Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica

Vuelta Femenina a Costa Rica

Race details
Date	May
Region	Costa Rica
English name	Women's Tour of Costa Rica
Local name(s)	Vuelta a Costa Rica
Nickname(s)	Giro Tico
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Elite Women's Calendar
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Federacion Costaricense de Ciclismo
Web site	fecoci.net/arlenis-sierra-campeona-de-vfcr-banco-popular/
History
First edition	2002
Editions	16 (as of 2017)
First winner	Karen Matamoros (CRC)
Most wins	Karen Matamoros (CRC) (3 wins)
Most recent	Arlenis Sierra (CUB)

The Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica is a multi-day bicycle racing stage races held annually in Costa Rica. The women's race is ranked 2.2 by the UCI and has traditionally been run in October, although in 2009 it was held in May. The events are organized by the Federacion Costaricense de Ciclismo. For the men's race see the Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica.

Previous winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
2002	Costa Rica	Karen Matamoros	Pizza Hut
2003	Costa Rica	Karen Matamoros	Pizza Hut
2004	Colombia	Viviana Maya	Team Matamoros
2005	Costa Rica	Karen Matamoros	Team Matamoros
2006	Costa Rica	Adriana Rojas	Battery
2007	Costa Rica	Adriana Rojas	Battery
2008	Colombia	Gloria Gutiérrez	Futuro Colombia
2009	El Salvador	Evelyn García	Fenixs
2010	El Salvador	Evelyn García	Fenixs
2011	Costa Rica	Edith Guillén
2012	Costa Rica	Edith Guillén
2013	Lithuania	Inga Čilvinaitė	Pasta Zara – Cogeas
2014	Russia	Olga Zabelinskaya	RusVelo
2015	Costa Rica	Milagro Mena
2016	Cuba	Arlenis Sierra	Centre Mondial du Cyclisme
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2018	Colombia	Liliana Moreno	Astana Women's

External links

• Official website of Federacion Costaricense de Ciclismo –Organisers of the Vuelta a Costa Rica