Organisers of the USA Pro Challenge today announced route details for the 2015 race, which includes a new mountaintop finish on Loveland Pass and a high-elevation individual time trial in Breckenridge. The seven-day UCI 2.HC race will take place August 17-23.
The race starts in Steamboat Springs for the first time in its five-year history before heading deep into the Rocky Mountains. Other new additions to this year's race include Arapahoe Basin and Copper Mountain. This year the USA Pro Challenge also pays homage to the inaugural race in 2011 with a repeat of that year's final stage from Golden to Denver.
"Each of our 2015 host cities offers something unique and special to the fifth anniversary of the Pro Challenge," said Shawn Hunter, CEO of USA Pro Challenge. "We're confident that this year's route will provide the most exciting week of racing yet. We have added new cities and a dramatic mountaintop finish that will prove to be a fierce battleground for riders eager to show they have what it takes to compete on a new climb up Loveland Pass."
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Highlights of the 2015 route:
Stage 1 – Steamboat Springs Circuit
This 78km circuit will be completed twice by the peloton, with a likely sprint finish to crown the race's first overall leader.
Stage 2 – Steamboat Springs to Arapahoe Basin
Leaving Steamboat Springs there is little time before the pros tackle Rabbit Ears Pass. From there, this familiar route heads south through Kremmling, around the Green Mountain Reservoir, and continues through Silverthorne and Dillon. Unlike years past, the 2015 Pro Challenge will then turn east and suffer 8km up Loveland Pass to Arapahoe Basin.
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