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Today at the Vuelta Costa Rica, we had an uphill time trial from Naranjo to Zarcero. David Drouin was the top rider from Ride for the Planet in 38th.
By Cory Wallace
Stage 5 of the Vuelta de Costa Rica was a 20 km uphill time trial from the village of Naranjo to Zaccero. It was as fun as such a thing could be although trying to chase down Ticos who were getting pushed by the fans up every steep section made an already challenging race that much tougher. We finished below a church in the fresh air of a cool little Costa Rican village. My teammate David and I had a the bright idea riding back to our San Jose hotel with our team director JML and our teammate Emile who missed the time cut in stage 4 after battling stomach eruption issues for a couple days. The 70 km ride back was sweet under sunny skies although it turned into a bit of a mission after JML's GPS lead us off track and down a 300 meter vertical descent in the wrong direction. Once back on track David called it a day as the rolling terrain was turning the 2 hour ride into a 3.5-4 hr mission. David spent the next 2 hours waiting at a corner store for our team staff to pick him up and was mobbed by the locals who wanted pictures and autographs from our tired teammate. Later on the ride back we lost JML in a maze of intersections and soon Emile and I were a bit lost, hopping onto the median of the pan american highway trying to snake our way across and back to the hotel for some recovery. 5 hours of riding after the time trial started we were finally back at the hotel for a night of rest.
The rest day was a rest day with lots of rice and beans, a small ride to my buddy Ronald and Angelas for a mid morning snack and a quick visit to University of Peace.
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