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La Ruta de los Conquistadores Stages
Stage 1
- Location:
- Jaco - Santa Ana
- Distance:
- 106 km
Stage 2
- Location:
- Santa Ana - Terramall
- Distance:
- 77 km
Stage 3
- Location:
- Terramall - Turrialba
- Distance:
- 85 km
Stage 4
- Location:
- Turrialba - Limon
- Distance:
- 121 km
La Ruta de los Conquistadores Photos
- Stage winner Luis Leao Pinto holds his bike in the air in celebration.
- Federico Ramirez leads the four-man front group on the climb.
- Lead moto driver Frederico with Rebecca Rusch at the finish. He was her motivation on stage 3.
- Sam Schultz (Subaru - Trek)
- Luis Mejia Sanchez and Federico Ramirez
- Milton Ramos leads Sam Schultz.
- Race leader Ben Sonntag, Blake Harlan and Rebecca Rusch share post-stage stories while catching the shuttle to their race hotel.
- Ben Sonntag is almost at the finish as the stage 1 winner.
- Rebecca Rusch with La Ruta's Pipa Leon. Leon worked hard to ensure a talented women's pro field competing in the race.
- Rebecca Rusch after finishing her second La Ruta
- Rebecca Rusch rides in third.
- A view from the beginning of the La Ruta stage 1 course.
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La Ruta de los Conquistadores News
La Ruta de Los Conquistadores shifts forward on 2011 calendar
Mountain bike stage race moves to early November
Sonntag jubilant after first stage race overall victory
Former winter triathlon world champ finds his cycling legs
Turner one of top Americans at La Ruta
Lots of suffering for Jamis rider in Costa Rica
Carmichael celebrates 50th birthday with La Ruta finish
Armstrong's coach completes gruelling mountain bike stage race in Costa Rica
Schultz ponders the World Cup vs. La Ruta
World Cup mountain biker's eyes opened in Costa Rica
La Ruta racers head to the volcanos for third stage
No more outside support levels playing field at La Ruta
Harlan takes on La Ruta
La Ruta newbie Schultz ready for the challenge
La Ruta de los Conquistadores Blogs
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Gringo paceline day
Time to swim in the Carribean and sleep
Lack of sleep adds to challenge
Race organization cracks down on rules
Finding motivation in the middle of nowhere
Volcanos coming tomorrow
Much better than last year
Impressions from day 1 very different
Back again but with a different attitude
Rusch returns to La Ruta four years later