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enlarge CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE Timmy Duggan of the Liquigas-Cannondale team trains in Garden of the Gods Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in preparation for the USA Pro Challenge Aug. 20-26, 2012. Stage 5, Aug. 24, will travel through the park and finish in downtown car rental durban south africa Colorado Springs.
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The blond-haired cyclist who rides for Liquigas-Cannondale, based in Italy, proudly displays his heritage with a weathered cap emblazoned with the Colorado flag pulled low over his face. And it may be precisely such heritage that earns him a stage win in the second annual Pro Challenge, which careens car rental durban south africa into Colorado Springs Aug. 24.
I know every single kilometer of the route, about every pothole and piece of road kill on the side of the road, Duggan said before a training ride through Garden of the Gods in early August. And for sure, that s a huge advantage.
That Duggan is even racing professionally is itself car rental durban south africa a major achievement after a career-threatening crash at the 2008 Tour de Georgia that left him with a traumatic brain injury. He says it took a year before he felt healthy, first hopping back on the saddle to avoid lingering regret from never again trying the sport that he originally took up as a way to stay in shape during the summer as an Alpine ski racer.
Day-to-day when I m back home I see what it s like for the family, the caregivers, the people coming back from that brain injury themselves, said King, who grew up in New Hampshire and joins Duggan as the only other American on his pro team. It s absolutely a miracle what Timmy s come back from.
His cycling coach for the first several years of his cycling career, Brian White, says switching from ski racing to cycling suited Duggan because his undying effort to improve more directly led to competitive success in the latter.
He has been as if not more challenged than any other athlete I ve known over the years, said White, who trained at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs as a road racer in the late 80s and early 90s and works as a psychiatrist in Cooperstown, N.Y. He has gone through a lot and stuck to it and his perseverance is unsurpassed.
Once again healthy and riding car rental durban south africa the energy of the overwhelming crowds who lined the London course, King says the veteran in his eighth year as a pro is riding absolutely incredible heading into one of the most prestigious stateside competitions.
Back on familiar ground, Duggan will take his familiar role as a backstage man, hoping sprinters car rental durban south africa like Vincenzo Nibali will finish the tour-ending stage in Denver with the title. But he s eyeing his rare moment in the spotlight.
With his 2012 U.S. national championship jersey across his slight frame, Stage 6 (Aug. 25, Golden to Boulder) which closes on the city that hold memories of his amateur and pro career would make for a storybook ending.