Tour of Utah 2017 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

August 01, 2017

Tour of Utah 2017 – Stage 1 – Logan – Logan : 212,3 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.

After 212km, the opening stage of the 2017 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah came down to a bike throw, and Ty Magner (Holowesko-Citadel) won by a nose over the late-charging Chris Lawless (Axeon Hagens Berman) and Travis McCabe (UnitedHealthcare).

Magner opened up the sprint in Logan and seemed to have gone too early, but managed to time his bike throw perfectly to win by a centimeter, giving his team plenty of podium time as the stage winner, overall leader and points classification leader of the race. Magner benefited from a lead out by teammate John Murphy in a chaotic finish on the wide roads leading to the finishing straight.

“Murph and I were talking, and we said, ‘If we get separated we get separated. We can’t try and stay too close together this whole time because it’s a five-lane road. Everybody can keep coming,'” Magner said in the post-stage press conference.

“Coming into the last K I think I saw Travis coming up the right side, and saw some Rally guys going up the left side. Even further to the left there was a BMC guy going. I swung all the way right and got on Travis, and then followed Travis all the way up to the final corner. Murph came up my inside, and we just found each other again through the corner, which is kind of what we said would happen. It was all over the place, that last 2km, really.”

McCabe said the chaos on the closing circuits led to a big fight for the final corner.

“Like Ty said, it was spread out the entire way,” McCabe said. “That makes it really difficult to have teams control for the sprint.”

How it unfolded

The 212km opening stage started and finished in Logan, with two categorised climbs in the out-and-back course that used a loop around Bear Lake for the turnaround.

The stage started climbing immediately out of Logan, with the first category 3 climb through Logan Canyon topping out just 51km into the day. From there, a mostly flat stage led to the climb back out of Logan Canyon and a 60km generally downhill run to the finish.

The peloton was feeling stingy in the early going, as multiple groups attacked the pack, but nothing was able to stick until a group of 10 formed midway up the climb.

In the group were Josh Berry and Jacob Rathe of Jelly Belly-Maxxis, Miguel Angel Benito (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Tyler Williams (Israel Cycling Academy), Andres Diaz (Cylance), Brian McCullough (Elevate-KHS), Eder Frayer (Elevate-KHS), Cortlan Brown (Hangar 15), Andrei Krasilnikau (Holowesko-Citadel) and Simone Andreetta (Bardiani CSF).

“Getting this jersey was on of our goals today, along with the sprint,” said Rathe, who placed second on both KOMs and took home the mountains jersey as his prize. “It was kind of a hard start. It didn’t go immediately, and I thought the breakaway that eventually went was relatively dangerous with quit a few teams in it and 10 riders.”

Once the lead group snapped the elastic from the bunch, the gap started going up precipitously. The leaders had five minutes by the time they reached the first KOM, where Williams took top honours, and the gap ballooned to a maximum advantage of 7:45 on the flat lands around the lake 72km into the day.

From there, concerted chasing from Rally, Caja Rural, UHC and Israel Cycling Academy started eating into the leaders’ gap. Berry took the first sprint, and the gap dipped below six minutes for the first time at 101km. The advantage was down to five minutes just 16 kilometres later, and the chances for a catch started to look good.

On the climb to the second KOM, the lead group whittled itself down to just Rathe, Andreetta, Benito, Frayer and Krasilnikau, left to carry on.

The gap continued to come down once the leaders were over the KOM and on the long descent through Logan Canyon. As the peloton approached the break, attacks started flying from the breakaway, but none was able to escape the breakaway companions.

As riders dropped out of the move, Krasilnikau and Benito were the final riders out front, but their day out also soon came to and end.

The peloton eventually made the catch with about 8km remaining, and the bunch kick looked inevitable. The peloton entered the two 3.1km closing circuits in Logan together.

Axeon Hagens Berman led the peloton onto the finishing circuits, but no one team had full control over the pace, with Jelly Belly, Caja Rural, Rally and UnitedHealthcare all amassing at the front. With one to go, Holowesko-Citadel overcame a mishap that saw some of their riders go off-roading and took the lead with Axeon.

Eric Marcotte (Cylance) attacked inside the 2km to go banner, but was closely marked by Chad Beyer (Hangar 15). Swiss champion Sylvan Dillier (BMC) led the peloton onto the finishing straight, but it was Holowesko that opened the sprint. Magner held on barely to take the stage and overall race lead.

Results :
1 Tyler Magner (USA) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear 4:56:49
2 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Axeon Hagens Berman
3 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
4 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy
5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team
6 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
7 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
8 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Bardiani CSF
9 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
10 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
11 Emile Jean (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
12 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
13 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
14 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling
15 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
16 Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
17 Alex Hoehn (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
18 Marco Zamparella (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
19 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team
20 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
21 Sepp Kuss (USA) Rally Cycling
22 Diego Rubio (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
23 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
24 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
25 Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
26 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
27 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
28 Neilson Powless (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
29 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
30 John Murphy (USA) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
31 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team
32 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
33 Kyle Murphy (USA) Cylance Cycling
34 Steve Fisher (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles
35 William Barta (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
36 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling
37 Chad Beyer (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles
38 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
39 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
40 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy
41 Stephen Bassett (USA) Silber Pro Cycling
42 Patrick Müller (SWI) BMC Racing Team
43 Jhonnatan Manuel Navaez Prado (Ecu) Axeon Hagens Berman
44 Marco Bernardinetti (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
45 Robert Britton (Can) Rally Cycling
46 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
47 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
48 Redi Halilaj (Alb) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
49 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
50 Manuel Sola Arjona (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
51 Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
52 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team
53 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
54 Eric Marcotte (USA) Cylance Cycling
55 Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
56 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
57 Robert Squire (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles
58 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Hangar 15 Bicycles
59 Taylor Eisenhart (USA) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
60 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
61 James Piccoli (Can) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
62 Simone Velasco (Ita) Bardiani CSF
63 Cory Lockwood (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
64 Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
65 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
66 Taylor Shelden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
67 Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini
68 Kaler Marshall (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles
69 Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
70 Erik Slack (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles
71 Ruben Companioni (Cub) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
72 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
73 Chris Winn (Aus) Hangar 15 Bicycles
74 Andres Miguel Diaz Corrales (Col) Cylance Cycling
75 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
76 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
77 Oscar Clark (USA) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
78 Adam Roberge (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 0:00:11
79 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:18
80 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 0:00:23
81 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:00:32
82 David Galarreta Ugarte (Spa) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest 0:01:14
83 Cortlan Brown (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles 0:01:19
84 Orlando Trinidad Garibay Contreras (Mex) Cylance Cycling 0:01:24
85 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy
86 Michael Rice (Aus) Axeon Hagens Berman 0:01:27
87 Jonathan Brown (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
88 Besmir Banushi (Alb) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest 0:01:40
89 Rui Oliveira (Por) Axeon Hagens Berman
90 Samuel Hunter Snipe Grove (USA) Cylance Cycling 0:01:58
91 Lachlan Norris (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:02:50
92 Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy 0:04:15
93 Brian McCulloch (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
94 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
95 Tyler Williams (USA) Israel Cycling Academy
96 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
97 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
98 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
99 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
100 Miguel Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
101 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:06:15
102 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk 0:11:15
103 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk
104 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
105 Hendrikus Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
106 Pier-André Côté (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
107 Julien Gagne (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
108 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling
109 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
110 Connor Brown (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
111 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
112 Bryan Lewis (USA) Cylance Cycling
113 Scott Law (Aus) Cylance Cycling
114 Uri Martins Sandoval (Mex) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
115 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
116 Mikel Elorza Pagaldai (Spa) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
117 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
118 Reid Mcclure (Can) Team Novo Nordisk
119 Jose Alfredo Rodriguez Victoria (Mex) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
120 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
121 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
122 Karl Menzies (Aus) Cylance Cycling
123 Corentin Cherhal (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:16:15
124 Gerd De Keijzer (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
125 Marc-Antoine Soucy (Can) Garneau Québecor 0:20:15
126 Aviv Yechzkel (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Tyler Magner (USA) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear 4:56:39
2 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Axeon Hagens Berman 0:00:04
3 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
4 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:00:06
5 Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling 0:00:08
6 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:10
7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team
8 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
9 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
10 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Bardiani CSF
11 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
12 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
13 Emile Jean (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
14 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
15 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling
16 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
17 Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
18 Alex Hoehn (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
19 Marco Zamparella (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
20 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team
21 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
22 Sepp Kuss (USA) Rally Cycling
23 Diego Rubio (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
24 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
25 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
26 Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
27 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
28 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
29 Neilson Powless (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
30 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
31 John Murphy (USA) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
32 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team
33 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
34 Kyle Murphy (USA) Cylance Cycling
35 Steve Fisher (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles
36 William Barta (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
37 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling
38 Chad Beyer (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles
39 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
40 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
41 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy
42 Stephen Bassett (USA) Silber Pro Cycling
43 Patrick Müller (SWI) BMC Racing Team
44 Jhonnatan Manuel Navaez Prado (Ecu) Axeon Hagens Berman
45 Marco Bernardinetti (Ita) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
46 Robert Britton (Can) Rally Cycling
47 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
48 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
49 Redi Halilaj (Alb) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
50 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
51 Manuel Sola Arjona (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
52 Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
53 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team
54 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
55 Eric Marcotte (USA) Cylance Cycling
56 Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
57 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
58 Robert Squire (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles
59 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Hangar 15 Bicycles
60 Taylor Eisenhart (USA) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
61 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
62 James Piccoli (Can) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
63 Simone Velasco (Ita) Bardiani CSF
64 Cory Lockwood (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
65 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
66 Taylor Shelden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
67 Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini
68 Kaler Marshall (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles
69 Christopher Butler (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
70 Erik Slack (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles
71 Ruben Companioni (Cub) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
72 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
73 Chris Winn (Aus) Hangar 15 Bicycles
74 Andres Miguel Diaz Corrales (Col) Cylance Cycling
75 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
76 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
77 Oscar Clark (USA) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
78 Adam Roberge (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 0:00:21
79 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:28
80 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman 0:00:33
81 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:00:42
82 David Galarreta Ugarte (Spa) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest 0:01:24
83 Cortlan Brown (USA) Hangar 15 Bicycles 0:01:29
84 Orlando Trinidad Garibay Contreras (Mex) Cylance Cycling 0:01:34
85 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy
86 Michael Rice (Aus) Axeon Hagens Berman 0:01:37
87 Jonathan Brown (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman
88 Besmir Banushi (Alb) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest 0:01:50
89 Rui Oliveira (Por) Axeon Hagens Berman
90 Samuel Hunter Snipe Grove (USA) Cylance Cycling 0:02:08
91 Lachlan Norris (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:03:00
92 Miguel Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:23
93 Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy 0:04:25
94 Brian McCulloch (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
95 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
96 Tyler Williams (USA) Israel Cycling Academy
97 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
98 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko / Citadel Racing p/b Hincapie Sportswear
99 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
100 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
101 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:06:23
102 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk 0:11:25
103 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk
104 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
105 Hendrikus Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
106 Pier-André Côté (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
107 Julien Gagne (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
108 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling
109 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
110 Connor Brown (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
111 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
112 Bryan Lewis (USA) Cylance Cycling
113 Scott Law (Aus) Cylance Cycling
114 Uri Martins Sandoval (Mex) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
115 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
116 Mikel Elorza Pagaldai (Spa) Amore & Vita – Selle SMP p/b Fondriest
117 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
118 Reid Mcclure (Can) Team Novo Nordisk
119 Jose Alfredo Rodriguez Victoria (Mex) Elevate – KHS Pro Cycling
120 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
121 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
122 Karl Menzies (Aus) Cylance Cycling
123 Corentin Cherhal (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:18:25
124 Gerd De Keijzer (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
125 Marc-Antoine Soucy (Can) Garneau Québecor 0:20:25
126 Aviv Yechzkel (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy