A little bit peloton, a little bit NASCAR. The inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado next month will dress the pace rider with a yellow jersey, as is traditional in international cycling races.
But the Colorado version will be a checkered yellow jersey, reminiscent of a motorsports checkered flag.
“In creating each of these jerseys,” race co-chairman Shawn Hunter said in a news release, “we valued the time- honored traditions of the world tours while providing modern twists to make them unique.”
Other jerseys include the green sprint, red mountain (similar to the polka-dot climbing jersey of the Tour de France) and blue young rider (best of the under-23s).
And there will be a jersey unique to the USA Pro Cycling Challenge: an orange top denoting the most aggressive rider.
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