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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name               = 2014 Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica
| image              =
| image_caption      =
| date               = 26 February–2 March
| stages             = 5
| distance           = 340.59
| unit               = km
| time               = 8h 52' 19"
| speed              = 38.39
| first              = [[Olga Zabelinskaya]]
| first_nat          = Russia
| first_team         = [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
| first_color        = violet
| second             = [[Flávia Oliveira]]
| second_nat         = Brazil
| second_team        = Newton
| third              = [[Alena Amialiusik]]
| third_nat          = Belarus
| third_team         = [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
| mountains          = [[Alena Amialiusik]]
| mountains_nat      = Belarus
| mountains_team     = [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
| mountains_color    = green
| sprints            = [[Shelley Olds]]
| sprints_nat        = United States
| sprints_team       = [[Alé Cipollini]]
| sprints_color      = red
| youth              = [[Susanna Zorzi]]
| youth_nat          = Italy
| youth_team         = [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
| youth_color        = blue
| team               = [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
| next               = [[2015 Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica|2015]]
}}
The '''2014 [[Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica]]''' was a stage race held in [[Costa Rica]], with a [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] rating of 2.2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://women.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?editie_idd=MjUxMjg=4|title = – CyclingFever – the International Cycling Social Network – Get the Cycling fever!}}</ref> It was the third stage race of the [[2014 in women's road cycling|2014 Women's Elite cycling calendar]].
==Stages==
===Stage 1===
;26 February 2014&nbsp;– [[Guápiles]] to  [[San Miguel de Sarapiquí]], {{convert|76.95|km|1|abbr=on}}
{|
|'''Stage 1 Result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Rider
!Team
!Time
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Flávia Oliveira]]|BRA}}
| Newton
|align="right"| {{nowrap|2h 06' 10"}}
|-
| 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Alena Amialiusik]]|BLR}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 6"
|-
| 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Zabelinskaya]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 8"
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Kuchinskaya]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 15"
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Alexandra Burchenkova]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 19"
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Edith Guillén]]|CRC}}
| Pedalea Con Nosotras
|align="right"| + 22"
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Doris Schweizer]]|SUI}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 22"
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Sérika Gulumá]]|COL}}
| Specialized Colombia
|align="right"| + 27"
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Shelley Olds]]|USA}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 33"
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Berlato]]|ITA}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 38"
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 1'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Rider
!Team
!Time
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Flávia Oliveira]]|BRA}} [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px|link=|alt=]][[File:Jersey green.svg|20px|link=|alt=]]
| Newton
|align="right"| {{nowrap|2h 06' 00"}}
|-
| 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Alena Amialiusik]]|BLR}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 10"
|-
| 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Zabelinskaya]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 14"
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Kuchinskaya]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 25"
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Alexandra Burchenkova]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 29"
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Edith Guillén]]|CRC}}
| Pedalea Con Nosotras
|align="right"| + 32"
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Doris Schweizer]]|SUI}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 32"
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Sérika Gulumá]]|COL}}
| Specialized Colombia
|align="right"| + 37"
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Shelley Olds]]|USA}} [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=]]
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 43"
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Berlato]]|ITA}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 48"
|}
|}
===Stage 2===
;27 February 2014&nbsp;– [[San Gerardo Ticabán]] to San Rafael La Colonia, {{convert|20.4|km|1|abbr=on}}, [[individual time trial]] (ITT)
{|
|'''Stage 2 Result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Rider
!Team
!Time
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Zabelinskaya]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| {{nowrap|29' 07"}}
|-
| 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Sérika Gulumá]]|COL}}
| Specialized Colombia
|align="right"| + 1' 16"
|-
| 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Alexandra Burchenkova]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 1' 31"
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Shelley Olds]]|USA}} [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=]]
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 1' 32"
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Flávia Oliveira]]|BRA}} [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px|link=|alt=]]
| Newton
|align="right"| + 1' 48"
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Alena Amialiusik]]|BLR}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 2' 16"
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Małgorzata Jasińska]]|POL}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 2' 23"
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Edith Guillén]]|CRC}}
| Pedalea Con Nosotras
|align="right"| + 2' 28"
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Berlato]]|ITA}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 2' 35"
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Aizhan Zhaparova]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 2' 49"
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 2'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Rider
!Team
!Time
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Zabelinskaya]]|RUS}} [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px|link=|alt=]]
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| {{nowrap|2h 35' 21"}}
|-
| 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Flávia Oliveira]]|BRA}} [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px|link=|alt=]]
| Newton
|align="right"| + 1' 34"
|-
| 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Sérika Gulumá]]|COL}}
| Specialized Colombia
|align="right"| + 1' 39"
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Alexandra Burchenkova]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 1' 46"
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Shelley Olds]]|USA}} [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=]]
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 1' 54"
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Alena Amialiusik]]|BLR}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 2' 12"
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Edith Guillén]]|CRC}}
| Pedalea Con Nosotras
|align="right"| + 2' 46"
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Kuchinskaya]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 3' 04"
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Berlato]]|ITA}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 3' 09"
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Małgorzata Jasińska]]|POL}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 3' 23"
|}
|}
===Stage 3===
;28 February 2014&nbsp;– [[Orotina]] to [[Parrita]], {{convert|85.5|km|1|abbr=on}}
{|
|'''Stage 3 Result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Rider
!Team
!Time
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Shelley Olds]]|USA}} [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]]
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| {{nowrap|1h 57' 57"}}
|-
| 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Anna Stricker]]|ITA}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Yussely Mendivil]]|MEX}}
| Mexico ''(national team)''
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Barbara Guarischi]]|ITA}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 3"
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Diana Peñuela]]|COL}}
| Specialized Colombia
|align="right"| + 3"
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Małgorzata Jasińska]]|POL}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 3"
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Alena Amialiusik]]|BLR}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 3"
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Maria Tuia]]|ITA}}
| [[Servetto-Zhiraf]]
|align="right"| + 3"
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Flávia Oliveira]]|BRA}} [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]]
| Newton
|align="right"| + 3"
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Alexandra Burchenkova]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 3"
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 3'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Rider
!Team
!Time
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Zabelinskaya]]|RUS}} [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px]]
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| {{nowrap|4h 33' 21"}}
|-
| 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Flávia Oliveira]]|BRA}}
| Newton
|align="right"| + 1' 34"
|-
| 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Shelley Olds]]|USA}} [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]]
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 1' 35"
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Sérika Gulumá]]|COL}}
| Specialized Colombia
|align="right"| + 1' 39"
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Alexandra Burchenkova]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 1' 46"
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Alena Amialiusik]]|BLR}} [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]]
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 2' 10"
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Edith Guillén]]|CRC}}
| Pedalea Con Nosotras
|align="right"| + 2' 46"
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Kuchinskaya]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 3' 04"
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Berlato]]|ITA}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 3' 09"
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Małgorzata Jasińska]]|POL}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 3' 22"
|}
|}
===Stage 4===
;1 March 2014&nbsp;– [[Heredia, Costa Rica|Heredia]] to [[Grecia, Costa Rica|Grecia]], {{convert|84.14|km|1|abbr=on}}
{|
|'''Stage 4 Result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Rider
!Team
!Time
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Alena Amialiusik]]|BLR}} [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]]
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| {{nowrap|2h 16' 08"}}
|-
| 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Flávia Oliveira]]|BRA}}
| Newton
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Zabelinskaya]]|RUS}} [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px]]
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Berlato]]|ITA}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Ana Fagua]]|COL}}
| Specialized Colombia
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Ane Santesteban]]|ESP}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Doris Schweizer]]|SUI}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Susanna Zorzi]]|ITA}} [[File:Jersey blue.svg|20px]]
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Bibiana Narváez]]|COL}}
| Pedalea Con Nosotras
|align="right"| + 5"
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Kuchinskaya]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 20"
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 4'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Rider
!Team
!Time
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Zabelinskaya]]|RUS}} [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px]]
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| {{nowrap|6h 49' 25"}}
|-
| 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Flávia Oliveira]]|BRA}}
| Newton
|align="right"| + 1' 32"
|-
| 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Alena Amialiusik]]|BLR}} [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]]
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 2' 04"
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Sérika Gulumá]]|COL}}
| Specialized Colombia
|align="right"| + 2' 59"
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Berlato]]|ITA}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 3' 13"
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Edith Guillén]]|CRC}}
| Pedalea Con Nosotras
|align="right"| + 3' 16"
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Kuchinskaya]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 3' 28"
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Doris Schweizer]]|SUI}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 3' 56"
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Susanna Zorzi]]|ITA}} [[File:Jersey blue.svg|20px]]
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 4' 09"
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Shelley Olds]]|USA}} [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]]
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 4' 09"
|}
|}
===Stage 5===
;2 March 2014&nbsp;– [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] to San José, {{convert|73.6|km|1|abbr=on}}
{|
|'''Stage 5 Result'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Rider
!Team
!Time
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Shelley Olds]]|USA}} [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]]
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| {{nowrap|2h 02' 54"}}
|-
| 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Barbara Guarischi]]|ITA}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Anna Stricker]]|ITA}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Yussely Mendivil]]|MEX}}
| Mexico ''(national team)''
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Erika Varela]]|MEX}}
| Mexico ''(national team)''
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Kuchinskaya]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Edith Guillén]]|CRC}}
| Pedalea Con Nosotras
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Zabelinskaya]]|RUS}} [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px]]
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Ana Teresa Casas]]|MEX}}
| Mexico ''(national team)''
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Aizhan Zhaparova]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| s.t.
|}
||
|'''Final General Classification'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Rider
!Team
!Time
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Zabelinskaya]]|RUS}} [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px]]
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| {{nowrap|8h 52' 19"}}
|-
| 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Flávia Oliveira]]|BRA}}
| Newton
|align="right"| + 1' 32"
|-
| 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Alena Amialiusik]]|BLR}} [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]]
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 2' 04"
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Sérika Gulumá]]|COL}}
| Specialized Colombia
|align="right"| + 2' 58"
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Edith Guillén]]|CRC}}
| Pedalea Con Nosotras
|align="right"| + 3' 11"
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Berlato]]|ITA}}
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 3' 11"
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Kuchinskaya]]|RUS}}
| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|align="right"| + 3' 28"
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Shelley Olds]]|USA}} [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]]
| [[Alé Cipollini]]
|align="right"| + 3' 56"
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Doris Schweizer]]|SUI}}
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 3' 56"
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Susanna Zorzi]]|ITA}} [[File:Jersey blue.svg|20px]]
| [[Astana BePink Womens Team|Astana BePink]]
|align="right"| + 4' 09"
|}
|}
==Jerseys==
:[[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] denotes the leader of the General classification; the rider who has the lowest accumulated time.
==Classification leadership table==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:86%;"
|- style="background-color: #efefef;"
! width="1%" | Stage
! width="14%"| Winner
! style="background:#EFEFEF;" width="15%"| [[General classification]]<br>[[File:Jersey violet.svg|25px|link=|alt=]]
! style="background:#EFEFEF;" width="15%"| Mountains classification<br>[[File:Jersey green.svg|25px|link=|alt=]]
! style="background:#EFEFEF;" width="15%"| Sprints classification<br>[[File:Jersey red.svg|25px|link=|alt=]]
! style="background:#EFEFEF;" width="15%"| Young rider classification<br>[[File:Jersey blue.svg|25px|link=|alt=]]
! style="background:#EFEFEF;" width="15%"| Teams classification
|-
! 1
| [[Flávia Oliveira]]
|style="background:violet;"| [[Flávia Oliveira]]
|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan=2| [[Flávia Oliveira]]
|style="background:pink;" rowspan=5| [[Shelley Olds]]
|style="background-color:lightblue;"| [[Ana Fagua]]
|rowspan=5| [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|-
! 2
| [[Olga Zabelinskaya]]
|style="background:violet;" rowspan=4| [[Olga Zabelinskaya]]
|style="background-color:lightblue;" rowspan=4| [[Susanna Zorzi]]
|-
! 3
| [[Shelley Olds]]
|style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan=3| [[Alena Amialiusik]]
|-
! 4
| [[Alena Amialiusik]]
|-
! 5
| [[Shelley Olds]]
|-
! colspan=2| '''Final'''
!style="background:purple;"| [[Olga Zabelinskaya]]
!style="background:green;"| [[Alena Amialiusik]]
!style="background:red;"| [[Shelley Olds]]
!style="background:dodgerblue;"| [[Susanna Zorzi]]
! [[RusVelo Women's Team|RusVelo]]
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:2014 in women's road cycling|Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica]]
[[Category:2014 in Costa Rican sport|Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica]]
[[Category:Women's road bicycle races]]
[[Category:International sports competitions hosted by Costa Rica]]
[[Category:Cycling in Costa Rica]]