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2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge – Stage 2 Preview
Tabbed as the Queen Stage of the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge, the 131.1 mile sojourn from Gunnison to Aspen will see the peloton traverse two peaks each over 12,000 feet above sea level. The first, Cottonwood Pass, sits at 12,126 feet and is considered the highest point of the race. By comparison, the highest [...]
Teams/Racers Announced for Aspen Snowmass Women’s Pro Stage Race
Aspen, Colorado – Top female riders from around the country are gearing up for the Aspen Snowmass Women’s Pro Stage Race Presented by UnitedHealthcare, with the announcement of participating teams today. “We’re thrilled to have such a strong interest from top riders and teams,” said Jessica Phillips, event developer, two-time national champion and Aspen local. [...]
2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge – Stage 1 Preview
With a start in Salida, Colorado’s cycling mecca and the race’s smallest start city, racers will take a circuit through downtown Salida before heading on their way on this 99.4 mile course to Mt. Crested Butte. Stage 1 offers the riders their first taste of a Rocky Mountain high as they race to the top [...]
Women’s Professional Cycling Comes to Aspen
Aspen, Colorado – After a 23-year hiatus, Aspen will once again host international professional men’s cycling, but two-time National Champion Jessica Phillips wasn’t content to simply watch the “Queen Stage” of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge finish in town on August 24. She wanted women to have a chance to race as well. “I started [...]
2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge – Prologue Preview
The inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge kicks off next Monday, August 22nd, with a 5.5 mile Prologue in Colorado Springs. Home to USA Cycling, the United States Olympic Training Center and Carmichael Training System, Colorado Springs will be one of three Front Range communities included in the inaugural race. Starting at the Garden of the [...]
Colorado and The Girl I Left Behind
Despite spending four years in a neighboring state and having been invited to Colorado multiple times, I never made it to the Centennial State. Never the skier nor the outdoor sports enthusiasts that I would eventually become, my focus was elsewhere during my college years, and as such I missed out on so many great [...]
Rosters for USA Pro Cycling Challenge Announced
Top Cyclists George Hincapie, Christian Vande Velde and Robert Gesink Join Previously Announced Tour de France Top-3 for Inaugural Race Denver, CO – The provisional team rosters* for the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge, which is set to take place from August 22-28, were announced today, marking one of the best fields ever assembled on [...]
Tour de France Top Three Confirmed to Compete in USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Cadel Evans, Andy Schleck and Fränk Schleck Headline Colorado Race along with Top American Rider Tom Danielson and Italian Ivan Basso Denver, CO – 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 a move [...]
Rabobank Cycling Team Confirmed for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge
After Mollema’s Second Place Finish at the Tour de France, Rabobank Aims to Conquer the Colorado Rockies DENVER – Today the USA Pro Cycling Challenge announced the final team roster to compete in its race, August 22-28. Rabobank Cycling Team headlines the new additions, joining seven other Pro Tour teams, including Saxo Bank-SunGard, Leopard Trek, [...]
USA Pro Cycling Challenge Introduces Millennium Promise T-shirts Designed By Tommy Hilfiger
All Proceeds From Each Millennium Promise and Spokes of Change Shirt to Benefit the Work of Millennium Promise New York, NY – Millennium Promise, the leading international nonprofit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty, and the USA Pro Cycling Challenge today unveiled designs for bicycle-themed apparel created by Tommy Hilfiger. There are two specific designs [...]
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