Steamboat Today: Photos for August 27, 2011

Jens Voight and cowboy at USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Rebecca Martin, left, Brian Meredith and Mary Madden wait for the riders during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Dianna Anderson gets in the cycling spirit for USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Maya Robbins dresses up for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Saturday.

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Tamra Malczyk, left, and Ryan Marsden show their spirit for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Ralph Eberspacher gets ready for riders during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Cooper Thorne dresses for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Saturday in Steamboat Springs.

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Tasha Carver waits for riders to come during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Saturday.

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Tim Thompson waits for riders during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Todd Campbell, left, and Matt Eggen wait for riders in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Alex Sullivan dresses up for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Kerry Lofy gets in gear for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Peter Bergmann, left, and Andy Woster wait for riders during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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John Neff, left, and Brian Roth dress up for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Adam Eimers, left, and Tim Nylen ride along as they wait for riders to come during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Gretchen Coleman dresses up as Wonder Woman during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Saturday.

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Spectators crowd around the Rabbit Ears Pass west summit on Saturday during the USA Pro Cycling Tour.

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Spectators surround a rider at the Rabbit Ears Pass west summit on Saturday during the USA Pro Cycling Tour.

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Rafael Anibal Montiel reaches the top of Rabbit Ears Pass first on Saturday during the USA Pro Cycling Tour.

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Spectators look up at a helicopter Saturday during the USA Pro Cycling Tour.

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Spectators wait for riders to arrive at the Rabbit Ears Pass west summit on Saturday during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Steamboat Springs resident Cindy Ptach waits for the riders to arrive at the Rabbit Ears Pass west summit Saturday during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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A helicopter flies over as the riders approach the top of Rabbit Ears Pass on Saturday during the USA Pro Cycling Tour.

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Tennessee resident Tim Thompson cheers on spectators as they climb Rabbit Ears Pass on Saturday for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Riders reach the Rabbit Ears Pass west summit on Saturday during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Attendees at the second annual Colorado State BBQ Championship at Craig read a vendor’s menu at the event Friday at Loudy-Simpson Park. A total of 29 teams, both local and out-of-state, participated in the event.

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Members of the Incendiary Circus fire troupe perform Friday night at Loudy-Simpson Park during the second Colorado State BBQ Championship at Craig. About 1,500 people turned out for the annual performance, said George Rohrich, The Memorial Hospital CEO.

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Jelly Belly rider Jeremy Powers grabs a bag of food — with energy jelly beans, a small sandwich and half a banana, from Larry Foss.

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Pulled pork? Not quite. Team Jelly Belly riders got small panini and Nutella sandwiches Friday in bags handed out by Jelly Belly staff. Support staff members said the sandwiches make for a nice mid-week treat as tired riders enjoy a change from more typical energy-providing products.

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Team Jelly Belly support staff member Larry Foss holds out a bag of food and water for the approaching peloton Friday in South Routt County during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Steamboat Springs High School senior Miles Maclean navigates the menu screen of an MP3 player his reading class will use to listen to audiobooks this semester. The tech tools were obtained as part of a $9,000 grant obtained last year.

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Riders coming up Rabbit Ears Pass.

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The Picking family celebrating the water bottle given to them by a team car. Parents Andy and Lynn, children Drew, Izzy and Sophie.

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Ready for the start of Stage 5 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Saturday in Steamboat.

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Heading onto Mount Werner Circle on Saturday.

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Cruising before starting up Rabbit Ears Pass.

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Thanks, USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Come back soon.

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Riders as they make the sharp right turn onto Steamboat Boulevard.

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Riders cresting the hill before turning onto Mt. Werner Circle on Saturday.

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Montiel on Rabbit Ears Pass.

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A breakaway group works its way up Rabbit Ears Pass on Saturday in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Colorado State Patrolmen get instruction before the start of Stage 5 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Saturday.

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Christian Vande Velde, of Team Garmin-Cervelo, signs an autograph Satuday before the Stage 5 start of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Steamboat Springs.

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Daniel Summerhill, of Team Garmin-Cervelo, signs an autograph Satuday before the Stage 5 start of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Steamboat Springs.

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Steamboat fans wait for the riders halfway up Rabbit Ears Pass.

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Riders climb Rabbit Ears Pass on Saturday during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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A fan heads up Rabbit Ears Pass ahead of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Saturday.

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Just warming up for the start of Stage 5.

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Peloton going up Rabbit Ears Pass on Saturday.

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Start of the fifth stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Saturday in Steamboat Springs.

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The peloton going up Rabbit Ears Pass, including Mountain Leader: Walter Pedraza, Andy Schleck, Tejay Van Garderen and Levi Leipheimer.

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Hand cyclist Dane Pilon going up Rabbit Ears Pass before the pros.

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A breakaway of five leading the peloton up Rabbit Ears Pass.

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Paracyclist Delmon Dunston signs an autograph on the back of six-year-old Sal Malone's jersey at Saturday's STARS charity ride party in Little Toots Park. Dunston had raced in Friday's events and was on hard for Saturday's charity event before heading back to his home in California.

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Racers turn onto U.S. Highway 40 during Stage 4 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Saturday.

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Racers turn onto U.S. Highway 40 during Stage 5 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Saturday.

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Bob Dapper leads the caravan out of the start on horseback during the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Steamboat Springs on Saturday.

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About half-way to the west summit of Rabbit Ears Pass.

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Peloton leaving Steamboat, climbing Rabbit Ears Pass.

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The leading edge of the peloton pedals up Rabbit Ears Pass above the Yampa River Valley on Saturday outside Steamboat Springs.

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Riders cross the finish line of Stage 4 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Steamboat Springs on Friday afternoon.

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A worker strings cable across the finish line of Stage 4 in downtown Steamboat Springs prior to Friday’s race.

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Spectators raise their cameras during the awards ceremony following Friday’s USA Pro Cycling Challenge finish in Steamboat Springs.

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Levi Leipheimer, who holds the yellow jersey in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, smiles Friday afternoon as reporters ask him questions in a post-race press conference after Stage 4 finished in Steamboat Springs.

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Elia Viviani, of Team Liquigas-Cannondale, stands in the middle of the Stage 4 podium Friday afternoon. He was joined by second-place finisher Michael Mørkøv, left, of Team Saxo Bank-Sungard, and Kenny Robert Van Hummel, of the Skil-Shimano team, in third.

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Elia Viviani, of Team Liquigas-Cannondale, walks onto the awards stage Friday in downtown Steamboat Springs following his win in Stage 4 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Paracyclist Anjii Hanson powers down Lincoln Avenue during Friday’s U.S. Paracycling Challenge in Steamboat Springs. Top paracyclists competed in a time trial prior to Friday’s main event.

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Spectators at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge pack the streets in downtown Steamboat Springs on Friday for the Lifestyle Expo and Sierra Nevada Beer Garden.

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SmartWool’s Marketing Manager Gardner Flanigan blows up noise makers that the local company handed out at the finish line of Stage 4 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Friday in Steamboat Springs.

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Mike Oliver, of San Diego, rides his bike along U.S. Highway 40 into Steamboat Springs on Friday afternoon for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Traffic was backed up along the highway, and local businesses were ready for the estimated 10,000 visitors.

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They don’t make youngsters bikes like they used to. Logan Spiegel, 7, front, and his brother Alex, 9, had the chance to demo recumbent bicycles during the Lifestyle Expo preceding the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Lincoln Avenue on Friday.

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Old Town Pub owner Kurt Vordermeier wasn’t complaining about the extra business Friday as a result of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Several downtown Steamboat Springs restaurants reported a busy afternoon.

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These girls have the American spirit.

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Along the S-curve on Mount Werner road before crossing the Yampa.

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Levi Leipheimer, who currently holds the yellow jersey in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, pumps his fist Friday afternoon on the awards stand following Stage 4.

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Sam Skrocke, who works for Medalist Sports, sets up displays for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Friday morning in Steamboat Springs.

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Michael Phalen rides a high-tech trainer that displays how much energy a rider can create at the Exergy booth at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge Lifestyle Expo on Friday as John Grace, middle, and Chris Bennett watch. Thousands of people came down to enjoy the expo and many of the booths while waiting for the finish of Stage 4.

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Displays sit on the front lawn of the Routt County Courthouse in downtown Steamboat Springs on Friday morning as organizers prepared the venue for huge crowds.

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Three kilometers to go and it is a sprint.

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All gaps were closed as the riders arrived in Steamboat.

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Waiting patiently for the riders.

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Artists do road work before the riders arrive in Steamboat.

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Spectators start to gather around a big screen on the Routt County Courthouse lawn Friday.

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View of downtown Steamboat Springs on Friday from Steamboat Ski & Bike Kare.

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Spectators start to arrive in downtown Steamboat Springs on Friday afternoon ahead of the Stage 4 finish of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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Cars line U.S. Highway 40 into downtown Steamboat Springs on Friday morning. The highway will be closed today prior to the race and will reopen at about 1:30 p.m.

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