The night before the start of the 2007 La Ruta Stage race, Eliecer Prado passed away from health complications he had been fighting for the last two months in a Costa Rican hospital. Eliecer fought valiently since October and made it to see his older brother’s return for the 2007 La Ruta Stage Race.

It was a tough decision for Prado to even start the race after losing his brother. But with family support and knowing that Eliecer would have wanted him to continue,: Manny rode to a well earned 11th place overall finish in the Men’s Open division

From all of us on the team our prayers and sympathy go out to the Prado family.