Tag: usa pro cycling
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STAGE 3: Danielson grabs lead on climb, holds it to USA Pro’s Aspen finish
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ASPEN – As Tom Danielson neared the top of Independence Pass on Wednesday afternoon, he could feel a wave of enthusiasm growing around him. “I wanted to give everyone a high-five,” he said. “But I…
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Flagstaff Mountain finish OK’d for Stage 6 on Saturday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle announced Wednesday he will not cancel the planned Flagstaff climb that ends the Boulder stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Saturday as thousands prepare to hike up to…
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USA Pro Notebook: Zabriskie helps Garmin teammates shine
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Christian Vande Velde and Tom Danielson stole the show Wednesday in Stage 3 of the USA Pro Challenge. But they couldn’t have done it without the help of David Zabriskie. The Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda rider pulled much…
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Businesses have high hopes for USA Pro Challenge on Friday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the riders headed out of Durango on Monday morning to begin the second USA Pro Cycling Challenge, organizers and business owners in Colorado Springs were hoping to catch an economic tailwind when the race…
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USA Pro Notes: It’s hide and seek at front of the race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cycling often is played out as a game of cat and mouse. One rider or team makes a move, and the others must decide how to respond. In the first two days of the USA…
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USA Pro Cycling notes: Stage 1 winner happy to be home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save TELLURIDE • At the start of the year, Tyler Farrar wasn’t scheduled to race this week in Colorado. Farrar is a sprinter, and the seven-day stage race includes more than 42,000 feet of climbing. Things…
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Andy Schleck ruled out of USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Andy Schleck, the 2010 winner of the Tour de France, has been ruled out of the USA Pro Challenge, his team said Thursday. Schleck, arguably the most popular rider in last year’s inaugural race, was…
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Colorado National Monument says ‘no’ to bike race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — The National Park Service said Tuesday it won’t issue a permit to have a stage of the 2013 USA Pro Cycling Challenge run through part of Colorado National Monument in western Colorado. Race…
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Women’s pro cycling race shrinks but will continue Aug. 22
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two of the three stages of the professional women’s cycling race leading into the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Aspen have been canceled due to a lack of funding. The Blue Ribbon Alpine Challenge is…
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Durango ponies up $500,000 to host USA Pro Challenge race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Durango will provide 75 downtown hotel rooms, a gala banquet for 300, and a slew of trash cans, towels and box lunches as a USA Pro Cycling Challenge host city in August.…