Star Studded Lineup

, , , | UltraRob | Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 at 4:21 pm

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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