillermo Torres (Gua)


Honduras

Melvin Betancourt
José Armando Orellana
Arlin Rodríguez
Nahún Mondragón
Milton Ramos
Bernd Newman (Ger)


Café de Costa Rica - Pizza Hut A

Federico Ramírez (Crc)
José Adrián Bonilla (Crc)
Luis Morera (Crc)
Paulo Vargas (Crc)
Trent Klasna (USA)
Alvaro Lozano (Col)


Café de Costa Rica - Pizza Hut B

Rolando Gonzales (Crc)
Raul Gomez (Crc)
Victor Herrera (Col)
Alexander Barrientos (Crc)
Marco Rodriguez (Crc)
Alexander Miranda (Crc)


Tucanes-Banco de Costa Rica A

Nieves Carrasco (Crc)
Pablo Araya (Crc)
José Quiros (Crc)
Warren Calvo (Crc)
Jorge Martinez (Col)
Hernan Dario Muñoz (Col)


Tucanes-Banco de Costa Rica B

José Alberto Montero (Crc)
Melvin López (Crc)
Aléxander Arias (Crc)
Yurandir Leandro (Crc)
Julio César Rangel (Col)
Argiro Zapata (Col)


Fuji - Hotel Herradura

Juan de Dios Castillo (Crc)
Omer Quirós (Crc)
Tony Saldaña (Crc)
Inty Hughes (Crc)
Carlos Hernández (Crc)
Joel Corea (Crc)


Pedregal - Duracell

German Muñoz (Crc)
Martin Pereira (Crc)
Luis Villanea (Crc)
Roberto García (Crc)
Roberto Nuñez (Crc)
Wendy Cruz (Prc)


Agua Dos Pinos

Roberto Ballestero (Crc)
Daniel Rodriguez (Crc)
Carlos Hidalgo (Crc)
Róger Madrigal (Crc)
Guillermo Chaparro (Col)
Juan Barrero (Col)


Turrialba - Tradasa - No Fear

Jorge Coto (Crc)
Isidro Campos (Crc)
Kenneth Pereira (Crc)
Allan Quirós (Crc)
Moisés Castillo (Crc)
Carlos Salazar (Crc)