The final stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge was run in the (comparatively) level streets of Denver Sunday afternoon. Taylor Phinney (BMC) ran the 9.5 mile course in 17:25:50 to win the stage. Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda) and Tejay van Garderen (BMC), who spent...
Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare), an Australian who now calls Boulder home, surged up Flagstaff Mountain for the Stage 6 win on Saturday. Clearly Sutherland is at home in his adopted home town. With five different stage winners in six legs, the leader jersey has passed again,...
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge Stage 5 from Breckenridge to Colorado Springs on Friday ended with group sprint that resulted in a second stage win for Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda). There was a bit of confusion near the end: at the second of three circuits of...
Let’s set the curve! How decisions we make about the coasts and oceans affect overall ocean health A paper published [today] in Nature outlines a way to assess and compare the health of ocean ecosystems across different countries. The study uses a series of indicators to measure...
Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan-Trek) rode a solo race to claim the Stage 4 victory in Thursday's run from Aspen to Beaver Creek in the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Voigt is the 4th stage winner in as many days and the crowd at the top of...
Thought the trend would end by the time the leaves turned? Think again. A pair of intensely printed jeans, so popular in spring and summer, is among fall 2012's hottest trend. I admit it. I too was skeptical at first. In fact, I still don’t own...
The running joke at the Durango press conference last Saturday was how many cities across America Tom Danielson claims as his home town. His statement that he wants to return to live in Durango certainly helps his popularity with Colorado fans. The stage victory in...
The US Pro Cycling challenge blasted through Telluride on Monday, August 20, fast, furious and really fun.We here at EcoAction Partners did our best to help out with our usual compost/recycling and trash efforts. Three of us (thank you volunteers from our board!) worked the VIP...
In Tuesday's Stage 2 race from Montrose to Mt. Crested Butte, Tejay van Garderen of BMC Racing Team gained a stage win and the overall lead. From Nicole Okoneski's Stage 2 recap: "An early break of about 30 riders wouldn’t stick, but did lead to a...
