USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Aspen Stage
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge is the most demanding bike race ever held on American soil, with racers experiencing breathless altitudes, day after day. The race is on the level of the Tour de France, bringing the high speeds, danger and adrenaline of professional biking to elevations over 2 miles high in some of the most picturesque terrain in the world—the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Racers will arrive in Aspen on Aug. 22, 2012 and will continue on to Vail the following day Aug. 23, 2012.
• Monday, Aug. 20 Stage 1 Durango – Telluride
• Tuesday, Aug. 21 Stage 2 Montrose – Crested Butte/Mt. Crested Butte
• Wednesday, Aug. 22 Stage 3 Gunnison – Aspen
• Thursday, Aug. 23 Stage 4 Aspen – Beaver Creek/Vail Valley
• Friday, Aug. 24 Stage 5 Breckenridge – Colorado Springs
• Saturday, Aug. 25 Stage 6 Golden – Boulder
• Sunday, Aug. 26 Stage 7/ITT - Denver
Joe Moller, president of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge and team, have created this race as a way to create an experience that is unique to Colorado while remaining focused on the goal to build one of the preeminent sporting properties in North America, stated a press release.
“We are an American team based in Colorado so we're extremely excited about the USA Pro Cycling Challenge,” said Ryder Hesjedal, seventh-place finisher at the 2010 Tour de France. “Colorado has
some of the best training grounds in North America and the racing is going to be incredible.”
"The USA Pro Cycling Challenge will provide a spectacular backdrop in Colorado for a great new
professional stage race that will automatically become a major competition on the international
calendar,” said George Hincapie, three-time U.S. Professional Cycling Champion. “It will be a big goal
to win there for me and my teammates.
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