The 2017 Tour de France has seen Colorado natives shine through 17 stages. Taylor Phinney, born in Boulder, and ‘Downtown’ Nate Brown, from Colorado Springs, are bringing American cycling back into the spotlight.

After Phinney earned the climber’s jersey in stage two, Brown followed his lead with two consecutive climber jersey victories of his own in stages three and four. Brown has continued his impressive performance, and although he hasn’t claimed any more jerseys he is currently the top American, sitting respectably in the 38th position overall (especially considering 50 riders have already abandoned the race entirely).

The 2017 Tour de France has been a revival of sorts for Brown, who hasn’t recorded a major finish since 2013 when he won the yellow jersey for fastest rider in the Tour de Beauce. Brown also finished with the most points in that race, picking up the green jersey as well. The major victory was a part of an incredible 2013 for Brown who also earned a time trial victory and a second place finish in the road race in the National Under-23 Road Championships.

The Colorado-born duo are both competing for Cannondale Drapac Racing in the Tour this year. In stage 17 they assisted Columbian teammate Rigoberto Uran to a second-place stage finish. The top-two classification boosted Uran into second place overall for the Tour, just 27 seconds behind leader and race favorite Christopher Froome.

Through 17 of 21 stages, Brown ranks 38th and Phinney ranks 164th out of 169 remaining riders.

Brown and Phinney are among the crop of American riders looking to revitalize the sport in the US after the doping scandals of Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis put a shadow on the sport. So far, the Colorado boys have been successful in that endeavor during the 2017 Tour de France.