New U.S. stage race in Colorado?

[lucybears]

http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjE2NjI=

 

[cyclingPRpro]

I just read tonight that they (CDOT) are grading the west side of Cottonwood Pass the day before the race to make it smooth for the riders.

Wow... that's a dirt road?

 

[just some guy]

BMC RACING TEAM
Cadel Evans
George Hincapie
Brent Bookwalter
Chris Barton
Jeffry Louder
Chad Beyer
Timothy Roe
Chris Butler

TEAM RADIOSHACK (USA)
Levi Leipheimer
Dmitriy Muravyev
George Bennett
Philip Deignan
Ben King
Jason McCartney
Ivan Rovny
Bjorn Selander

LEOPARD TREK (LUX)
Andy Schleck
Fränk Schleck
Stefan Denifl
Brice Feillu
Anders Lund
Martin Mortensen
Stuart O’Grady
Jens Voigt

TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (USA)
Tom Danielson
Ryder Hesjedal
Daniel Lloyd
Thomas Peterson
Peter Stetina
Christian Vande Velde
Dave Zabriskie
Danny Summerhill

HTC-HIGHROAD (USA)
Tejay Van Garderen
Caleb Fairly
Patrick Gretsch
Danny Pate
Frantisek Rabon
Hayden Roulston
Peter Velits
Lachlan Norris

LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (ITA)
Ivan Basso
Davide Cimolai
Timothy Duggan
Edward King
Daniel Oss
Juraj Sagan
Sylwester Szmyd
Elia Viviani

SAXO BANK SUNGARD (DEN)
André Steensen
Brian Vandborg
Daniel Navarro
Jesus Hernandez
Gustav Larsson
Michael Mørkov
Laurent Didier
Richie Porte

RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (NED)
Robert Gesink
Stef Clement
Marc Goos
Grischa Niermann
Laurens Ten Dam
Pieter Weening
Dennis Van Winden

UNITEDHEALTHCARE PRO CYCLING (USA)
Rory Sutherland
Jonathan Clarke
Robert Forster
Davide Frattini
Adrian Hegyvary
Christopher Jones
Bradley White
Scott Zwizanski

TEAM TYPE 1 – sanofi-aventis (USA)
Alexandr Efimkin
Vladimar Efimkin
Rubens Bertogliati
Valeriy Kobzarenko
Javier Megias Leal
Scott Stewart
William Dugan
Fabio Calabria

SKIL-SHIMANO (NED)
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Kenny Van Hummel
Thomas Bonnin
Martin Reimer
Sander Oostlander
Tobias Ludvigsson
Philipp Ries
Albert Timmer

TEAM SPIDERTECH POWERED BY C10 (CAN)
Lucas Eusar
Flavio De Luna
Jonathan Patrick McCarty
David Boily
Bruno Langlois
Francois Parisien
Andrew Randell
Ryan Roth

BISSELL PRO CYCLING (USA)
Chris Baldwin
Frank Pipp
Jeremy Vennell
Chase Pinkham
Rob Britton
Paul Mach
Jay Thomson
Ben Jacques-Maynes

TEAM EXERGY (USA)
Andres Miguel Diaz Corrales
Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar
Freddie Rodriguez
Matthew Cooke
Sam Johnson
Christopher Hong
Erik Slack
Kai Applequis

JELLY BELLY CYCLING TEAM p/b KENDA (USA)
Sergio Hernandez
Emerson Oronte
Bernard Van Ulden
Sean Mazich
Ken Hanson
Jeremy Powers
Alex Hagman
Nic Hamilton

GOBERNACION DE ANTIOQUIA-INDEPORTES ANTIOQUIA (COL)
Sergio Luis Henao
Oscar Sevilla Rivera
Javier Acevedo Calle
Alejandro Ramirez Calderon
Rafael Montiel Cuello
Carlos Ospina Hernandez
Oscar Alvarez Paniagua
Cristhian Montoya

EPM-UNE (COL)
Giovanni Manuel Baez
Juan Pablo Suarez
Walter Fernando Pedraza
Edward Stiber Ortiz
Rafael Infantino Abreu
Carlos Fernando Piamonte Rodriguez
Eduard Alexander Beltran
Robigzon Leandro Oyola

 

[auscyclefan94]

that's a darn good start list....

 

[just some guy]

that's a darn good start list....

Thats what I thought

Go Rory school some boys an get a European contract

 

[jens_attacks]

what a startlist!i would like to see cadel and the other stars trying something but it won't happen(although i think cadel is cadel and he might fight even for colorado).antioquia and epm,this will be so gooood.

 

[Deagol]

Wow... that's a dirt road?

Yes, but it's not steep and it will be smooth. I've driven it before and it had dirt potholes, I'm guessing those might be gone before the racers hit it ??

 

[jobiwan]

I hope Garmin does well. They've got a great team, and this is Tommy D's backyard.
Shack's got a strong team, and I hope TJVG does well.

Not really expecting much from the Schlecks, but maybe Frank will give this a go.

But after the Utah prologue, those Gobernacion guys look to be a major threat.

 

[Deagol]

It does seem that the Columbian team could be a real threat...

..Wondering if now is the time to start the "real" thread on this race, ala the Tour of Utah thread with course maps and profiles and all .....

 

[jobiwan]

It does seem that the Columbian team could be a real threat...

..Wondering if now is the time to start the "real" thread on this race, ala the Tour of Utah thread with course maps and profiles and all .....

I don't think there are any good profiles for a thread!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Very impressive line up.

 

[Deagol]

I don't think there are any good profiles for a thread!

I can't do this from work, but I wonder: screen captures of the profiles from the race website, and then posting them to a webhosting service, then linking to them ?

Any better ideas?

 

[benpounder]

Wow... that's a dirt road?

The top part of the west approach is hardpack dirt. The descent is paved.

 

[benpounder]

Although I twice posted links to MapmyFitness.com pages that have really detailed profiles and descriptions, I'll go ahead and post images that the official website used to have (before they went with the less helpful interactive profile/map).

 

[benpounder]

continued

 

[Black-Balled]

Ouchezzzzzz

 

[daveinzambia]

Looking at those profiles and after Utah, looking forward to seeing the columbians rip this one up a bit.

 

[Escarabajo]

Thanks for the route info benpounder.

 

[just some guy]

Ben or anyone whats the coverage going to like.

will there we a tour tracker same as Utah ?

Looking for Euro internet type options.

 

[benpounder]

Ben or anyone whats the coverage going to like.

will there we a tour tracker same as Utah ?

Looking for Euro internet type options.

Yes, there will be the same online coverage as Tour of Utah (direct link found at):

http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/sites/default/files/images/page/TourTracker_race.png

I'd guess that you can access other webcasts via sportLEMON.tv or SteepHill.tv as well...

Verses will be live broadcasting every stage from 1400hrs MDT (pre-race hype and crap starting at 1330hrs), finishing between 1530hrs to 1630hrs. And it looks like NBC will be covering the entire final stage.

For what it is worth, the official website www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com, has updated the stage routes, profiles, spectator guides, and timetables that are listed here. And while all are now quite detailed, unfortunately all are PDF's.

 

[slcbiker]

That prologue is the opposite of Tour of UT. Those tiny little Colombian climbers are all going to lose time on that fairly non-technical descent.
It will be kind of interesting to see who wins...seems like the sprinters would have a good shot.

 

[Deagol]

I was able to get images of all the profiles and stage maps and will see if I can get them uploaded somewhere to link to (probably not till tuesday), in case anyone with motivation wants to start a proper race thread....

Edit: looks like Ben beat me to it, but these ones look quite a bit different. Anyway, I guess either could be used to start a race thread, if anyone is so inclined.

 

[hfer07]

That prologue is the opposite of Tour of UT. Those tiny little Colombian climbers are all going to lose time on that fairly non-technical descent.
It will be kind of interesting to see who wins...seems like the sprinters would have a good shot.

I guess you didn't watch how Acevedo descended on Sunday's last stage, did you? and also how the rest of the team caught up the break away during the same downhill...

 

[slcbiker]

I guess you didn't watch how Acevedo descended on Sunday's last stage, did you? and also how the rest of the team caught up the break away during the same downhill...

I watched and I've done that descent down American Fork Canyon...it's steep, long and turny. And a climber and good descender can certainly hold their own on that sort of thing.
The Colorado descent stage looks to me much more straightforward...not having actually ridden it, but it certainly appears that it would much more favor a heavier, more power oriented rider, who could turn over a 54x11 on that long shallow downhill through Colorado Springs. It looks to me like most riders would probably use TT bikes.

 

[benpounder]

I was able to get images of all the profiles and stage maps and will see if I can get them uploaded somewhere to link to (probably not till tuesday), in case anyone with motivation wants to start a proper race thread...

A question for all (particularly the mods). Do we want to do stage specific threads as we do for three grand tours (and the TdS, Dauphine and ToC) or one single race thread for all stages like the ToU and Eneco?

Also, those map/profiles I posted earlier are from PDF's I found on the official website two months ago. I've broken out the profiles into JPG's. These are higher rez that shows, in color-coordinated format, the pitch of the entire route. For example, Stage 4, which finishes 5 blocks from my house, looks like this: