The USA Pro Cycling Challenge has announced the provisionary team rosters for the new Colorado stage race starting in less than 2 weeks. They had previously announced that the top 3 from this year’s Tour de France would be racing along with some other big names. The list released today shows many top bike racers will be here.
Included will be 2 Olympic medalists from the Beijing Games, 5 former world champions, 12 Tour de France stage winners and 5 that have been on the final podium at the Tour de France. One of our local pros, Danny Pate, will be riding for HTC-Highroad. I’ve known him for a long time and used to mountain bike race with his dad.
“This is no doubt one of the best fields ever assembled on American soil,” said Danielson, a Boulder, Colo. resident considered by many as one of the front runners to win the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge. “It’s a diverse blend of top professional teams from various continents and the altitude adds an element of unpredictability. No doubt, it is a special field that will put on a great showing.”
Former World Champions
- Cadel Evans (2009, Road)
- Michael Mørkøv (2009, Madison – Track)
- Peter Velits (2007, U23 Road)
- Danny Pate (2001, U23 Time Trial)
- Ivan Basso (1998, U23 Road)
Current National Champions
- Fränk Schleck (Luxembourg, Road)
- Hayden Roulston (New Zealand, Road)
- Stef Clement(Netherlands, Time Trial)
- Gustav Larsson (Sweden, Time Trial)
- David Zabriskie (United States, Time Trial)
2011 Major Race Champions
- Cadel Evans (1st GC and Stage 6, Tirreno–Adriatico; 1st GC, Tour de Romandie)
- David Zabriskie (1st Stage 4 (TT), Tour de Romandie; 1st Stage 6 (ITT), Tour of California)
- Tejay Van Garderen(Best Young Rider, Tour of California)
- Levi Leipheimer (1st GC, Tour de Suisse; 1st Stage 7, Tour of California)
- Jonathan Patrick McCarty (KOM, Tour of California)
- Andy Schleck(KOM, Tour de Suisse)
- Frank Schleck (1st GC and Stage 1, Criterium International)
- Robert Gesink (1st GC, Best Young Rider, 1st Stage 4 and 5 (ITT), Tour of Oman)
- Ivan Basso (1st GP di Lugano)
Tour de France Stage Winners
- Jens Voigt (3)
- Andy Schleck (3)
- Levi Leipheimer (2)
- Cadel Evans (2)
- Stuart O’Grady (2)
- George Hincapie (1)
- David Zabriskie (1)
- Rubens Bertogliati (1)
- Ivan Basso (1)
- Brice Fellu (1)
- Vladimir Efimkin (1)
- Pieter Weening (1)
Tour de France Overall Podium Finishers (5)
- Cadel Evens (2011, Champion; 2007-2008, 2nd Place)
- Andy Schleck (2009-2011, 2nd Place)
- Frank Schleck (2011, 3rd Place)
- Levi Leipheimer (2007, 2009, 3rd Place)
- Ivan Basso (2004, 3rd Place; 2005, 2nd Place)
Major American Stage Race Champions (6)
- Levi Leipheimer(2007-2009, Tour of California; 2010 Tour of Utah)
- David Zabriskie(2009, Tour of Missouri)
- Jeff Louder (2008, Tour of Utah)
- Christian Vande Velde(2008, Tour of Missouri)
- George Hincapie(2007, Tour of Missouri)
- Tom Danielson(2005, Tour de Georgia)
Team Rosters
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
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