2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge
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Stage 6 in Denver
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| Dates | August 22–28, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 20h 00' 24" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
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(Team RadioShack) |
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| Second |
Christian Vande Velde (USA)
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(Garmin–Cervélo) | |
| Third |
Tejay van Garderen (USA)
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(HTC–Highroad) | |
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Mountains |
 Rafael Montiel (COL)
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(Gobernación de Antioquia) |
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Youth |
Tejay van Garderen (USA)
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(HTC–Highroad) |
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Sprints |
 Elia Viviani (ITA)
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(Liquigas–Cannondale) |
| Team | Garmin–Cervélo | ||
The 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge was the inaugural edition of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage race. The race was held from August 22–28, and was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI America Tour. The race began with a short prologue time trial in Colorado Springs, wound its way through the Rocky Mountains at heights of up to 12,000 feet (3,700 m), and finished in the streets of downtown Denver.
Included in the participating team rosters were the top three 2011 Tour de France riders Cadel Evans, Andy Schleck and Fränk Schleck. The full team list included:
August 22, 2011 — Colorado Springs, 5.18 miles (8.34 km)
The opening time trial for the race began in the Garden of the Gods national monument and followed a short downhill course that finished in downtown Colorado Springs.
August 23, 2011 — Salida to Crested Butte, 99.4 miles (160.0 km)
The first stage of the race saw the riders ascending 11,315 feet (3,449 m) over Monarch Pass and ending with a short mountaintop finish up to the resort municipality of Mount Crested Butte.
August 24, 2011 — Gunnison to Aspen, 131.1 miles (211.0 km)
The queen stage involved nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) of climbing, bringing the riders over two of the highest passes in Colorado: the dirt road climb of 12,126 feet (3,696 m) Cottonwood Pass, and 12,095 feet (3,687 m) to Independence Pass.
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