The 2014 Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica was a stage race held in Costa Rica, with a UCI rating of 2.2. It was the third stage race of the 2014 Women's Elite cycling calendar.
Stages
Stage 1 26 February 2014 – Guápiles to San Miguel de Sarapiquí, Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Newton 2 Astana BePink + 6" 3 RusVelo + 8" 4 RusVelo + 15" 5 RusVelo + 19" 6 Pedalea Con Nosotras + 22" 7 Astana BePink + 22" 8 Specialized Colombia + 27" 9 Alé Cipollini + 33" 10 Alé Cipollini + 38"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Newton 2 Astana BePink + 10" 3 RusVelo + 14" 4 RusVelo + 25" 5 RusVelo + 29" 6 Pedalea Con Nosotras + 32" 7 Astana BePink + 32" 8 Specialized Colombia + 37" 9 Alé Cipollini + 43" 10 Alé Cipollini + 48"
Stage 2 27 February 2014 – San Gerardo Ticabán to San Rafael La Colonia, , individual time trial (ITT)
Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 RusVelo 2 Specialized Colombia + 1' 16" 3 RusVelo + 1' 31" 4 Alé Cipollini + 1' 32" 5 Newton + 1' 48" 6 Astana BePink + 2' 16" 7 Alé Cipollini + 2' 23" 8 Pedalea Con Nosotras + 2' 28" 9 Alé Cipollini + 2' 35" 10 RusVelo + 2' 49"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 RusVelo 2 Newton + 1' 34" 3 Specialized Colombia + 1' 39" 4 RusVelo + 1' 46" 5 Alé Cipollini + 1' 54" 6 Astana BePink + 2' 12" 7 Pedalea Con Nosotras + 2' 46" 8 RusVelo + 3' 04" 9 Alé Cipollini + 3' 09" 10 Alé Cipollini + 3' 23"
Stage 3 28 February 2014 – Orotina to Parrita,
Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Alé Cipollini 2 Astana BePink s.t. 3 Mexico (national team) s.t. 4 Alé Cipollini + 3" 5 Specialized Colombia + 3" 6 Alé Cipollini + 3" 7 Astana BePink + 3" 8 Servetto-Zhiraf + 3" 9 Newton + 3" 10 RusVelo + 3"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 RusVelo 2 Newton + 1' 34" 3 Alé Cipollini + 1' 35" 4 Specialized Colombia + 1' 39" 5 RusVelo + 1' 46" 6 Astana BePink + 2' 10" 7 Pedalea Con Nosotras + 2' 46" 8 RusVelo + 3' 04" 9 Alé Cipollini + 3' 09" 10 Alé Cipollini + 3' 22"
Stage 4 1 March 2014 – Heredia to Grecia,
Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Astana BePink 2 Newton s.t. 3 RusVelo s.t. 4 Alé Cipollini s.t. 5 Specialized Colombia s.t. 6 Alé Cipollini s.t. 7 Astana BePink s.t. 8 Astana BePink s.t. 9 Pedalea Con Nosotras + 5" 10 RusVelo + 20"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 RusVelo 2 Newton + 1' 32" 3 Astana BePink + 2' 04" 4 Specialized Colombia + 2' 59" 5 Alé Cipollini + 3' 13" 6 Pedalea Con Nosotras + 3' 16" 7 RusVelo + 3' 28" 8 Astana BePink + 3' 56" 9 Astana BePink + 4' 09" 10 Alé Cipollini + 4' 09"
Stage 5 2 March 2014 – San José to San José,
Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Alé Cipollini 2 Alé Cipollini s.t. 3 Astana BePink s.t. 4 Mexico (national team) s.t. 5 Mexico (national team) s.t. 6 RusVelo s.t. 7 Pedalea Con Nosotras s.t. 8 RusVelo s.t. 9 Mexico (national team) s.t. 10 RusVelo s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 RusVelo 2 Newton + 1' 32" 3 Astana BePink + 2' 04" 4 Specialized Colombia + 2' 58" 5 Pedalea Con Nosotras + 3' 11" 6 Alé Cipollini + 3' 11" 7 RusVelo + 3' 28" 8 Alé Cipollini + 3' 56" 9 Astana BePink + 3' 56" 10 Astana BePink + 4' 09"
Jerseys denotes the leader of the General classification; the rider who has the lowest accumulated time.
Classification leadership table Stage Winner General classification Mountains classification Sprints classification Young rider classification Teams classification 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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