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No Schlecks this year at the Pro Challenge. Andy had wanted to race here but is still nursing his injured pelvis. Frank was suspended by the team during the Tour de France for a positive doping result. The Radio Shack roster will include: Riders: George Bennett, Matthew Busche, Jakob […]
It’s expected that the two last stages of the Pro Challenge, which include a finish on Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder and the final day time trial in Denver will make the race more competitive and will be where it’s won. Theses last two days should be really exciting. The race […]
Denver (Aug. 8, 2012) – Marking one of the best fields ever assembled on American soil for a professional cycling race, the provisionary team rosters* for the 2012 USA Pro Challenge have been confirmed. Taking place August 20-26, the race will travel through 12 host cities, taking riders and fans […]
Best town: Salida.Hosts April Prout-Ralph and Greg Ralph were outstanding.They made me feel like I have new best friends and they were lots and lots of fun. Besides taking care of me in Salida, we met up at the top of Independence Pass. April had bought a box of doughnuts […]
Today saw one breakaway on the road from Avon to Steamboat Springs. The small group was caught by the peloton easily and the race ended in a sprint finish in Steamboat Springs. It wasn’t possible to shoot along the course and make it to the finish. Thousands of people lined […]
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 […]
