Costa Rica

A spate of incidents shook the country’s cycling scene last year. VeloNews went inside Costa Rica’s efforts to clean up its act.

Sonntag out of the running in the Costa Rican stage race. "I guess it wasn't supposed to be this year"

New stage 2 complements classic la Ruta features like volcanoes, mud and sketchy train trestles.

In its third year, the five-stage North Face Costa Rica Trophy Bike event runs from Oct. 12 to 16, about a month before another well-known mountain bike stage race in the Central American country.

Caribbean rain fell all of Friday night and throughout Saturday making for a wet and muddy ride to the end of La Ruta de los Conquistadores in Costa Rica.

California-based Costa Rican Manuel Prado of ShoAir/Specialized scores victory in his sixth attempt at the classic four-day stage race.

Didn't get down to Costa Rica for La Ruta? We've got it in living color right here...

The 17th installment of La Ruta saw 225 racers from various countries start the 389-km race on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. The race will finish on the country's Caribbean shore on Nov. 14.

From the Pacific to the Caribbean, La Ruta de los Conquistadores will serve up four days of suffering.