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The 2013 USA Pro Cycling Challenge is the third edition of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage race. Once again, the race was included on the UCI America Tour, with a UCI classification of 2.HC. As such, the race was only open to teams on the UCI Pro Tour, UCI Professional Continental and UCI Continental circuits. The race took place between August 19–25, 2013 as a seven-day, seven-stage race, traversing the state of Colorado. The 2013 USA Pro Cycling Challenge was one of six UCI-ranked stage races in the United States in 2013, and one of two (along with the 2013 Tour of California) that attracted multiple UCI ProTeams to compete. American Tejay van Garderen of won the overall title after finishing lower on the podium the previous two years. ==Participating teams== In July, the USA Pro Cycling Challenge announced a sixteen-team field, made up of seven UCI ProTeams (up from six), four UCI Professional Continental Teams (down from six) and five UCI Continental Teams (up from four), thus giving the race a total of sixteen-teams (steady from 2012).〔(Sixteen World-Class Professional Cycling Teams Confirmed to Participate in 2013 USA Pro Challenge ), usaprocyclingchallenge.com〕〔(16 teams to race 2013 USA Pro Challenge announced ), VeloNews〕 In total, ten of the sixteen-teams that competed in 2013 were invited to return to this event, as well as , , and , who competed in the 2011 edition.〔〔 UCI ProTeams , , , , and are based in the Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Denmark, and the United Kingdoms, respectively; UCI Professional Continental Team is based in China, while its counterpart, is based in Columbia. The remaining nine teams are based in the United States.〔〔 ;UCI ProTeams * * * * * * * * * * * ;UCI Professional Continental Teams * * * * * * ( * – participated in 2012) ;UCI Continental Teams * * * * * * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2013 USA Pro Cycling Challenge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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