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| Dates | 26 February–2 March | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 340.59 km (211.6 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8h 52' 19" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica was a stage race held in Costa Rica, with a UCI rating of 2.2. [1] It was the third stage race of the 2014 Women's Elite cycling calendar.
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Stage 2 Result
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Stage 3 Result
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Stage 4 Result
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Stage 5 Result
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denotes the leader of the General classification; the rider who has the lowest accumulated time.| Stage | Winner | General classification  | Mountains classification | Sprints classification | Young rider classification | Teams classification |
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| 1 | Flávia Oliveira | Flávia Oliveira | Flávia Oliveira | Shelley Olds | Ana Fagua | RusVelo |
| 2 | Olga Zabelinskaya | Olga Zabelinskaya | Susanna Zorzi | |||
| 3 | Shelley Olds | Alena Amialiusik | ||||
| 4 | Alena Amialiusik | |||||
| 5 | Shelley Olds | |||||
| Final | Olga Zabelinskaya | Alena Amialiusik | Shelley Olds | Susanna Zorzi | RusVelo | |
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