Vuelta a Costa Rica 2016

Vuelta a Costa Rica 2016
General
output	52. Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
Racing series	UCI America Tour 2017 2.2
Stages	12
date	December 13-25, 2016
overall length	1,649.21 km
Host country	Costa Rica
begin	Alajuela
target	Heredia
Driver at the start	99
Driver at the finish	47
Average speed	39.124 km / h
Result
winner	César Rojas (Frijoles Los Tierniticos-Arroz Halcón)
Second	Juan Carlos Rojas (Frijoles Los Tierniticos-Arroz Halcón)
Third	Román Villalobos (Canel's-Specialized)
Scoring	Román Villalobos (Canel's-Specialized)
Mountain scoring	Román Villalobos (Canel's-Specialized)
Sprint scoring	José Vega (Nestlé-Giant)
Young talent evaluation	Leandro Varela (Frijoles Los Tierniticos-Arroz Halcón)
Team evaluation	Frijoles Los Tierniticos-Arroz Halcón
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The 52nd Vuelta a Costa Rica 2016 was a road bike race in Costa Rica . The stage race took place from December 13th to 25th, 2016 . In addition, the bike race was part of the UCI America Tour 2017 and was classified in category 2.2 .

Participating teams

UCI Continental Teams Strongman Campagnolo Wilier
National teams  Russia	Cuba
societies Frijoles Tierniticos Scott - Tele Uno - BCT Ciclo Corea Bike Arbo Denzel Cliff Cycling Team	Nestlé - Giant Canet - Multiples Corella Team Costa Frut Canel's - Specialized	Equipo El Colono Ciclo Pigo Pérez Parabrisas Morales - Repuestos 2M Quebexico

Stages

stage	date	Stage locations	type	Length (km)	Stage winner	Overall leader
1st stage	13 Dec	Alajuela - Nicoya		190	Daniel Jara	Daniel Jara
2nd stage	14 Dec	Nicoya - Cañas		176	Efrén Santos	Daniel Jara
3rd stage	Dec 15	Cañas - Quesada		193	César Rojas	Daniel Jara
4th stage	16 Dec	Quesada - Guápiles		114.84	Bryan Salas	Daniel Jara
5th stage	17 Dec	Guápiles - Tucurrique		131.22	Roman Villalobos	Pablo Mudarra
6th stage	Dec 18	Orosi - Paraíso, Costa Rica		19.64	Roman Villalobos	Pablo Mudarra
	19 Dec	Rest day
7th stage	Dec 20	Alajuela - Grecia		176.19	Juan Carlos Rojas	César Rojas
8th stage	Dec. 21	San José - San Isidro de El General		126.83	Elías Vega	César Rojas
9th stage	22 Dec	Dominical - Golfito		145	Víctor García	César Rojas
10th stage	23 Dec	- San Isidro de El General		154	Carlos Becerra	César Rojas
11th stage	December 24	Rivas - Cot District		122.96	Juan Carlos Rojas	César Rojas
12th stage	25 Dec	Heredia - Heredia		99.53	Jonathan Caicedo	César Rojas

Overall rating

Overall rating driver country team time 1. César Rojas Costa Rica Frijoles Los Tierniticos-Arroz Halcón 42 h 09 min 11 s 2. Juan Carlos Rojas Costa Rica Frijoles Los Tierniticos-Arroz Halcón + 37 s 3. Roman Villalobos Costa Rica Canel's-Specialized + 5 min 11 s 4th Joseph Chavarría Costa Rica Nestlé Giant + 11 min 02 s 5. Leandro Varela Costa Rica Frijoles Los Tierniticos-Arroz Halcón + 15 min 49 s 6th Vladimir Fernández Costa Rica Scott-TeleUno-BCT + 16 min 28 s 7th Víctor García Spain Canel's-Specialized + 20 min 19 s 8th. Bryan Salas Costa Rica Scott-TeleUno-BCT + 21 min 42 s 9. Nicolás Paredes Colombia Strongman Campagnolo Wilier + 22 min 23 s 10. José Varela Costa Rica Canet-Múltiples Corella + 25 min 49 s

Scoring jerseys

stage	Stage winner	Overall rating	Young talent evaluation	Mountain scoring	Scoring	Meta volantes rating	Team evaluation
1	Daniel Jara	Daniel Jara	Daniel Jara	José Rodríguez	Carlos Brenes	Carlos Brenes	El Colono
2	Efrén Santos					José Vega	Strongman Campagnolo Wilier
3	César Rojas			César Rojas			Canel's - Specialized
4th	Bryan Salas
5	Roman Villalobos	Pablo Mudarra
6th	Roman Villalobos
7th	Juan Carlos Rojas	César Rojas	Yewinson Varela		César Rojas		Frijoles Tierniticos - Arroz Halcón - Specialized
8th	Elías Vega
9	Víctor García
10	Carlos Becerra			Roman Villalobos	Roman Villalobos
11	Juan Carlos Rojas
12	Jonathan Caicedo
Valuation winner		César Rojas	Yewinson Varela	Roman Villalobos	Roman Villalobos	José Vega	Frijoles Tierniticos

Web links

• Official website
• Vuelta a Costa Rica 2016 in the ProCyclingStats.com database