New U.S. stage race in Colorado?

[jobiwan]

A bit of news for anyone going to the race...

Highway camping will be allowed for Pro Cycling Challenge

 

[RedheadDane]

So... is this gonna be broadcasted in any way?

 

[jobiwan]

So... is this gonna be broadcasted in any way?

Live on Versus everyday, not sure about Europe.

 

[Havetts]

Streams I guess, I doubt that either one of Eurosport / Nos / Sporza will broadcast. Steephill.tv will have to be the answer

 

[RedheadDane]

Live on Versus everyday, not sure about Europe.

Versus wouldn't just happen to have a free online channel?

 

[jens_attacks]

eurosport will have it live 2 hours each night

 

[RedheadDane]

Yay!

If I'm lucky I can even get to see it on a bigger screen than my own com/tv!

Suddenly realizes I hardly knows when it begins...

 

[kanari]

eurosport will have it live 2 hours each night

That is awesome! Just hope it doesn't collide with some summer ski jumping or anything important that suddenly needs priority...

 

[Mellow Velo]

Looks like all Eurosport 2's are covering Colorado.
I checked German ES, since they were the least likely and....................it's on.
10pmCET-midnight. 9pm BST.

 

[benpounder]

I'm reposting this because I know how difficult it is to be cognizant of all the posts in one thread.

Although I like the official website for this race, the profiles stink (they are understandably compressed to fit the normal page size). I've found the corresponding profiles on MapmyFitness.com (click on the Climbs tab or the Detailed Climb Data below for even more info).

They are:

Stage 1; Salida to Crested Butte
Stage 2; Gunnison to Aspen (mislabeled as stage three - it is the third day)
Stage 4; Avon to Steamboat Springs
Stage 5; Steamboat Springs to Breckenridge

 

[Tuarts]

If people want to do an individual thread for each stage then do it. Mods only sticky them, its up to the forum to create the threads.

 

[Bala Verde]

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_18693991

Glass and tacks found alongside parts of the course. Saboteurs? In any case be careful riding you bike.

Just finished the itt in vail

 

[greenedge]

I do not think Basso will go well. He has not arrived there for the altitude and is instead blowing up Sagan with Nibali in Italian races. The Shlecks will probably also not cope. I expect someone who has been there for a while to win.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I do not think Basso will go well. He has not arrived there for the altitude and is instead blowing up Sagan with Nibali in Italian races. The Shlecks will probably also not cope. I expect someone who has been there for a while to win.

Cadel went there a week early but he is unsure of his form. I think Tommy D might win here.

 

[Duartista]

Giovanny Baez and Juan Pablo Suarez could do well here for EPM-UNE. Also watch out for 21 year-old Edward Beltran, 2nd to Betancourt in the 2010 Giro Bio.

Of the non-US World Tour guys, I think Evans and Gesink will be the most competitive.

 

[RedheadDane]

Looks like all Eurosport 2's are covering Colorado.

Whaaa? Eurosport 2??

Don't have Eurosport 2...

Oooh well. Guess I'll just have to pretend I've never heard about this race. Bit hard when you frequent this site...

 

[Deagol]

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_18693991

Glass and tacks found alongside parts of the course. Saboteurs? In any case be careful riding you bike.

....

Yes, it is intentional. We have to deal with that out here too much. On a ride I do in the foothills, I saw an anti-cyclist sign in someone's front yard targeting an organization we have here called Bicycle Colorado (an advocacy group). I joined Bicycle Colorado after seeing that sign.

There is also the District Attorney in the Vail Area who let the billionare investment manager off when he hit a cyclist and left him for dead in the road, but I guess that's another story (there were some calls from cyclists here to boycott the Vail stage because of this, but that seems to have been forgotten about). Not everything is roses for cyclists here in Colorado..

I hope the race goes well.

 

[hrotha]

"Long before our event was on the drawing board, there were individuals who would protest people riding bikes on their roads by putting tacks down," said Patrick Downing of Downing Events, which stages the Deer Creek Challenge.

What the hell is wrong with this people.

 

[Deagol]

What the hell is wrong with this people.

Darn good question. They are selfish rednecks who think they own the road and don't like the inconveience of having to slow down to pass a cyclist on "their" road.

In all seriousness, it seems that the people who have not travelled much out side their comfort zone or local area are the most xenophobic. That's how I sort of define "redneck" in my own mind.

 

[benpounder]

Darn good question. They are selfish rednecks who think they own the road and don't like the inconveience of having to slow down to pass a cyclist on "their" road.

In all seriousness, it seems that the people who have not travelled much out side their comfort zone or local area are the most xenophobic. That's how I sort of define "redneck" in my own mind.

When I lived in Golden in the 90's, I would frequent a bike shop owned by a woman fanatic about cyclists who ignored the rules for riding with motor vehicles. Her aim was to create the kind of community opposite of Boulder, were the cycling crowd was as evangelical and off-putting as, well any evangelical religious group. (No, bicyclists dont have the right-of-way in any circumstance. Hand signals are a wise idea. Riding two and three abreast with traffic is stupid.) Certainly there are boneheads that will always view cyclists as "the enemy", but a portion on the animosity is generated because some cyclists are simply arrogant jackasses. Please note that I am not defending the idiots putting glass and tacks on the road, just recognizing that sometimes some of our own can be our worst enemies.

I think that the Front Range is worse in this regard than the high country, and on both sides of the issue. I speculate that is because up here, we are generally sharing the road with motor vehicles traveling not at 25-35mph, but 55-65mph. Demanding that a car or truck yield you your legal right-of-way will likely leave you dead. But I may have a distorted impression. Of the thirty years I have lived in Colorado, two thirds have been split between Steamboat and Durango; both are extremely friendly to cycling.

 

[Deagol]

When I lived in Golden in the 90's, I would frequent a bike shop owned by a woman fanatic about cyclists who ignored the rules for riding with motor vehicles. Her aim was to create the kind of community opposite of Boulder, were the cycling crowd was as evangelical and off-putting as, well any evangelical religious group. (No, bicyclists dont have the right-of-way in any circumstance. Hand signals are a wise idea. Riding two and three abreast with traffic is stupid.) Certainly there are boneheads that will always view cyclists as "the enemy", but a portion on the animosity is generated because some cyclists are simply arrogant jackasses. Please note that I am not defending the idiots putting glass and tacks on the road, just recognizing that sometimes some of our own can be our worst enemies.

I think that the Front Range is worse in this regard than the high country, and on both sides of the issue. I speculate that is because up here, we are generally sharing the road with motor vehicles traveling not at 25-35mph, but 55-65mph. Demanding that a car or truck yield you your legal right-of-way will likely leave you dead. But I may have a distorted impression. Of the thirty years I have lived in Colorado, two thirds have been split between Steamboat and Durango; both are extremely friendly to cycling.

Does the woman who you are refering to have a name that is similar to a German sports car brand, by chance ? If so, I know of (don't know personally, but have heard of) her...

Anyway, yeah, all that stuff you said is true, but I wasn't going to go down that road, so to speak. The Vail hit & run can't really be tied to that, either.
When I lived in Durango, the only people I had trouble with was the high school guys, but that only happened once, I think.

 

[benpounder]

Does the woman who you are refering to have a name that is similar to a German sports car brand, by chance ? If so, I know of (don't know personally, but have heard of) her...

She most certainly does.

 

[Deagol]

She most certainly does.

Haha..... small world, eh? I didn't know she was that "out there".

 

[benpounder]

Haha..... small world, eh? I didn't know she was that "out there".

She is not "out there", just that she was well known for berating cyclists breaking traffic laws. Mind you, this was well before the legislature changed the laws that now allow us rolling stops at stop signs. After she yelled at me (for blasting through a stop sign where you could see if there was any approaching traffic) I asked her about it several weeks later. Her point was that with so many people already antagonistic towards cycling and cyclists, why give them another reason. Makes sense. From then on, I have always used hand signals with vehicles around even if I know there won't be any conflict.

When did you live in Durango?

 

[the vagabond]

Am headed out west tomorrow to see this race. I'm expecting this race to immediately eclipse Utah and California - it is certainly a much more spectacular and spectator-friendly venue than either. Actually, nothing in America has even ever surpassed the glory days of the Tour du Pont (nee Tour de Trump) in Va. and N.C., but I'm expecting this to finally do it.