Costa Rica's La Ruta de los Conquistadores finished it's fourth and final stage on Saturday with Ben Sonntag (who has been in the leader's jersey for the entire race) winning the overall. An adventure race in the truest sense of the word, La Ruta consisted of four stages from November 17th through the 20th and took riders from paved city roads to muddy paths over mountains and through jungles. You can read detailed race coverage by clicking here.

La Ruta's top 20 overall riders:
La Ruta's top 20 riders from stage 3:

La Ruta's top twenty General Classification after two stages:


La Ruta's stage two top twenty:

La Ruta's stage one top twenty:


Dry conditions hamper riders. Not. La Ruta can be a soggy trial.


Morning fog welcomes riders to six- and seven-hour days. La Ruta is a tough march.


More "dry" conditions.


Last year's La Ruta winner, Manny Prado, and his teammate Ben Bostrom (right), wrote an excellent story on how to approach epic racing in our April 2010 issue. Manny finished 9th this year. You can order back issues by calling (800) 767-0345. 


Manny and his leaders jersey from 2009. Manny is pretty good about updating his website. You can check it out by clicking here.