Tour of Utah 2016 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE]

August 05, 2016
Tour of Utah 2016 – Stage 5 – Antelope Island State Park – Bountiful – 183,4 km

The Tour of Utah, officially the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, is an annual multiday road cycling race; traversing the states of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Since the 2011 edition, the tour holds UCI classification (2.1). Between five and six UCI ProTeams compete annually. Due to its altitude, distance, and weather conditions, the tour is nicknamed: “America’s Toughest Stage Race”. In 2010, only 71 of the initial 140 riders finished. After receiving 2.1 status in 2011, a stronger field participated; 88 of the initial 120 competitors finished. In September 2014, it was announced that the race was promoted to 2.HC status.

Kiel Reijnen (Trek Segafredo) finally claimed a stage at the Tour of Utah with a powerful sprint on stage 5. The Trek Segafredo rider timed his run to the line perfectly, coming to the front with 100 meters to go before holding off a late challenge from Tao Geoghegan Hart (Axeon Hagens Berman) in second and Alex Howes (Cannondale Drapac) in third.

Lachlan David Morton (Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis) survived a tough day to retain his race lead ahead of Saturday’s queen stage. The stage was marked by an eleven-man break that established a lead over the peloton. The bunch caught the move on the final climb before a breakneck descent into Bountiful for the finish.

BMC Racing and Trek controlled the peloton in the closing stages before Joseph Rosskopf (BMC Racing Team) opened up his sprint from a long way out. Reijnen, however, kept his powder dry, and only came through the crowd when he needed to. The win marked his first victory since moving to Trek Segafredo at the start of the season.

“Today was definitely kind of a more emotional win for me just because I didn’t really believe in myself for the first 100km of the stage, but the team did,” Reijnen said. “Once we hit the circuits and got to the climb the first time and I felt the legs, after that I knew I had a good chance of winning if the break came back. So big thanks to the team for believing in me.”

How it unfolded

Friday’s fifth stage was packed with points for the classification riders, with three intermediate sprints and four KOMs on the 182.6km route from Antelope Island to Bountiful.

The riders circled Antelope Island twice, passing buffalo along the way, before making their way toward the first intermediate sprint in Hooper, 40km into the day.

The early climbs of North Ogden Divide and Trappers Loop, while challenging because the altitude, were fairly easy, wide slopes and did little to break up either the breakaway or the peloton. The real challenge of the day came near the finish as riders went up the short, steep climb of Bountiful Bench during two laps of the technical closing circuit in Bountiful.

Friday’s breakaway formed almost immediately from the start gun, with a group of 11 establishing before leaving the island. In the move was Axeon Hagens Berman’s Logan Owen, who won the same stage here last year.

Along with Owen were Tom Bohli (BMC Racing), Simon Pellaud (IAM Cycling), Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo), Chris Jones (UnitedHalthcare), Daniel Eaton (UnitedHealthcare) Frederic Brun (Fortuneo-Vital Concept), Brayan Sanchez (Team Jamis), Thomas Vaubourzeix (Lupus Racing), Evan Huffman (Rally Cycling) and Alex Cataford (Silber Pro Cycling).

“Our plan today was to try and save the team’s energy by putting a guy into the break so we didn’t have to pull, and Julien did a brilliant job with that,” Reijnen said. “And when it looked like the break was really strong and might stay, that was OK too because we figured out of that group we’d definitely bet on Julien for the stage win.”

Pellaud, who was stung by a bee during the stage, took the first intermediate sprint, while Eaton won the first KOM over North Ogden Divide. By the time the leaders reached Eden and the second sprint of the day, their gap had jumped up to more than five minutes. Owen, who had been dropped on the first climb, regained the group and took the maximum sprint points in Eden.

Jelly Belly-Maxxis, supporting overall leader Lachlan Morton, took control of the chase back in the field with help from Holowesko-Citadel, which was hoping to set up a reduced-bunch sprint for stage 4 winner Travis McCabe. The leaders’ gap was down to 2:40 with 42km remaining and the two trips up Bountiful Bench ahead.

The leaders entered the Bountiful circuits with just over a minute advantage, and attacks quickly started splitting up the group. Bernard, Jones, Huffman and Cataford took over the lead. Pellaud battled his way to the leaders to from a group of five off the front.

Bohli Bridged back to make a lead group of six, but he was soon off the pace again as they went up Bountiful Bench for the first time.

Bernard then jumped away 1km from the KOM, gaining a slight advantage over a chase from Huffman and Cataford. UnitedHealthcare’s Jones and Eaton caught the chasing duo as a second chase group formed from the peloton that contained TJ Eisenhart (BMC Racing) Matthew Busche (UnitedHetlthcare) ad Tao Georghean Hart.

Bernard started the final loop in Bountiful with a four-second gap over the chase group of four, and he was quickly back in the fold with them on the next lap. Busche jumpd away on the next trip up Bountiful Bench, but he was soon caught and passed by Axeon’s Eddie Dunbar.

With the rest of the breakaway group re-absorbed by the bunch, Team Jamis’ Janier Acevedo jumped away and bridged to Dunbar, and they were joined by BMC Racing’s Darwin Atapuma and Geogheagn Hart, who immediately launched his own attack.

All the shuffling and attacking over the final circuits whittled the main field down to about 25 riders and also propelled the bunch up to the leaders, who succumbed to the chase with about 6km to go. From there it was a madcap free fall down the technical descent into downtown Bountiful and the bunch sprint.

Results :
1 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 4:22:38
2 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Axeon Hagens Berman
3 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
4 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
5 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
6 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
7 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
8 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
9 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
11 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
12 Nicolae Tanovitchii (Mda) Lupus Racing Team
13 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
14 Taylor Eisenhart (USA) BMC Racing Team
15 Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
16 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling
17 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
18 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
19 Robbie Squire (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team
20 Joseph Chavarria (CRc) Lupus Racing Team
21 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team
22 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Team Jamis
23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
24 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
25 Christopher Horner (USA) Lupus Racing Team
26 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
27 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Axeon Hagens Berman
28 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
29 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
30 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 4:22:50
31 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 4:23:05
32 Adrien Costa (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
33 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team
34 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team
35 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling
36 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
37 Neilson Powless (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
38 Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team
39 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
40 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
41 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
42 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 4:24:48
43 Travis McCabe (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team
44 John Hornbeck (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team
45 Chad Beyer (USA) Lupus Racing Team
46 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
47 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
48 Colin Joyce (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
49 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling
50 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Jamis 4:27:09
51 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
52 David Drouin (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 4:27:25
53 Alexander Cataford (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 4:28:16
54 Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Team Jamis
55 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
56 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
57 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
58 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 4:29:29
59 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) BMC Racing Team
60 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
61 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
62 Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) Lupus Racing Team
63 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling
64 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
65 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
66 Krists Neilands (Lat) Axeon Hagens Berman
67 Bryan Lewis (USA) Lupus Racing Team 4:31:30
68 Eric Marcotte (USA) Team Jamis
69 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Team Jamis
70 Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
71 Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
72 Benjamin Perry (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
73 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling
74 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
75 Ruben Companioni (Cub) Team Jamis
76 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
77 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
78 Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Lupus Racing Team
79 Frederic Brun (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
80 Barry Miller (USA) Lupus Racing Team
81 Stephen Bassett (USA) Team Jamis
82 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
83 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
84 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
85 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
86 Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
87 Kyle Murphy (USA) Team Jamis
88 David Gaona Vazquez (Mex) Nippo – Vini Fantini 4:34:58
89 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 4:35:03
90 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team
91 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 4:36:50
92 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 4:37:09
93 Alexandr Braico (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
94 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling
95 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
96 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
97 Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling
98 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling
99 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac
100 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
101 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
102 Keijzer Gerd De (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
103 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk
104 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team
105 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
106 Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
107 Ryan Roth (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
108 Kristofer Dahl (Can) Silber Pro Cycling

General classification after stage 5 :
1 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 19:17:18
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 19:17:27
3 Adrien Costa (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 19:17:52
4 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 19:18:50
5 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team
6 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling
7 Taylor Eisenhart (USA) BMC Racing Team 19:18:52
8 Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 19:19:29
9 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 19:21:09
10 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Axeon Hagens Berman 19:21:19
11 Robbie Squire (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 19:21:25
12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
13 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
14 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
15 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
16 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
17 Neilson Powless (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 19:21:52
18 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team
19 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 19:23:21
20 Nicolae Tanovitchii (Mda) Lupus Racing Team 19:23:22
21 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Axeon Hagens Berman 19:23:24
22 Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 19:23:25
23 Christopher Horner (USA) Lupus Racing Team
24 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
25 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 19:23:45
26 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 19:23:52
27 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
28 Chad Beyer (USA) Lupus Racing Team 19:25:35
29 Joseph Chavarria (CRc) Lupus Racing Team 19:27:11
30 Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 19:27:17
31 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 19:27:28
32 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 19:27:38
33 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling 19:28:38
34 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 19:29:21
35 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 19:29:45
36 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 19:30:12
37 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling 19:30:16
38 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 19:33:19
39 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 19:34:18
40 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 19:35:37
41 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling
42 David Drouin (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 19:35:56
43 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 19:36:04
44 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
45 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 19:36:14
46 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Team Jamis 19:36:36
47 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 19:37:47
48 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 19:40:27
49 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 19:40:50
50 Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Team Jamis 19:41:15
51 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 19:41:24
52 Ruben Companioni (Cub) Team Jamis 19:42:18
53 Travis McCabe (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 19:42:23
54 Colin Joyce (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 19:42:31
55 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 19:42:37
56 John Hornbeck (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team
57 Alexander Cataford (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 19:43:45
58 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 19:44:29
59 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 19:46:42
60 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 19:46:45
61 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 19:47:24
62 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) BMC Racing Team 19:48:31
63 Stephen Bassett (USA) Team Jamis 19:49:16
64 Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 19:49:19
65 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
66 Bryan Lewis (USA) Lupus Racing Team
67 Barry Miller (USA) Lupus Racing Team
68 Frederic Brun (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 19:49:28
69 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Jamis 19:49:32
70 Krists Neilands (Lat) Axeon Hagens Berman 19:49:51
71 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 19:50:04
72 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Team Jamis 19:50:05
73 Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 19:51:27
74 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 19:52:19
75 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 19:52:22
76 Alexandr Braico (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 19:52:27
77 Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Lupus Racing Team 19:53:00
78 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 19:53:11
79 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 19:53:27
80 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 19:53:57
81 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
82 Eric Marcotte (USA) Team Jamis
83 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 19:54:19
84 Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) Lupus Racing Team
85 David Gaona Vazquez (Mex) Nippo – Vini Fantini 19:54:25
86 Kristofer Dahl (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 19:54:47
87 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 19:54:58
88 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac
89 Ryan Roth (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 19:55:53
90 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 19:55:56
91 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 19:59:14
92 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 19:59:52
93 Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling 19:59:55
94 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 20:00:25
95 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
96 Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 20:01:47
97 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 20:01:53
98 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 20:02:20
99 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 20:03:34
100 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team 20:07:02
101 Benjamin Perry (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 20:07:32
102 Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 20:07:57
103 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling 20:11:46
104 Kyle Murphy (USA) Team Jamis 20:13:55
105 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk 20:14:11
106 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling 20:15:35
107 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling 20:16:37
108 Keijzer Gerd De (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 20:20:17