The American talks about winning the brutal, three-day race in Costa Rica

For Durán, it was his first victory — and his first La Ruta, clinched on stage one. Mata, meanwhile, won all three stages

Alex Grant moves to second and Todd Wells dips out of contention with a flat

Mata jumps out to 36-minute lead on first day of 2013 La Ruta

La Ruta de los Conquistadores opens Thursday on Costa Rica's Pacific coast

Cannondale rules the first Grand Junction Off-Road

The Cannondale-ShoAir rider opens a gap going into the second lap and never looks back

Jeremiah Bishop, Max Plaxton, Tinker Juarez, Pua Mata join forces for 2013 mountain bike campaign

American Todd Wells finished strong but couldn't defend his 2011 title

American Pua Mata was having fun, but defending champ Todd Wells was finding the competition a little faster this year