Filed under: maps | Tags: bike race, Boulder, Boulder Canyon, elevation profile, Flagstaff Mountain, Golden, Highway 93, Leipheimer, Lyons, Nederland, Phinney, Pro Cycling Challenge, South Saint Vrain, stage 6, USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Much of the course of the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge seems like it was designed by Chambers of Commerce, not bike racing professionals. The Breck – CS stage, for instance, which begins with Hoosier Pass then rolls flat and downhill for a zillion miles to the finish, is almost a waste. But stage 6, Golden to Boulder (by way of Nederland and Lyons), is going to provide a lot of action and a lot of separation. There aren’t any flat roads on this route — even the flat sections are hilly. There will be some desperate moves on the final climb up Flagstaff Mountain. Great stage. Saturday. (Wednesday’s Gunnison – Aspen stage includes two big passes and should also provide some G.C. fireworks — watch that final descent into Aspen, very tricky.)
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Filed under: maps | Tags: bike race, Colorado bike race, Durango stage, Durango to Telluride, Pro Cycling Challenge, stage race, USPCC
Because if you go looking for it on the official website, it’s almost like they don’t want you to know.
