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After a two hour transfer from Aspen, today’s race took place in Vail, Colorado. The time trial followed a large part of the 1987 Coors Classic Time Trial. It was ten miles long and finished at nearly 10,000′. Hundreds of fans lined the route, especially the last couple of miles […]
George Hincapie won today’s stage from Gunnison to Aspen over Cottonwood Pass and Independence Pass. We were predicting a Colombian would win and George’s parents are from Colombia, so he qualifies. The yellow jersey is now on the back of Tejay Van Garderen of HTC-Highroad. Cottonwood Pass was a pretty […]
Stage 1 started today in Salida, Colorado at the base of the Rockies. The race headed west over Monarch Pass and pretty much stayed together all day. After descending into the town of Crested Butte, the peloton finally broke apart. The temperature today was in the 80s which is pretty […]
The first prologue in the first USA Pro Cycling Challenge was won by German rider, Patrick Gretsch in 8 minutes, 27 seconds. The average speed was 58k per hour. Fans lined the route and took off from work to watch the race. Second was Christian Vandevelde and third was Brent […]
The top three Tour de France winners are expecting to be upstaged by Colombian Sergio Henao to upstage everyone in the mountains. Colombians are known to be great climbers. The altitude in Bogota is around 8,000′ and the mountains go up from there. When governor Hickenlooper spoke about Coloradoans being […]
Best Lineup For North American Stage Race Confirmed for USA Pro Cycling Challenge Top Cyclists George Hincapie, Christian Vande Velde and Robert GesinkJoin Previously Announced Tour de France Top-3 for Inaugural Race DENVER (August 9, 2011) – The provisionary team rosters* for the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge, which is […]
The racers then speed toward Denver, where they take six laps of a five-mile circuit along Speer Boulevard before heading past the original Quiznos store at 13thand Grant to reach the finish line on Broadway next to the State Capitol Building. An exciting five-mile circuit, the monumental finish line, and […]
Cadel Evans, Andy Schleck and Fränk Schleck Headline Colorado Race along with Top American Rider Tom Danielson and Italian Ivan Basso. USA Pro Cycling Challenge today announced that all three Tour de France podium placers are set to be at the starting line for the inaugural race, August 22-28. In […]
Host town and Mountain Pass Altitudes for the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado Host Towns Mountains Salida 7036′ Weldon Creek 2651m Gunnison 7703′ Mt Crested Butte 3450m Crested Butte 9375′ Cottonwood Pass 3684m Aspen 7908′ Independence Pass 3662m Vail 8150′ […]
Race co-chairman Shawn Hunter has confirmed that Cadel Evans, who just won the Tour de France last weekend, will be racing the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado in August. The Schleck brothers are also expected to be here. As part of BMC Racing, Evans is involved with Jim […]
