Tour Tracker® Named Official Race Coverage Platform for USA Pro Cycling Challenge
BOULDER, CO July 22, 2012 Tour Tracker LLC, developer of The Tour Tracker®, announced today that it will be the official online, mobile and broadcast coverage platform for the upcoming USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Cycling fans everywhere are now ensured a front-row seat to the most exciting stage race to ever hit the high mountain slopes of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains.![]()
Tour Tracker® will provide start-to-finish coverage for each of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge’s seven days of racing action. From the race starting prologue in Colorado Springs, through the lung-searing high mountains and back to Denver a week later, Tour Tracker® will deliver live video coverage, real-time GPS location, speed, slope and elevation data, commentary and social media feeds. Tour Tracker can be found online or viewed on its custom developed USA Pro Cycling Challenge apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.
Tour Tracker Live™ will give fans an additional window into the athleticism and suffering of racers as they climb to the highest elevations of the entire professional cycling race season. Racer heart rate values, speed, pedaling cadence and real-time power output information will be displayed in real time. Peak performance values will be reported by Tour Tracker Live™ throughout each stage and broadcast on Twitter (@TourTracker).
Tour Tracker developer and company owner, Allan Padgett is looking forward to the event. “The USA Pro Cycling Challenge is going to be an amazing event and we are very excited to provide fans coverage of every stage.” Padgett added, “By delivering live video coverage, racer performance data and up to the second standings, fans everywhere will have a race experience second only to being on a bike in the race itself.”
Jim Birrell, USA Pro Cycling Challenge organizer and Managing Partner of Medalist Sports, adds, “Tour Tracker will allow us to deliver the full race experience to our fans as simply no other technology can. Our coverage will set a new standard for excellence in broadcast sports media and hands-down, the biggest winners are the fans.”
About Tour Tracker: TourTracker® is the world’s premier online race viewing technology offering an unmatched combination of features, flexibility and proven reliability. More than a million users have experienced the biggest and most exciting cycling events on Tour Tracker. From the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia to the Tour of California, racing fans, event promoters and sponsors know that Tour Tracker is the original and best platform available. http://www.TheTourTracker.com Twitter: @TourTracker Facebook: TheTourTracker
Media Contact: Rob O’Dea, Tour Tracker, LLC., 415.531.1024