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2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge Prologue

Photos from the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge Prologue in Colorado Springs. Profits from the sales of these images will be donated to Children's Hospital Colorado. Autographed versions will be auctioned as a fund raiser. E-mail if you are interested in the autographed images - walt@walthester.com
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Two-time Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso aims a nervous glance toward his bike before his turn on Monday. The International Cycling Union (UCI) has extremely specific regulations for bicycle weight, height, length and geometry, occasionally forcing riders and mechanics to make last-second adjustments.
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Two-time Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso aims a nervous glance toward his bike before his turn on Monday. The International Cycling Union (UCI) has extremely specific regulations for bicycle weight, height, length and geometry, occasionally forcing riders and mechanics to make last-second adjustments.

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  • Legendary Hard Man Jens Voigt warms up before the prologue of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in August. Though not often the team leader for any race, Voigt is known and loved for his willingness to work, suffer and sacrifice for his team.
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  • Ivan Basso
  • Christian Vande Velde
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  • Tour de France champion Cadel Evans hammers down the road through the Garden of the Gods on August 22. Evans flew to Colorado more than a week ahead of the race in an attempt to acclimate to the high altitude - more than 4,000 feet higher than any clime the European peloton had ever done before.
  • Frank Schleck, second runner-up in July's Tour de France and older brother of Andy, cuts the corners through the prologue of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Elite cyclists are notoriously this, especially through their upper bodies, Schleck is a case in point.
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  • Four-time US Time Trial Champion, Dave Zabriskie, blasts through the Garden of the Gods prologue course on August 22. Dave Z. came to the USA Pro Cycling Challenge still recovering from his crash in the Tour de France about six weeks earlier.
  • Garmin-Cervelo's Tom Danielson cuts a corner through the Garden of the Gods on his way to a 20th place finish in Monday's prologue. Danielson was the top-placing American in July's Tour de France and makes his home in Boulder.
  • US cycling hero Big George Hincapie prepares for the steep descent out of the Garden of the Gods during Monday's prologue. Rider reached speeds of nearly 60 miles per hour on the short, steep hills west of Colorado Springs.
  • Texas state women's road champion Amy Brown of Houston poses with Liquigas rider and Boulder resident, Ted King before King's ride on Monday. Riders of all levels flocked to the prologue for the chance to hang out with the very best of the sport.
  • Two-time Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso aims a nervous glance toward his bike before his turn on Monday. The International Cycling Union (UCI) has extremely specific regulations for bicycle weight, height, length and geometry, occasionally forcing riders and mechanics to make last-second adjustments.
  • Colorado Springs resident Danny Pate flys around the prologue course about a mile from his home. Pate's team mate, Pat Gretsch of Germany, won the prologue and the race's very first leaders' jersey.
  • A big gun in American road cycling, Levi Leipheimer, is a human bullet around the Garden of the Gods on Monday. While Leipheimer was 8 seconds off the lead on Monday, he grabbed the yellow jersey on Tuesday's stage to Mt. Crested Butte.
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