Tour of Utah 2018 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

August 09, 2018

Tour of Utah 2018 – Stage 3 – Antelope Island – Layton City : 167,7 km

The 2018 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah will take place August 6-12. Host venues for 2018 include St. George, Cedar City, Payson City, Antelope Island State Park, Layton City, Salt Lake City, Canyons Village, Snowbird Resort and Park City. After moving the race back one week from its traditional dates, allowing European teams a full week of travel following the Tour de France, organisers secured five WorldTour teams for 2018, including BMC Racing, Trek-Segafredo, Mitchelton-Scott, EF Education First-Drapac and LottoNL-Jumbo. The route for the seven-day 2.HC race starts in the southern end of the state with the prologue time trial in St. George, and then makes its way north for the final day in Park City, which returns to the race after a one-year absence. A newly configured circuit in Salt Lake City is also on tap for 2018.

Travis McCabe (UnitedHealthcare) pulled himself into the history books as the rider with the most stage wins at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah after chalking up his fourth victory and his second of the 2018 edition in Layton.

The UnitedHealthcare rider waited patiently behind lead-out man Sebastian Haedo and hit out simultaneously with Jasper Philipsen (Hagens Berman Axeon), getting the better of the Belgian with the final throw. Edwin Avila (Israel Cycling Academy) was third.

McCabe and his team benefited from having Jonny Clarke in the day’s breakaway, allowing the UHC riders to sit in the bunch and let other teams do the chasing. LottoNL-Jumbo took up most of that job, as Rally Cycling’s Rob Britton, the 2017 overall winner who started the day just two minutes down, was also in the move.

“The team’s strategy played out perfectly,” McCabe said. “We knew it was going to be a long day and hot, so we didn’t want to take full responsibility overall. The plan was to put someone in the break. We thought that today was the day a breakaway could stick, and we wanted to give opportunities to other riders as well.

“It worked out really well,” McCabe said. “Jonny did a great job, and then he got away in the end with Rob. Again it allowed us to not take charge until the very last minute, and we used [Sebastian Haedo] to put me in perfect position for the sprint. Then it was just a drag race between Jasper and I.”

The bunch sprint did little to the overall classification, as Sepp Kuss (LottoNl-Jumbo) stayed safely in the peloton to keep the race lead, with 19 seconds over teammate Neilson Powless and 25 seconds over prologue winner Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team).

How it unfolded

The 188km stage 3 route from Antelope Island to Layton City included three intermediate sprints and just one KOM, the punchy climb up the Bountiful Bench 91km into the race. The first intermediate sprint in Syracuse came 33.8km into the day, while the last two were in Farmington at 69km and 112.5km. Bonus seconds of three, two and one were awarded at each sprint.

The peloton was feeling stingy on the fourth day of the race, and all of the early attacks were quickly nullified by the flying field. Points leader Travis McCabe (UnitedHealthcare) won the first intermediate sprint, and LottoNL-Jumbo’s Nielson Powless, who started the day second overall behind teammate Kuss, grabbed a two-second bonus for second place.

At the next sprint in Farmington, EF Education First-Drapac’s Mike Woods took maximum points and the three-second bonus ahead of McCabe.

The race covered nearly 70km in the first hour before a group of 10 got away with 112km remaining. In the group were Tony Baca (303 Project), Hamish Schruers (Israel Cycling Academy), Lucas Hamilton (Mitchelton-Scott), Michael Rice (Axeon Hagens Berman), Jonny Clarke (UnitedHealthcare), Gage Hecht (Aevolo), Rob Britton (Rally Cycling), Damiano Cima (Nippo-Vini Fantini), Laurent Didier (Trek-Segafredo) and Brendan Canty (EF Education First-Drapac).

The bunch seemed to be happy with the breakaway composition, and the gap quickly went out to more than a minute.

When Baca took the maximum KOM points on Bountiful Bench at 90km, the gap had gone up to 1:30, but with Britton down just two minutes in the general classification, LottoNL-Jumbo never let the escapees have much of an advantage.

The gap hovered at 1:30 as the escapees made their way to the final intermediate sprint of the day back in Farmington 112.5km into the race, where Clarke took the maximum points and three-second time bump.

Riders started attacking the break with 50km remaining as they entered Hill Air Force base, where Schruers jumped and was followed in succession by Britton, Hecht, Cima, Clarke and Baca. But the original breakaway eventually regrouped when Schruers was brought back into the fold. The leaders had 55 seconds with about 40km remaining, and the gap continued to come down from there.

The escapees entered the first of five 5km finishing circuits with 30 seconds on the field. Britton set off on his own, and he was quickly pursued by Clarke to form a new lead duo off the front. They crossed the line with four to go holding 20 seconds over the breakaway remnants and 45 seconds on the field. With two laps to go the gap was down to 30 seconds. When the gap came down to 20 seconds a short time later, Britton and Clarke shook hands for a good try, but at that point, the field sprint was inevitable.

Jelly Belly kept the pace high on the final lap, as LottoNl-Jumbo lurked close behind with race leader Sepp Kuss in tow. Will Clarke (EF-Drapac) attempted to escape inside the 3km mark, but his move didn’t last. Axeon Hagens Berman nailed him back with a sudden surge, but McCabe was perfectly positioned on their train and was able to overhaul Philipsen at the line.

Results :
1 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 4:04:47
2 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Hagens Berman Axeon
3 Edwin Avila (Col) Israel Cycling Academy
4 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
5 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
6 Pier-André Côté (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
7 Samuel Bassetti (USA) Elevate-KHS
8 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling
9 Neilson Powless (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo
10 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
11 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
12 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
13 Tyler Williams (USA) Israel Cycling Academy
14 Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo
15 Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
16 Griffin Easter (USA) 303 Project
17 Alex Hoehn (USA) Aevolo
18 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
19 Michael Hernandez (USA) Aevolo
20 Lance Haidet (USA) Aevolo
21 Luis Ricardo Villalobos Hernandez (Mex) Aevolo
22 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
23 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
24 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
25 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
26 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
27 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
28 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
29 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
30 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
31 Jack Burke (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
32 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
33 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally Cycling
34 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
35 Sean Bennett (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
36 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
37 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
38 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
39 Connor Brown (USA) Mobius Bridgelane
40 Ed Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
41 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team
42 Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
43 Robert Britton (Can) Rally Cycling
44 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
45 Flavio De Luna (Mex) 303 Project
46 Angus Lyons (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane
47 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy
48 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
49 TJ Eisenhart (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
50 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
51 Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
52 Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex) Elevate-KHS
53 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
54 Bernat Font Mas (Spa) 303 Project
55 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
56 Charles Etienne Chretien (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
57 Gage Hecht (USA) Aevolo
58 Isaiah Newkirk (USA) 303 Project
59 Danick Vandale (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
60 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling
61 Alexander Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
62 Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy
63 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
64 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
65 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
66 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
67 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
68 Adam Roberge (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
69 Laurent Gervais (Can) Aevolo
70 Lionel Mawditt (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
71 Rob Power (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
72 Jesse Coyle (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane
73 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
74 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
75 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Elevate-KHS
76 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling
77 Emile Jean (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
78 Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling
79 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
80 Peter Livingstone (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane 0:00:23
81 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:32
82 Brian McCulloch (USA) Elevate-KHS 0:01:03
83 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
84 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
85 Thomas Revard (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:01:09
86 Fernando Islas Lopez (Mex) Aevolo 0:01:27
87 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:01:36
88 Cormac McGeough (Irl) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:01:47
89 George Simpson (USA) Elevate-KHS 0:01:59
90 Taylor Shelden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
91 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:02:39
92 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
93 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling 0:03:29
94 Cullen Easter (USA) 303 Project 0:03:38
95 Ruben Companioni (Cub) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
96 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon
97 Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
98 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
99 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
100 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
101 Koen Bouwmam (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
102 Jan Maas (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
103 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
104 Brayan Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
105 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
106 Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:05:49
107 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy
108 Tony Baca (Mex) 303 Project
DNF Freddy Ovett (Aus) BMC Racing Team
DNF Russell Finsterwald (USA) Mobius Bridgelane

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 11:54:24
2 Neilson Powless (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:19
3 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:25
4 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:36
5 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally Cycling 0:00:37
6 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:38
7 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
8 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
9 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:40
10 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
11 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:42
12 Luis Ricardo Villalobos Hernandez (Mex) Aevolo 0:00:50
13 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:00:52
14 Sean Bennett (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:01:43
15 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:01:46
16 Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:53
17 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:59
18 Robert Britton (Can) Rally Cycling 0:02:00
19 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling 0:03:37
20 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:03:38
21 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:03:41
22 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:45
23 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 0:03:48
24 Alex Hoehn (USA) Aevolo 0:03:49
25 Angus Lyons (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane 0:03:50
26 Jack Burke (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:03:52
27 Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex) Elevate-KHS 0:03:53
28 TJ Eisenhart (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 0:03:54
29 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:03:55
30 Ed Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:03:58
31 Griffin Easter (USA) 303 Project 0:05:08
32 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:10:27
33 Isaiah Newkirk (USA) 303 Project 0:10:40
34 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:10:49
35 Peter Livingstone (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane 0:11:12
36 Thomas Revard (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:11:19
37 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:12:14
38 Gage Hecht (USA) Aevolo 0:12:17
39 Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 0:12:18
40 Rob Power (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:12:21
41 Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 0:12:28
42 Bernat Font Mas (Spa) 303 Project 0:12:38
43 Flavio De Luna (Mex) 303 Project 0:12:55
44 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:13:07
45 Edwin Avila (Col) Israel Cycling Academy 0:13:37
46 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:13:40
47 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling 0:14:13
48 Cullen Easter (USA) 303 Project 0:14:52
49 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:16:47
50 Connor Brown (USA) Mobius Bridgelane 0:16:59
51 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:17:17
52 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:19:39
53 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:10
54 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling 0:20:15
55 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:20:16
56 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:20:18
57 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Elevate-KHS 0:20:22
58 Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:20:24
59 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
60 Charles Etienne Chretien (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 0:20:25
61 Samuel Bassetti (USA) Elevate-KHS 0:20:27
62 Danick Vandale (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 0:20:29
63 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:20:31
64 Alexander Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
65 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:20:41
66 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:20:43
67 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:21:30
68 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:22:09
69 Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy 0:22:24
70 Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
71 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:22:55
72 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:23:02
73 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:23:26
74 George Simpson (USA) Elevate-KHS 0:23:37
75 Koen Bouwmam (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:23:46
76 Jan Maas (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:23:50
77 Ruben Companioni (Cub) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 0:23:57
78 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:24:00
79 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:24:07
80 Taylor Shelden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:24:25
81 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:25:18
82 Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:26:01
83 Tony Baca (Mex) 303 Project 0:26:20
84 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy
85 Brayan Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 0:26:35
86 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:29:28
87 Lionel Mawditt (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:31:35
88 Fernando Islas Lopez (Mex) Aevolo 0:33:29
89 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:33:40
90 Tyler Williams (USA) Israel Cycling Academy 0:36:33
91 Pier-André Côté (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 0:36:34
92 Emile Jean (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 0:36:37
93 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
94 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:36:45
95 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 0:36:47
96 Michael Hernandez (USA) Aevolo 0:36:49
97 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:36:50
98 Lance Haidet (USA) Aevolo 0:37:00
99 Adam Roberge (Can) Silber Pro Cycling 0:37:49
100 Brian McCulloch (USA) Elevate-KHS 0:38:14
101 Cormac McGeough (Irl) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:38:24
102 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 0:41:39
103 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling
104 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling 0:41:41
105 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 0:41:44
106 Laurent Gervais (Can) Aevolo 0:41:51
107 Jesse Coyle (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane 0:41:54
108 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:42:14