Yesterday’s Stage 1 of the ToU proved to be a tough one with more than a few breakaway attempts and some rugged climbing. Here are the top 30 results of the stage:
Official Results
Position Bib Name Team Time Gap
1. 41 MANCEBO PEREZ Francisco RRC 3.25’00”
2. 45 SEVILLA Oscar RRC 3.25’00”
3. 91 VEILLEUX David KBB 3.25’25” 25″
4. 42 PENA Victor Hugo RRC 3.25’25” …
5. 201 CLINGER David COS 3.25’25” …
6. 17 HOWES Alex GSF 3.25’25” …
7. 124 HAGMAN Alexander CIR 3.25’25” …
8. 25 LILL Darren TT1 3.25’25” …
9. 85 SELANDER Bjorn TTL 3.25’25” …
10. 21 ALDAPE Moises TT1 3.25’25” …
11. 112 CAMUT Jim LRO 3.25’25” …
12. 142 STEWART Scott TWM 3.25’25” …
13. 76 ZAJICEK Philip VAU 3.25’25” …
14. 134 COLLIER Corey TRG 3.25’25” …
15. 101 WREN Tyler COL 3.25’25” …
16. 2 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC 3.25’25” …
17. 227 TIETZEL Scott KFC 3.25’25” …
18. 16 CARLSEN Kirk GSF 3.25’25” …
19. 55 MCCARTY Patrick OCM 3.25’25” …
20. 136 HORN Peter TRG 3.25’25” …
21. 104 COLBY Anthony COL 3.25’25” …
22. 1 LOUDER Jeff BMC 3.25’25” …
23. 34 JACQUES-MAYNES Ben BPC 3.25’25” …
24. 83 BEWLEY Sam TTL 3.25’25” …
25. 56 LANDIS Floyd OCM 3.25’25” …
26. 102 VAILLANCOURT Daniel COL 3.25’25” …
27. 93 BOWMAN Dan KBB 3.25’25” …
28. 123 GRAY Ian CIR 3.25’25” …
29. 48 CHADWICK Glen RRC 3.25’25” …
30. 11 STETINA Peter GSF 3.25’25” …
Below is OUCH’s official press release on the stage:
August 20, 2009
White goes on attack, earns first KoM jersey in Utah. Strong overall performance for OUCH Presented by Maxxis on first road stage.
Salt Lake City, UT – It only took Brad White of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis about 40 miles before he picked up where he left off in last year’s Tour of Utah. In 2008, his attacking style of riding earned him the Tour’s sprinter’s jersey. Today, it earned him the race’s first King of the Mountains jersey.
White slipped off the front with Sam Bewley (Trek-Livestrong) about mid-way through the 85-mile stage, working to open a solid gap on the field. After taking two points on the first KoM earlier in the stage, he was keen to get top points on the day’s second climb up Big Mountain.
“Once we got away, my next objective was getting the points on the second KoM,” White said. “I was hoping we could stay away. I tried to be smart, but it just wasn’t going to happen today.” However, he did succeed in dropping Bewley on the climb and easily claimed the points to secure the jersey.
Once he knew the jersey was his, the next objective was to try and solo the final 25 km mostly downhill to the finish. But a solid headwind and rollers along the way started to take their toll.
On one of the short climbs heading to the finish, he was caught by the Rock Racing duo of Francesco Mancebo and Oscar Sevilla, who had attacked on the final climb, and had Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) in tow.
“I jumped on Aldape’s wheel, but then he got gapped,” White said. “I just didn’t have the legs left to close the gap to the Rock guys. When Mancebo and Sevilla came by, it was impressive. They were really suffering.”
White slid back to the main pack, which was now down to about 40 riders, including OUCH Presented by Maxxis teammates Floyd Landis, Chris Baldwin and Pat McCarty.
“All three of those guys looked great when they rolled up,” White said. “Chris and Floyd didn’t have to burn any matches today. Tomorrow’s a hard day with the long finishing climb up to Mt. Nebo, and Saturday’s just brutal. We’ll see how well Mancebo and Sevilla recover from today. They did a lot of work to get those 25 seconds they finished ahead of the pack. We’ll see what happens. But if today was any indication, I think it’s gonna be a good week. Everyone on the team showed up to race today. Everyone was really active. We’re all feeling pretty good about the week.”
If you want to see more stage 1 results go here to the ToU official web site.
Today’s stage, though shorter, is nonetheless very difficult with a mountaintop finish at Mt Nebo. Here’s the ToU’s preview of stage 2:
Appearing innocent at first, the Stage Two profile is flat with the exception of an enormous spike over the final twenty miles. Riders may think they will find relief from yesterday’s tough Wasatch Mountains in those first fifty miles until they start the long grind to the finish line, 4,000 feet above the low point of the course! Mt. Nebo is a classic local climb that will bring out the mountain goats in the peloton: the slightly-built, ectomorphs whose power-to-weight ratios qualify them as freaks of nature. They’ll need it all, as this climb seems never to end! The overall will surely begin to take shape after this amazing stage.
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