Vuelta Internacional a Costa Rica 2009: Stage 4 Results

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The peloton draws the three-man break in on a flatter part of the course(Image credit: Vuelta Internacional a Costa Rica)

Costa Rican Esteban Castro gave his team Bufete Guzmán y Álvarez-Exeltec its very first victory in the history of La Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Costa Rica. Castro won today¹s fourth stage between La Fortuna of San Carlos, at the North of the country, and Liberia, the business capital of the North Pacific province of Guanacaste.

The winner jumped out of the peloton with some 30 kilometers to go, after the peloton had reeled in the three riders that had starred the longest breakaway of the tour so far. Local Luis Rojas (Bufete Guzmán y Álvarez.Exeltec), Eduardo Garita (Citibank-Economy Rent a Car-Blue) and Hersson Jiménez (Plycem-JPS-Orbea) attacked early in the stage and moved out to an advantage of 11 minutes in the middle of the race, before being caught on the flattest section of the course.

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Results
1	Esteban Castro (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	4:56:42
2	Carlos Pulgarin (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	0:00:22
3	William Valencia (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Henry Raabe (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Jean Lachance (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Fabricio Quiros (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Jeroen Kers (Ned) Amsterdam Team	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Steven Villalobos (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Gregori Brenes (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Niels Lommers (Ned) Amsterdam Team	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Federico Ramirez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Juan Rojas (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Mariano Herrera (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Douglas Offer (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Marconi Duran (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Carlos Hernandez (Gua) Guatemala National Team	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Alexander Sanchez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Jose Bonilla (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Janier Acevedo (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Alexis Castro (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Guillermo Gonzalez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Pablo Araya (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	0:00:26
23	Marco Salas (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Marco Guillen (CRc) Grupo Ice	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Cesar Rojas (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Jesus Castaño (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Enrique Artavia (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Erick Perez (Gua) Guatemala National Team	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Paulo Vargas (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Allan Morales (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Josue Gonzalez (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Diego Flores (Gua) Guatemala National Team	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Juan Solis (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Johan Barahona (CRc) Grupo Ice	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Jan Lof (Ned) Amsterdam Team	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Cory Wallace (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Charles Thibault (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Nicolas Castro (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Allan Cordero (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Moises Hernandez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Marco Salas (CRc) Grupo Ice	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Julian Rodas (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Marvin Guzman (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Jose Montero (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Roman Villalobos (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Noe Alvarez (Gua) Guatemala National Team	0:00:34
47	Eddier Godinez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Alfredo Sanchez (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	0:00:38
49	Gilbert Tencio (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	0:00:34
50	Vincent Veilleuz (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	0:00:45
51	Giel Nijs (Ned) Amsterdam Team	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Lars Van Devall (Ned) Amsterdam Team	0:00:51
53	Randall Aguilar (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	0:00:49
54	Hersson Jimenez (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	0:00:55
55	Jonathan Camacho (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:00:54
56	Luis Alvarez (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	0:00:57
57	Luis Rojas (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Daniel Rodriguez (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	0:01:02
59	Dion Beukeboom (Ned) Amsterdam Team	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Renan Gonzalez (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:01:12
61	Cody Camming (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	0:01:07
62	Miguel Rojas (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:05:09
63	Mynor Lopez (Gua) Guatemala National Team	0:01:48
64	Daniel Korevaar (Ned) Amsterdam Team	0:07:26
65	Eduardo Garita (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	0:07:16
66	Pablo Leiva (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:13:24
67	Alfredo Flores (Gua) Guatemala National Team	0:11:36
68	David Vargas (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:32:42
69	Alejandro Padilla (Gua) Guatemala National Team	0:13:25
70	Dirk Van Der Craats (Ned) Amsterdam Team	0:32:42
DNF	Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Russian National Team	Row 70 - Cell 2
DNF	Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Russian National Team	Row 71 - Cell 2
DNF	Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russian National Team	Row 72 - Cell 2
DNF	Victor Smalko (Rus) Russian National Team	Row 73 - Cell 2
DNF	Evgeniy Kovalev (Rus) Russian National Team	Row 74 - Cell 2

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General classification
1	Gregori Brenes (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	12:27:35
2	Federico Ramirez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	0:00:01
3	Alexander Sanchez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Henry Raabe (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	0:00:04
5	Marconi Duran (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	0:00:05
6	Jose Bonilla (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Allan Morales (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Fabricio Quiros (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	0:00:09
9	Janier Acevedo (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	0:00:10
10	William Valencia (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	0:00:11
11	Juan Rojas (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	0:00:14
12	Pablo Araya (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	0:00:15
13	Nicolas Castro (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Jesus Castaño (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Alexis Castro (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	0:00:16
16	Paulo Vargas (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	0:00:19
17	Steven Villalobos (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	0:00:20
18	Cesar Rojas (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	0:00:23
19	Marco Salas (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	0:00:24
20	Julian Rodas (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Carlos Pulgarin (Col) Greatwall-Indeportes Antioquia	0:00:29
22	Marco Salas (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:00:51
23	Juan Solis (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	0:00:57
24	Jose Montero (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	0:01:15
25	Guillermo Gonzalez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	0:01:21
26	Josue Gonzalez (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	0:01:29
27	Eddier Godinez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	0:01:52
28	Enrique Artavia (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	0:01:55
29	Esteban Castro (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	0:02:46
30	Diego Flores (Gua) Guatemala National Team	0:02:49
31	Mariano Herrera (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	0:03:06
32	Cory Wallace (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	0:03:09
33	Roman Villalobos (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	0:03:10
34	Mynor Lopez (Gua) Guatemala National Team	0:03:15
35	Erick Perez (Gua) Guatemala National Team	0:03:48
36	Carlos Hernandez (Gua) Guatemala National Team	0:03:55
37	Allan Cordero (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	0:03:57
38	Douglas Offer (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	0:03:58
39	Luis Rojas (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	0:04:01
40	Noe Alvarez (Gua) Guatemala National Team	0:05:04
41	Jonathan Camacho (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:05:53
42	Gilbert Tencio (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	0:06:11
43	Johan Barahona (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:06:19
44	Daniel Rodriguez (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	0:07:09
45	Hersson Jimenez (CRc) Plycem-JPS-Orbea	0:07:11
46	Moises Hernandez (CRc) BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS-Powerade	0:07:20
47	Daniel Korevaar (Ned) Amsterdam Team	0:07:40
48	Randall Aguilar (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	0:07:41
49	Marvin Guzman (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	0:07:51
50	Renan Gonzalez (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:11:09
51	Miguel Rojas (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:13:52
52	Vincent Veilleuz (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	0:14:34
53	Alfredo Flores (Gua) Guatemala National Team	0:15:38
54	Jean Lachance (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	0:17:04
55	Jeroen Kers (Ned) Amsterdam Team	0:17:26
56	Jan Lof (Ned) Amsterdam Team	0:17:47
57	Dion Beukeboom (Ned) Amsterdam Team	0:18:11
58	Lars Van Devall (Ned) Amsterdam Team	0:18:41
59	Charles Thibault (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	0:19:56
60	Giel Nijs (Ned) Amsterdam Team	0:22:20
61	Cody Camming (Can) Tour D’Quebec-GTH	0:23:13
62	Alfredo Sanchez (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	0:23:27
63	Marco Guillen (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:24:37
64	Eduardo Garita (CRc) Citibank-Economy Rent A Car-Blue	0:25:10
65	Alejandro Padilla (Gua) Guatemala National Team	0:29:47
66	Niels Lommers (Ned) Amsterdam Team	0:29:58
67	Pablo Leiva (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:32:41
68	David Vargas (CRc) Grupo Ice	0:35:49
69	Luis Alvarez (CRc) Bufete Guzmán & Álvarez - Exceltec	0:39:18
70	Dirk Van Der Craats (Ned) Amsterdam Team	0:57:06