http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt Gale Bernhardt's personal blog on triathlon, mountain biking, road cycling, running, "for women only" stuff, running with a dog and other issues in the endurance sports world. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:36:30 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.5.2 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2011-07-29T19:36:30Z http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2011/07/29/colorado-is-the-place-to-be-in-august--perhaps-the-entire-tour-de-france-podium-will-be-here <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:9dae4442-0e1f-4429-9c15-78a030dd129e] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>This morning there was a press release that Cadel Evans is confirmed for the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/">USA Pro Cycling Challenge</a>, slated for August 22-28.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>By next week we should know if the entire Tour de France podium from 2011 will be in Colorado for the week-long race. The team rosters should be complete by <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/about">August 4^th</a>. The rumor mills are hot and heavy that the Schleck brothers will be racing in Colorado as well &ndash; skipping the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.lavuelta.com/">Vuelta a Espana</a>.&#160; </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>A couple of weeks prior to the Pro Challenge, on August 13^th, the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.leadvilleraceseries.com/page/show/315773-100-mile-mtb-race">Lifetime Fitness Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race</a> will start their 18^th event. There&rsquo;s no word yet on&#160; when a final start roster will be released for this event.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>I&rsquo;ll keep you posted on both rosters.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:9dae4442-0e1f-4429-9c15-78a030dd129e] --> tour_de_france cadel_evans leadville_100_mountain_bike_race schleck lifetime_fitness usa_pro_cycling_challenge Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:36:30 GMT guest http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2011/07/29/colorado-is-the-place-to-be-in-august--perhaps-the-entire-tour-de-france-podium-will-be-here 2011-07-29T19:36:30Z 1 year, 10 months ago 0 http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/comment/colorado-is-the-place-to-be-in-august--perhaps-the-entire-tour-de-france-podium-will-be-here http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/feeds/comments?blogPost=89323