Costa Rica · Youth cycling development
Young talent with a pathway forward
A Costa Rican youth cycling development program, built around one idea: helping young athletes chase their dreams in the sport while they build a future.
● 2026 season · 3 riders · Road, MTB and time trial
Context
Cycling is a popular sport in Costa Rica
Cycling is one of the most popular sports in Costa Rica. The national road and mountain-bike circuit runs almost year-round, with the Vuelta a Costa Rica as its anchor, and weekend races draw full fields across the country.
That popularity reaches the youth categories. Amateur and junior clubs are active in every province, and the riders coming out of them train with real structure rather than turning up to race on borrowed bikes.
The problem
Participation is not the same as a pathway
Talent is not the constraint. Structure is.
For all the riders and all the races, the support that takes a young talent past the amateur level has never really existed in Costa Rica. A junior can win everything at home and still have nowhere to go next.
Plenty of teams put real effort into developing these riders, but the chance to compete abroad at elite level stays out of reach.
Very few Costa Rican athletes get the chance to race abroad or line up in elite events, because the structural support has never been aimed at that. Families cover the equipment, the travel and the entries on their own, and most stop when the cost outgrows the season.
That is the gap Advance Cycling was created to close.
Explore the program
Everything behind Advance Cycling
- The projectWhat Advance Cycling is and why it exists.
- Talent HubWe are part of Advance Talent Hub: from sport to university.
- MethodThe four steps that take a rider to the next level.
- RidersJimena, Daniela and Saúl, and the seat we want to fill.
- GrowthFrom three riders in 2026 to a squad of six in 2028.
- TeamThe people who run the project.
Let's build it together
Let's make Costa Rican cycling bigger
We want to turn this project into something real for these riders and help make cycling in Costa Rica and the region bigger than it is today. If your brand, company or family wants to be part of it, let's talk.