Tejay van Garderen (BMC) is racing at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge aboard a BMC TeamMachine SLR01 - James Huang / Immediate Media
Tejay van Garderen (BMC) currently leads the USA Pro Cycling Challenge and would love to win - particularly as the final stage starts in his hometown of Boulder, Colorado - James Huang / Immediate Media
Tejay van Garderen (BMC) perches himself atop a special reflective edition of fi'zi:k's new Arione Tri saddle, which features an extra-padded nose - James Huang / Immediate Media
Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 levers are mounted high on ergo-bend bars for Tejay van Garderen (BMC) - James Huang / Immediate Media
Tejay van Garderen (BMC) is running 25mm-wide Continental Competition Pro LTD tubulars at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge - James Huang / Immediate Media
All of the BMC riders are using Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 transmissions - James Huang / Immediate Media
The woven composite shell on Tejay van Garderen's (BMC) fi'zi:k saddle provides more flex over bumps than the company's plastic hull - James Huang / Immediate Media
Alex Howes' (Garmin-Sharp) Cervélo R5 just before the start of stage 4 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge - James Huang / Immediate Media
Alex Howes (Garmin-Sharp) puts the power down through a Rotor 3D crankset, fitted with round Rotor chainrings and an SRM power measuring spider - James Huang / Immediate Media
Alex Howes (Garmin-Sharp) opts for fi'zi:k's Arione VS saddle - James Huang / Immediate Media
The Garmin Edge 510 computer is attached to a Garmin out-front mount. 3T provides the aluminum stem and carbon bars - James Huang / Immediate Media
A couple of small strips of vinyl tape keep the valve stem from rattling - James Huang / Immediate Media
Although Alex Howes (Garmin-Sharp) isn't using Garmin Vector power meter pedals, other team members are - James Huang / Immediate Media
The Hincapie Sports development team is racing on Felt's midrange FC frames - James Huang / Immediate Media
Shimano Ultegra mechanical drivetrains for the Hincapie Sports development team - James Huang / Immediate Media
The Jamis - Hagens Berman team is riding the top-end Jamis Xenith SL but with a different fork and a standard front brake, as compared to the stock version that uses reverse-mount linear-pull calipers - James Huang / Immediate Media
Spare Jamis - Hagens Berman bikes are equipped with clincher wheels and rubber - James Huang / Immediate Media
This is a style of number plate attachment we hadn't seen before - James Huang / Immediate Media
Many teams have to resort to rental vehicles to support their riders during the race and so they sometimes have to get creative with how to haul bikes. The Jamis - Hagens Berman team opts for vacuum-mount bike holders from Seasucker - James Huang / Immediate Media
Team Novo Nordisk is racing on Orbea Orcas - James Huang / Immediate Media
Novo Nordisk's Orbea Orcas use some of the most unique cable routing in the business - James Huang / Immediate Media
23mm-wide Vittoria tubular's for the Novo Nordisk team - James Huang / Immediate Media
Novo Nordisk is among several teams that are gathering video footage during the race using Shimano's new video cameras. They're mounted on K-Edge aluminum mounts while the Garmin Edge 1000 computers are attached using the stock o-ring mounts - James Huang / Immediate Media
Condor bikes are rarely seen on US soil but the Rapha Condor - JLT team has brought a fleet to Colorado - James Huang / Immediate Media
Naturally, the Rapha Condor - JLT team bikes have smatterings of pink throughout the frame's paint - James Huang / Immediate Media
There's just a bit of pink, though - James Huang / Immediate Media
More pink highlights are found on the custom fi'zi:k saddles - James Huang / Immediate Media
Jelly Belly is always a popular team at US races. Fans literally gather around the team bus for samples of jelly beans, and that theme carries over to the team livery on the Argon 18 Gallium Pro race bikes - James Huang / Immediate Media
It's hard not to smile when you see pictures of jelly beans - James Huang / Immediate Media
The Jelly Belly team is riding on ISM's unique-looking Adamo saddles - James Huang / Immediate Media
Jelly Belly opts for Rotor power meters - James Huang / Immediate Media
Blacked-out TRP aluminum calipers are fitted to the Jelly Belly team bikes - James Huang / Immediate Media
Jelly Belly's Cateye Stealth 50 computers are attached to Bar Fly mounts - James Huang / Immediate Media
Argon 18 has long had a unique front-end approach. Instead of stacking up spacers on top of the headset, the frames use spacers to push the upper headset cup further up, which maintains stiffness by better supporting the steerer tube - James Huang / Immediate Media
The Jelly Belly team races on Maxxis tubulars glued to 3T carbon wheels - James Huang / Immediate Media
The Optum Pro Cycling team is sponsored by Diamondback so they tackle road stages on the company's lightweight Podium carbon frames - James Huang / Immediate Media
Optum Pro Cycling riders use HED carbon wheels and Continental tubulars - James Huang / Immediate Media
Eric Marcotte's (SmartStop) custom painted Wilier Zero.9 celebrates his recent win at the US national championships - James Huang / Immediate Media
The Drapac team made the trip from Australia along with their Swift Carbon Ultravox TI road bikes - James Huang / Immediate Media
Temperatures were quite toasty at the start of stage 4. The Drapac team was loading up section of pantyhose with ice cubes, and then stuffing them into the riders' jerseys - James Huang / Immediate Media
Instead of using off-the-shelf roof racks, the Drapac team had their Euro-style team racks shipped over - James Huang / Immediate Media
Some of the top riders and teams have made their way over to the high mountains of Colorado for this year's edition of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Colorado resident Tejay van Garderen (BMC) currently leads the race, followed closely by fellow Boulderite Alex Howes (Garmin-Sharp). Take a look at the bikes they're riding in the gallery above, along with tech tidbits from several other teams, too.
Alex howes' (garmin-sharp) cervžlo r5 just before the start of stage 4 of the usa pro cycling challenge:
