Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica 2012
| Vuelta a Costa Rica 2012 | |
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| Host country |
 Costa Rica
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| Competition period | 17.-29. December 2012 |
| Stages | twelve stages |
| overall length | 1431.2 km |
| Starting field | 76 drivers from 5 nations in 10 teams (56 of them arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Óscar Sánchez 36:38:20 h 2. Roman Villalobos + 0:54 min 3. Fabricio Quirós + 4:02 min
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| Team evaluation |
 Clos de Pirque Trek 106: 26: 04 h
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| Scoring jerseys | |
 Overall rating
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Óscar Sánchez
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 Scoring
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Óscar Sánchez
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 Mountain scoring
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Óscar Sánchez
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 Sprint scoring
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 Arnold Alcolea
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 U-23 rating
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Roman Villalobos
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| ← 2011 | 2013 → |
The 48th Vuelta a Costa Rica (officially: Vuelta a Costa Rica Kölbi ) took place from December 17th to 29th, 2012 in Costa Rica .
The race was part of the 2013 UCI America Tour , where it was classified in category 2.2 . The first eight drivers in the overall standings and the first three of each stage as well as those wearing the yellow jersey of the overall leader received points for the America ranking list after each stage.
Overall winner of the stage race was Óscar Sánchez (GW Shimano-Colombia). He won with a 54-second lead over the second-placed winner of the junior competition, Roman Villalobos from Junta de Protección Social-Giant. The podium was completed by Fabricio Quirós (BCR-Pizza Hut-Powerade). Sánchez also won mountains and points .
Attendees
Five local Costa Rican teams and five foreign teams from Colombia , Chile , Cuba and Guatemala competed . Continental teams and German-speaking drivers did not take part.
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Stages
| stage | Day | Start finish | km | Type | Stage winner |
Overall leader
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| 1. | December 17th | San José - Puerto Limón | 155.8 |  |
Gonzalo Garrido
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Gonzalo Garrido
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| 2. | December 18th | Puerto Limón - Pococí | 178.6 | |
Paulo Vargas
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| 3. | 19. December | Ticabán - Pococí | 28.8 |  |
Marlon Perez
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Jonathan Millan
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| 4th | 20th of December | Pococí - Paraíso de Cartago | 138.8 |  |
Cesar Rojas
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| 5. | 21st December | San José - Cañas | 162.9 | |
Óscar Sánchez
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| 6th | December 22 | Cañas - Grecia | 140.1 | |
Cesar Rojas
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| 7th | 23rd of December | Mountain time trial Poás | 18th | |
Óscar Sánchez
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Óscar Sánchez
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| R. | 24th of December | Rest day |  |
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| 8th. | 25 December | Circuito Presidente | 118.4 | |
Nieves Carrasco
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| 9. | December 26th | Jacó - Pérez Zeledón | 143, | |
Marlon Perez
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| 10. | December 27th | Circuito Osa | 121.4 | |
Nieves Carrasco
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| 11. | December 28th | San Ramón Sur - Pejibaye | 90.2 | |
Paulo Vargas
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| 12. | December 29th | Pérez Zeledón - San José | 134.8 |  |
Steven Villalobos
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