It involves insanely fit people on bicycles riding as fast as possible up and down the steep hills of Vermont, amid bright sunshine and summer humidity high enough to melt a Florida alligator.
The race culminates in the Dealer.com Criterium, in which our intrepid racers zip around the narrow streets of Burlington, Vermont.
It looks scary if you're participating, but it sure is fun to watch. So I did. And took a few photos.
These guys sure do look intense. They're in it to win it. Scroll down to see all the photos.
