Date | December |
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Region | Costa Rica |
English name | Tour of Costa Rica |
Local name(s) | Vuelta a Costa Rica |
Nickname(s) | Giro Tico |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI America Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Federacion Costaricense de Ciclismo |
First edition | 1965 |
Editions | 52 (as of 2016) |
First winner | José Luis Sánchez (CRC) |
Most wins | Juan Carlos Rojas (CRC) (5 wins) |
Most recent | Cesar Rojas (CRC) |
The Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica (English: Tour of Costa Rica) refers to multi-day bicycle racing stage races held annually since 1965 in Costa Rica. The men's Vuelta carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the sport's international governing body. For the women's race see; Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica.