Race details | |
---|---|
Region | Costa Rica |
English name | Women's Tour of Costa Rica |
Local name(s) | Vuelta a Costa Rica |
Nickname(s) | Giro Tico |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI Elite Women's Calendar |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Federacion Costaricense de Ciclismo |
Web site | fecoci |
History | |
First edition | 1991 |
Editions | 19 (as of 2022) |
First winner | Rosaura Méndez (CRC) |
Most wins | Karen Matamoros (CRC)(3 wins) |
Most recent | Carolina Vargas (COL) |
The Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica is a multi-day bicycle racing stage race held annually in Costa Rica. The race is categorised as 2.2 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and has traditionally been run in October, although in 2009 it was held in May. The events are organised by the Federacion Costaricense de Ciclismo.
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | Costa Rica | Rosaura Méndez | ||
1992– 2001 | No race | |||
2002 | Costa Rica | Karen Matamoros | Pizza Hut | |
2003 | Costa Rica | Karen Matamoros | Pizza Hut | |
2004 | Colombia | Viviana Maya | Team Matamoros | |
2005 | Costa Rica | Karen Matamoros | Team Matamoros | |
2006 | Costa Rica | Adriana Rojas | Battery | |
2007 | Costa Rica | Adriana Rojas | Battery | |
2008 | Colombia | Gloria Gutiérrez | Futuro Colombia | |
2009 | El Salvador | Evelyn García | Fenixs | |
2010 | El Salvador | Evelyn García | Fenixs | |
2011 | Costa Rica | Edith Guillén | ||
2012 | Costa Rica | Edith Guillén | ||
2013 | Lithuania | Inga Čilvinaitė | Pasta Zara–Cogeas | |
2014 | Russia | Olga Zabelinskaya | RusVelo | |
2015 | Costa Rica | Milagro Mena | ||
2016 | Cuba | Arlenis Sierra | World Cycling Centre | |
2017 | Cuba | Arlenis Sierra | Astana | |
2018 [1] | Colombia | Liliana Moreno | Astana | |
2019 | No race | |||
2020– 2021 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica | |||
2022 [2] | Colombia | Carolina Vargas | Colombia (national team) |
The Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica is a bicycle racing stage race held annually since 1965 in Costa Rica. The men's Vuelta carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the sport's international governing body. For the women's race see; Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica.
Evelyn Yesenia García Marroquín is a Salvadoran cycle racer, who specialises as an all-rounder, having won time-trials and mountain stages in the past. She has won the Vuelta a El Salvador on two occasions, the only woman to do so, in 2004 and 2007.
Íngrid Drexel Clouthier is a Mexican road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Women's Team Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank.
Paola Andrea Muñoz Grandón is a Chilean road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Team Swapit–Agolíco. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Flávia Maria de Oliveira Paparella is a Brazilian racing cyclist. She competed in the 2013 UCI Women's World Championship Road Race in Florence, as well as the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Championships in Ponferrada. She competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro where she finished in seventh place, the highest placed finish for a Brazilian rider in any Olympic cycling event.
Edith Guillén Chavarria is a Costa Rican racing cyclist. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.
Ana Teresa Casas Bonilla is a Mexican racing cyclist, who rides for American amateur team CWA Racing p/b Goldman Sachs ETFs. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's time trial and 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.
A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team is a professional women's cycling team registered in Italy, which first competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup in 2015.
The 2015 UCI America Tour was the eleventh season for the UCI America Tour. The season began on 9 January 2015 with the Vuelta al Táchira and ended on 25 December 2015 with the Vuelta a Costa Rica.
Gleydimar Tapia Romero is a Venezuelan former road and track cyclist. She competed at the 2015 Pan American Games.
Erika Haydee Varela Huerta is a Mexican racing cyclist. She rode in the women's road race at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.
Miryam Maritza Núñez Padilla is an Ecuadorian professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Massi–Tactic. She rode in the women's road race at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.
Milagro Mena Solano is a Costa Rican racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Servetto–Makhymo–Beltrami TSA. She rode in the women's road race at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.
Sofia Bertizzolo is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UEA Team ADQ
Román Villalobos Solís is a Costa Rican cyclist, who is provisionally suspended from the sport after taking blood transfusions and a positive anti-doping test for androgen and anabolic steroid metandienone at the 2018 Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica.
PatoBike–BMC is a women's professional road bicycle racing team which participates in elite women's races.
Blanca Liliana Moreno Canchon is a Colombian professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team Astana.
Marcela Elizabeth Prieto Castañeda is a Mexican racing cyclist, who most recently rode for Mexican amateur team PatoBike–BMC.
Jasmin Gabriela Soto López is a Guatemalan professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for Colombian amateur team Liro Sport.
Colombia Pacto Por El Deporte–GW–Shimano is a Colombian-based women's road cycling team that was founded in 2020.