The first rider is off under amazing skies with a picturesque backdrop for the first USA Pro Cycling Challenge from Garden of the Gods national park.
52 seconds adrift., Ivan Basso took 97th
Andy Schleck took 57th, place 36 seconds off the winning time.
Robert Gesink, 21st on the day - just 18 seconds back.
Tom Danielson took 20th, 15 seconds back.
Ben King cracked the top 20 - taking 17th place at 16 seconds back.
15 seconds back., David Zabriskie took 16th
Rory Sutherland took 15th - 15 seconds off the winning time.
Danny Pate, with curious symmetry, took 11th, 11 seconds back.
Cadel Evans took 9th on the day 8 seconds off the pace.
Tejay Van Garderen took 8th - also 8 seconds back.
Levi Leipheimer took seventh on the day - 8 seconds adrift.
George Hincapie was giving it all in this prologue - clocking in at 6th place, also just seven seconds off the pace.
Jens Voigt, always a favorite in America, was cheered to a 5th place finish on the day - 7 seconds off the pace.
Another early starter - Robert Forester of United Health Care took fourth on the day, five seconds back.
Brent Bookwalter heads out towards the huge crowd at the start - on his way to a third place finish on the day - 4 seconds off the winning pace.
Christian Vandevelde went 11th off the ramp, but put in a time that held for 2nd place on the day - by 2 seconds.
The unexpected winner of the day - Patrick Gretcsch of HTC - blurs his way to the win
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Grestch celebrates claiming the first yellow jersey of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in HTC's last year of operation.