USA Pro Challenge Aug 20-26 2012

[ny biker]

Look how much climbing they're doing in this race!! My legs hurt just reading about it.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/...-harder_234676

I'm pretty sure it will be televised on NBC Sports in the US. Should be fun.

[e3rdpower]

Very excited to watch this, especially since we were just in Telluride. Here's the TV schedule for NBC and NBC Sports:
http://usaprocyclingchallenge.com/tv-listings

[eofelis]

We are planning on camping out on Independence Pass for stage 3 and 4. (They won't let people camp on the Pitkin County side of the pass, but it is ok on the Lake County side) So we will be there two nights with thousands of other fans.

We are planning to drive up on Tues morning to get a decent camp spot.

We did this last year and it was a lot of fun! Hanging around for 24 hours to see 15 minutes of action.

We will take bikes and ride up and down the Pass and all around.

[Kathi]

Last year we rode to the top of Vail pass, then down to the finish line of the time trial. I've tried to climb that side of the pass and didn't make it. Vail Pass was fun because the only way you could get there was to walk, ride your bike or get dropped off on I-70. We got to see the riders "up close and personel".

Today we rode a 10 mile section of last years route-Heeney Lake an out and back for us. After riding close to 500 miles in Wisconsin the last 2 weeks, the altitude at 8,000 ft+ today really affected me. Equivilant climbs that were easy last week killed me today.

We're thinking of riding to see the Denver time trials but have made no plans yet.

[Pedal Wench]

We're watching some of the early stages too, and will probably be on Independence Pass both days too - riding our bikes up from Twin Lakes. Put up a Team Estrogen banner so I can see ya!


ETA: OH! We rode out to Heeney last week. What a pretty ride!

[ny biker]

For anyone who doesn't have TV access to the race, you can follow it for free on the Radio Shack Tour Tracker:

http://radioshacktourtracker.usaproc...challenge.com/

Can be downloaded on iphones and android phones. Also works on your pc.

Quite a stage today. Happy for the winner.

[ColoG8r]

I've never been one to really enjoy watching cycling. I would rather ride than watch however I found myself out riding near the route of the race today. I watched them from a trail high above the route. It was truly amazing watching the pack descend and then ascend Highway 93 in between Golden and Boulder. A crowd had gathered where I stopped and I loved the cheering and general atmosphere of the crowd.

[pll]

It's an exciting race this year... watching the TT, which normally I find dull.