Tour of Utah
Interview
Wrapping up Utah with Jeff Louder
I started off the Tour of Utah coverage with a chat with 2008 overall winner Jeff Louder of the BMC Racing Team, and who better to close out this year’s race than the Utah-son. Louder made no bones about it, he wanted to win but it wasn’t to be as he finished third [...]
Interview
Busche’s Breakout Performance
The field exploded at the bottom of Mt Nebo in the second stage at the Tour of Utah and who’s who of climbers were off the front, in the hunt for a stage win and the possibility of moving up in the GC. The select group included yellow jersey Francisco Mancebo and Rock Racing teammate [...]
Stage Five: Salt Lake Downtown Criterium
Sulzberger wins final stage and Mancebo takes overall in Utah
After slogging up and down the mountains, the sprinters finally had a chance to play at the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah, on the final stage, the 90-minute criterium in Salt Lake City. As typically happens in the four-corner crit, positioning at the last corner was key, and Australian Crit Champion Bernie Sulzberger of [...]
Stage Four: Park City to Snowbird
Howes flies the stars and stripes on Snowbird
In a show of force and humor, young Alex Howes of the Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin team, the U23 development arm of the Slipstream organization, grabbed a hot dog and attacked the dwindling break at the bottom of the final brutal climb up to Snowbird and soloed away for the win at the Queen stage of the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah. Rock Racing’s Francisco Mancebo solidifies the yellow jersey. Photos.
Related interviews: Meet Alex Howes from December 08, Catching up from July 09
Resources
The road to Snowbird
A closer look at the Queen Stage of the Tour of Utah
Stage Three: Miller Motorsports Park Individual Time Trial
Zirbel scorches time trial at Utah
While the temperature did not climb into the 3 digits as predicted by many, it was still a scorcher at stage 3 of the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah where last year’s winner Tom Zirbel of the BISSELL team, clocked the fastest time of seventeen minutes even on the 14.5 km (9.2 mi) [...]
Stage Two: Thanksgiving Point to Mount Nebo
Lill gives himself a great birthday gift – a solo win atop Mt Nebo
Team Type 1’s Darren Lill took the matter into his own hands at the bottom of the tough 30 km climb and flew away from a select lead group of 9 riders to take the win atop of Mt Nebo at stage 2 of the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah. Lill quickly established and [...]
Stage 3: Time Trial Start List
Stage One: Ogden to Salt Lake
Rock Racing takes control in Utah
The Rock Racing duo of Francisco Mancebo and Oscar Sevilla finished 1-2 on the 137 km (85 mi) Stage 1 of the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah, putting the yellow leader’s jersey on Mancebo’s shoulders. The pair attacked on the climb to the second and last KOM, caught and passed the break [...]
Prologue: State Capitol
BMC’s Bookwalter books it in Utah
BMC’s Brent Bookwalter booked it at the opening act of the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah, clocking the fastest time of six minutes and twelve seconds in the 4.5 km (2.8 mi) prologue held at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah. Current US Time Trial Champion David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream) was second at [...]
Resources
Tour of Utah – cheat sheet
A quick review of the details for the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah. But first, don’t forget to read ‘Talking Utah with Jeff Louder‘ where last year’s winner Jeff Louder of the BMC team talks about what the win meant for him but also a preview of all the stages.
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Interview
Talking Utah with Jeff Louder
Defending champion and Utah-native Jeff Louder of the BMC Racing Team is going into the upcoming Larry H Miller Tour of Utah as a marked man which is “a good way to be if you can deliver on that.”
“I have just to do what I do, race aggressively, race my race and I am [...]
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