Casey B. Gibson Gallery: USA Cycling Professional National Championship Road Race 2012

Teams like BMC Racing prepared chests full of ice socks for the heat. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Reid Mumford and his son Magness head to sign-in. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Dave Zabriskie shares a laugh with Hincapie at the start line. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Duggan leads the chase of the early break to set up the winning split. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

With five riders in the break, Garmin looked to control the race early. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Tom Zirbel pulled the whole peloton for miles on the chase. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

On the third trip up Paris mountain, the leaders follow Tom Peterson of Garmin. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

The Paris Mountain climb defines the race. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Wren took home the inaugural mountain jersey and said that he felt the domestic teams represented well. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Greenville bid the championships good bye with big crowds downtown. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Hincapie on one of his last trips up Paris Mountain in competition. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Some Canadian cycling fans were still celebrating Sunday's historic Giro result. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Tyler Wren secures the mountains jersey and picks up an ice pack at the same time. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

With van Garderen in the break, Bookwalter and Hincapie sat in the chase group. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Van Garderen attacks on the final climb up Paris Mountain. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

On the final climb up Paris Mountain, Busche, Danielson and Jacques-Maynes chase with Duggan coming from behind. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Busche leads Duggan and van Garderen into downtown. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

To the victor... Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Timmy Duggan celebrates a hard fought win. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Frank Pipp leads the chase across the line to secure second place ahead of Kiel Reijnen. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Timmy Duggan models his new stars and stripes jersey. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com

Kiel Reijnen (l) lands on the podium for the second time on three years, with veteran Frank Pipp (r) and Duggan. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com