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44th Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica - 2.2
Costa Rica, December 14-28, 2008
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Stage 2 - December 15: Orotina - Filadelfia, 165.6km
Sánchez wins; Salas takes over yellow
Nelson Sánchez of the Dominican Republic launched a timely attack with one kilometre to go to win the second stage by ten seconds. Sánchez formed part of a 28-man escape group that established halfway through the stage. Marcos Salas (Dos Pinos-Coopenae) was also in that group and he became the new leader of the Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica.
The stage winner described his decisive move to Radio Colombia after the finish. "The stage today was really tough, very difficult. In the end I felt strong, so I tried. I feel very proud to have won today, because it is the first time I came to this country," Sánchez said.
The stage was dominated by three Cubans (Freddy Buergos, Adonis Cardoso and Pedro Portuondo) and Michael Cambronero (Costa Rica). All four battled for the intermediate sprints.
After 30km a three-man group formed and stayed away until km 80. Then 25 riders caught up with the three and kept increasing the gap to the peloton. The advantage of the break was 10 minutes by day's end.
Results
1 Nelson Sanchez (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 4.13.56 (39.128 km/h) 2 Fredy Buergos (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 0.11 3 Arnold Alcolea (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 4 Gregory Brenes (CRc) BCR - Pizza Hut 5 Mariano Herrera (CRc) IBP Pensiones 6 Manuel Rodas (Gua) Guatemala National Team 7 Marco Salas (CRc) Dos Pinos - Coopenae 8 Federico Ramirez (CRc) BCR - Pizza Hut 9 Steven Villalobos (CRc) Dos Pinos - Coopenae 10 Eduardo Garita (CRc) Super Pro - Economy Rent a Car 11 Pedro Sibila (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 12 Abundio Guerrero (Mex) Canel's Turbo - Mayordomo 13 Warren Calvo (CRc) IBP Pensiones 14 Jose Vega (CRc) IBP Pensiones 15 Cesar Rojas (CRc) Dos Pinos - Coopenae 16 Jonathan Carballo (CRc) IBP Pensiones 17 Alexander Sanchez (CRc) BCR - Pizza Hut 18 Juan Felix (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 19 Nieves Carrasco (CRc) Dos Pinos - Coopenae 20 Fredi Colop (Gua) Guatemala National Team 0.22 21 Augusto Sanchez (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 0.25 22 Pedro Portuondo (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 23 Deivis Capellan (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 2.59 24 Reldy Perez (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 25 Elvin Colon (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 26 Adonis Cardoso (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 27 Marconi Duran (CRc) Dos Pinos - Coopenae 28 Juan P. Araya (CRc) Dos Pinos - Coopenae 29 Jose A. Bonilla (CRc) BCR - Pizza Hut 30 Norlandy Taveras (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 31 Raul Granjel (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 32 Henry Raabe (CRc) BCR - Pizza Hut 33 Pascale Bussieres (Can) Team Tourdequebec.com 34 Jose A. Montoya (CRc) Super Pro - Economy Rent a Car 35 Guillermo Gonzalez (CRc) BCR - Pizza Hut 36 Yasmani Martinez (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 37 Jean Lachance (Can) Team Tourdequebec.com 38 Jose Flores (Gua) Guatemala National Team 39 Alfredo Ajpacaja (Gua) Guatemala National Team 40 Ernesto Hernandez (CRc) IBP Pensiones 41 Luis Rojas (CRc) ADOCI 42 Marvin Campos (CRc) Super Pro - Economy Rent a Car 43 Jullien Filion (Can) Team Tourdequebec.com 44 Jan C. Arias (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 45 Phil Cortes (Can) Team Tourdequebec.com 46 Alfredo Acosta (CRc) ADOCI 47 Alejandro Padilla (Gua) Guatemala National Team 48 Josue Gonzalez (CRc) IBP Pensiones 49 Paulo Vargas (CRc) IBP Pensiones 50 Marco Guillen (CRc) Dos Pinos - Coopenae 51 Manuel Pena (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 52 Julio Perez (Mex) Canel's Turbo - Mayordomo 53 Marco Salas (CRc) IBP Pensiones 54 Asbel Rodas (Gua) Guatemala National Team 55 David Mclean (GBr) Team Tourdequebec.com 56 Maikol Cambronero (CRc) Super Pro - Economy Rent a Car 57 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo - Mayordomo 58 Guillermo Huinac (Gua) Guatemala National Team 59 Eddier Godinez (CRc) BCR - Pizza Hut 60 Alfredo Gabino (Mex) Canel's Turbo - Mayordomo 61 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo - Mayordomo 62 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo - Mayordomo 63 Jose Montero (CRc) BCR - Pizza Hut 64 Douglas Offer (CRc) Super Pro - Economy Rent a Car 5.49 65 Enrique Artavia (CRc) Super Pro - Economy Rent a Car 5.50 66 Jose Varela (CRc) ADOCI 14.02 67 Pablo Acosta (CRc) ADOCI 14.30 68 Mario Santizo (Gua) Guatemala National Team 16.20 69 Juan Chaverri (CRc) ADOCI 23.40 70 Moises Hernandez (CRc) BCR - Pizza Hut 31.18 71 Jose Aguirre (Mex) Canel's Turbo - Mayordomo 33.52 72 Luis Alvarez (CRc) ADOCI 36.25 73 Mariano Herrera (CRc) IBP Pensiones 74 Stif Morera (CRc) Super Pro - Economy Rent a Car 75 Vicent Veilleux (Can) Team Tourdequebec.com 39.51 Sprints Sprint one 1 Adonis Cardoso (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 5 pts 2 Alfredo Ajpacaja (Gua) Guatemala National Team 3 3 Juan Felix (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 2 4 Pedro Sibila (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 1 Sprint two 1 Maikol Cambronero (CRc) Super Pro - Economy Rent a Car 5 pts 2 Warren Calvo (CRc) IBP Pensiones 3 3 Fredi Colop (Gua) Guatemala National Team 2 4 Pedro Sibila (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 1 Sprint three 1 Fredy Buergos (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 5 pts 3 Juan Felix (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 3 5 Pedro Sibila (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 2 7 Norlandy Taveras (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 1 Teams 1 Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 12.42.21 2 BCR - Pizza Hut 3 Dos Pinos - Coopenae 4 IBP Pensiones 5 Dominican Republic National Team 0.03 6 Guatemala National Team 2.59 7 Super Pro - Economy Rent a Car 5.36 8 Canel's Turbo - Mayordomo 9 Team Tourdequebec.com 8.24 10 ADOCI 19.27 General classification after stage 2 1 Marcos Salas (Dos Pinos-Coopenae) 4.27.31 2 Steven Villalobos (Dos Pinos-Coopenae) 3 Nieves Carrasco (Dos Pinos-Coopenae) 4 Federico Ramírez (BCR-Pizza Hut) 0.05 5 Gregory Brenes (BCR-Pizza Hut) Sprints classification 1 Fredy Buergos (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 5 pts 2 Adonis Cardoso (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 5 3 Maikol Cambronero (CRc) Super Pro - Economy Rent a Car 5 4 Juan Felix (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 5 5 Pedro Sibila (Cub) Mapache - Greatwall - Cuba 4 6 Alfredo Ajpacaja (Gua) Guatemala National Team 3 7 Warren Calvo (CRc) IBP Pensiones 3 8 Fredi Colop (Gua) Guatemala National Team 2 9 Norlandy Taveras (Dom) Dominican Republic National Team 1
