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La Ruta de los Conquistadores
La Ruta de los Conquistadores, known as the first mountain bike race of its kind, is a multi-stage race held in the Central American country of Costa Rica.〔Urbina, Roman. "La Ruta De Los Conquistadores." Personal interview. 11 February 2013.〕 La Ruta de los Conquistadores consists of crossing Costa Rica from the Pacific to the Atlantic Coast in the course of three days. It an individual race, covering approximately of terrain.〔 First staged in 1992, the three day race tests athletes with its 8000 (approx.) meters of elevation gain and strong climate changes. The event is also open to amateurs, having a 12-hour window to finish each stage, if competitors do not finish they are still welcome to race the next day but their cumulative times will not count on the overall results. “La Ruta de los Conquistadores pushes some of the world’s strongest mountain bikers to their limits on one of the toughest, most beautiful courses on Earth.”〔Hoad, Richard, and Paul Moore. The World's Toughest Endurance Challenges. Boulder, CO: VeloPress, 2012. Print.〕 Kevin Vermaak, founder of the Cape Epic event in South Africa, took inspiration in La Ruta de los Conquistadores.〔https://www.cape-epic.com/fans/hall-of-fame/milestones〕
== Origins ==
La Ruta de los Conquistadores, also widely known simply as La Ruta, was born in an effort to call the attention of the media, both nationally (in Costa Rica) and internationally, to the importance of the conservation of the flora and fauna of the country. La Ruta began as an ecological expedition following the paths of the Spanish Conquerors, Juan de Cavallón, Perafán de Ribera and Juan Vázquez de Coronado during their expeditions around 1653-1660.〔
The actual race was started in 1993 by Román Urbina, a renowned athlete and adventurer, also nominee for the mountain bike hall of fame for his work with La Ruta.〔 Along with some friends, Urbina decided to follow the steps of the Spanish Conquerors on his mountain bike for fun, realized how great of an event it could be and turned it into an international event since its first edition.
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