I now have my 2014 Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb photos online. Prints or digital downloads can be purchased. For more about the race and ride, see my post from a couple days ago.
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I now have my 2014 Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb photos online. Prints or digital downloads can be purchased. For more about the race and ride, see my post from a couple days ago.
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Yesterday was the Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb. The Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb includes both a USAC race and a timed citizens ride. The cycling hill climb starts the same place as the auto hill climb. The course climbs over 4,700 feet in 12 miles to the summit of Pikes Peak at 14,115.
I helped hand out timing chips at the start line and then shot photos up on the mountain once the USAC race started. The weather at the start was similar to the past years but ominous clouds were building over the summit.
Once I headed up the mountain, I encountered strong winds and it got worse the higher I drove. Clouds were blowing throw so I was having trouble finding a well lit spot for shooting photos. Riders were getting blown around on the road by the wind gusts.
When I was shooting photos, I was shivering and kept jumping up and down in an attempt to stay a little warmer. At the last spot I stopped to shoot photos just before the summit, there was fog and the rocks were covered in ice.
Although the riders were working hard going up, I could only imagine how cold they were as some of them were in shorts and short sleeves. Although many riders sent warm clothes to the top for the ride down, they didn’t have warm enough clothes and were concerned about get blown around on the way down. The race organizers and whomever could shuttled people back down to the start where the weather was a pretty typical August day.
In spite of the weather, I shot a large number of photos. Prints and digital downloads are available on my Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb photo page. You can also check out my 2013 Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb photos.
Complete results on BRAC website
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I had fun watching and shooting photos of some of the USA Pro Challenge in Garden of the Gods yesterday. I missed seeing one of the laps because of a phone call for work. It’s always amazing to see how fast the pros are when they’re going all out.
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The USA Pro Challenge is doing a circuit race in Colorado Springs today. It starts at the Broadmoor and then is doing 4 laps through Garden of the Gods and downtown. It should make for some good spectating.
The top standings overall going into today’s USA Pro Challenge stage 4 are as follows
It took me a bit to track down the race numbers so that I’d have a list to check while watching the race. I’ve posted the list below. A couple things to note, each team has a block of number and the team leader’s race bib ends with a 1.
Bib | Name | Team | Country |
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1 | Tejay van Garderen | BMC | USA |
2 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC | USA |
3 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC | Bel |
4 | Martin Kohler | BMC | Sui |
5 | Ben Hermans | BMC | Bel |
6 | Michael Schär | BMC | Sui |
7 | Peter Stetina | BMC | USA |
8 | Rick Zabel | BMC | Ger |
11 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | Pol |
12 | Michael Rogers | Tinkoff-Saxo | Aus |
13 | Edward Beltran Suarez | Tinkoff-Saxo | Col |
14 | Rasmus Guldhammer | Tinkoff-Saxo | Den |
15 | Jesper Hansen | Tinkoff-Saxo | Den |
16 | Michael Mørkøv | Tinkoff-Saxo | Den |
17 | Bruno Pires | Tinkoff-Saxo | Por |
18 | Pawel Poljanski | Tinkoff-Saxo | Pol |
21 | Jens Voigt | Trek Factory Racing | Ger |
22 | Frank Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | Lux |
23 | Matthew Busche | Trek Factory Racing | USA |
24 | Markel Irizar Aranburu | Trek Factory Racing | Esp |
25 | Laurent Didier | Trek Factory Racing | Lux |
26 | Hayden Roulston | Trek Factory Racing | NZI |
27 | Calvin Watson | Trek Factory Racing | Aus |
28 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | Aut |
31 | Thomas Danielson | Team Garmin-Sharp | USA |
32 | Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle | Team Garmin-Sharp | Col |
33 | Thomas Dekker | Team Garmin-Sharp | Ned |
34 | Caleb Fairly | Team Garmin-Sharp | USA |
35 | Phillip Gaimon | Team Garmin-Sharp | USA |
36 | Alex Howes | Team Garmin-Sharp | USA |
37 | Ben King | Team Garmin-Sharp | USA |
38 | Gavin Mannion | Team Garmin-Sharp | USA |
41 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale | Ita |
42 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale | Aus |
43 | Edward King | Cannondale | USA |
44 | Michel Koch | Cannondale | Ger |
45 | Alan Marangoni | Cannondale | Ita |
46 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale | Slo |
47 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale | Ita |
48 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale | Slo |
51 | Leopold König | Team NetApp-Endura | Cze |
52 | David de la Cruz Melgarejo | Team NetApp-Endura | Esp |
53 | Bartosz Huzarski | Team NetApp-Endura | Pol |
54 | Patrick Konrad | Team NetApp-Endura | Aut |
55 | Tiago Machado | Team NetApp-Endura | Por |
56 | Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes | Team NetApp-Endura | Por |
57 | Gregor Muhlberger | Team NetApp-Endura | Aut |
58 | Michael Schwarzmann | Team NetApp-Endura | Ger |
61 | Jai Crawford | Drapac Professional Cycling | Aus |
62 | Jonathan Cantwell | Drapac Professional Cycling | Aus |
63 | Jordan Kerby | Drapac Professional Cycling | Aus |
64 | Darren Lapthorne | Drapac Professional Cycling | Aus |
65 | Lachlan Norris | Drapac Professional Cycling | Aus |
66 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | Aus |
67 | Bernard Sulzberger | Drapac Professional Cycling | Aus |
68 | Wesley Sulzberger | Drapac Professional Cycling | Aus |
71 | Lucas Euser | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | USA |
72 | Isaac Bolivar Hernandez | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | Col |
73 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | Aus |
74 | Benjamin Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | Aus |
75 | Christopher Jones | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | USA |
76 | Jeffry Louder | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | USA |
77 | Kiel Reijnen | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | USA |
78 | Daniel Summerhill | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | USA |
81 | Javier Megias Leal | Team Novo Nordisk | Esp |
82 | Kevin De Mesmaeker | Team Novo Nordisk | Bel |
83 | Joonas Henttala | Team Novo Nordisk | Fin |
84 | David Lozano Riba | Team Novo Nordisk | Esp |
85 | Scott Ambrose | Team Novo Nordisk | NZI |
86 | Aaron Perry | Team Novo Nordisk | NZI |
87 | Charles Planet | Team Novo Nordisk | Fra |
88 | Martijn Verschoor | Team Novo Nordisk | Ned |
91 | Jure Kocjan | Team SmartStop | Slo |
92 | Zachary Bell | Team SmartStop | Can |
93 | Rob Britton | Team SmartStop | Can |
94 | Joshua Berry | Team SmartStop | USA |
95 | Julian Kyer | Team SmartStop | USA |
96 | Eric Marcotte | Team SmartStop | USA |
97 | Travis McCabe | Team SmartStop | USA |
98 | Michael Torckler | Team SmartStop | NZI |
101 | Joseph Rosskopf | Hincapie Sportswear Development | USA |
102 | Chris Butler | Hincapie Sportswear Development | USA |
103 | Robin Carpenter | Hincapie Sportswear Development | USA |
104 | Oscar Clark | Hincapie Sportswear Development | USA |
105 | Joseph Lewis | Hincapie Sportswear Development | Aus |
106 | Tyler Magner | Hincapie Sportswear Development | USA |
107 | Toms Skujins | Hincapie Sportswear Development | Lat |
108 | Dion Smith | Hincapie Sportswear Development | NZI |
111 | Hugh Carthy | Rapha Condor JLT | GBr |
112 | Graham Briggs | Rapha Condor JLT | GBr |
113 | Michael Cuming | Rapha Condor JLT | GBr |
114 | Richard Handley | Rapha Condor JLT | GBr |
115 | Kristian House | Rapha Condor JLT | GBr |
116 | Tom Moses | Rapha Condor JLT | GBr |
117 | Elliott Porter | Rapha Condor JLT | GBr |
118 | Daniel Whitehouse | Rapha Condor JLT | NZI |
121 | Carter Jones | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | USA |
122 | Ryan Anderson | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | Can |
123 | Jesse Anthony | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | USA |
124 | Alexander Candelario | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | USA |
125 | Mike Friedman | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | USA |
126 | Bjorn Selander | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | USA |
127 | Tom Zirbel | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | USA |
128 | Scott Zwizanski | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | USA |
131 | Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez | Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | Col |
132 | Stephen Leece | Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | USA |
133 | Matt Cooke | Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | USA |
134 | Ian Crane | Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | USA |
135 | Ben Jacques-Maynes | Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | USA |
136 | Carson Miller | Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | USA |
137 | Luis Romero Amaran | Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | Cub |
138 | Robbie Squire | Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | USA |
141 | Serghei Tvetcov | Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | Rou |
142 | Ian Burnett | Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | USA |
143 | Kirk Carlsen | Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | USA |
144 | Luis Enrique Davila | Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | Mex |
145 | Steve Fisher | Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | USA |
146 | Johnathan Freter | Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | USA |
147 | Jacob Rathe | Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | USA |
148 | Fred Rodriguez | Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | USA |
151 | Tanner Putt | Bissell Development Team | USA |
152 | Clement Chevrier | Bissell Development Team | Fra |
153 | Gregory Daniel | Bissell Development Team | USA |
154 | Daniel Eaton | Bissell Development Team | USA |
155 | James Oram | Bissell Development Team | NZI |
156 | Keegan Swirbul | Bissell Development Team | USA |
157 | Nathan Van Hooydonck | Bissell Development Team | Bel |
158 | Ruben Zepuntke | Bissell Development Team | Ger |
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