Tour of Utah 2019 – Prologue [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

August 12, 2019

Tour of Utah 2019 – Prologue – Snowbird Resort – Snowbird Resort : 5,3 km

Much like the race profiles that have characterised its routes over the past 15 years, the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, which begins August 12 at Snowbird Resort, has had an up-and-down trajectory in its ability to attract UCI WorldTour teams. The 2.HC race has seen its roster rise to as many as seven top-tier teams, and then sink as low as two. This year appears to be one of the ebbs in that flow, as the 2019 race – no doubt affected by the loss of the Colorado Classic men’s race the following week – drew just EF Education First and Trek-Segafredo. Nevertheless, the race boasts three returning champions and a rider who wore the yellow jersey at the Tour de France for two days last month. The 2019 race route, although centered near the Salt Lake City hub at the north end of the state, should supply plenty of challenges, obstacles and drama on the way to crowing the 2019 winner, as well as showing off Utah’s famed natural beauty.

James Piccoli (Elevate-KHS) upset the bigger-named riders on Monday at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, winning the prologue time trial by five seconds over Lawson Craddock (EF Education First) and six seconds over Romanian time trial champion Serghei Tvetcov (Worthy Pro Cycling).

Piccoli covered the challenging up-and-down 5.3km course at Snowbird Resort in 8:37, knocking Craddock off the hotseat with just four riders left on course. Of the remaining riders, only Tvetcov could come near the 27-year-old Canadian’s time. João Almeida (Hagens Berman Axeon) was fourth, also at six seconds, followed by Kyle Murphy (Rallly UHC), the early leader, at 11 seconds.

The win continues a stellar season for Piccoli, who has won stages at the Tour de Taiwan, the Tour de Beauce and the Tour of the Gila, where he also won the overall.

“Today at Snowbird was a really tough prologue,” Piccoli said. “We came to see it with the team a couple of days ago, and since then I’ve ridden it a couple of times to try and refine our pacing strategy and how we wanted to approach the day because it was quite complicated with the altitude here at Snowbird and the corners and the tricky up and down pacing strategy.”

Elevate-KHS is a relatively new Continental team, having moved up to UCI level in 2016. The team earned its first invitation to the Tour of Utah the next season, and Piccoli finished 10th overall after joining the team a couple weeks prior. He had to abandon last year’s race after the prologue, so he stormed back into Utah this year ready to contend.

“Judging by the stages to come and some of the climbs that are planned for the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, I don’t think seven seconds is going to be the difference between winning and losing,” he said. “I think it will be more like minutes up Powder Mountain, but it’s a really great confidence boost to blow out the legs and show we have good form.

“I’d like to thank everyone from Larry H. Miller group for inviting us to the race two years ago and putting their faith in us. So this year to wear the jersey is pretty special. We’ll cherish it as long as we can and fight on.”

How it unfolded

The prologue course at Snowbird started climbing almost immediately out of the gate. The course included 200 metres of elevation gain before a screaming descent back to the finish. It was not a power course, but favoured the climbers instead.

EF Education First announced before the stage that pre-race favourite Daniel Martinez was ill and would not take the start, leaving the day wide open.

Murphy set the best early time of 8:49, a mark that would stick until 53 riders later when Craddock crossed the line in 8:43. Many came close, but none was able to beat Craddock’s mark until Piccoli crossed the line. Almeida put in another upset result with his fourth-place ride at 8:43 to tie Craddock.

Results :
1 James Piccoli (Can) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:08:38
2 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First 0:00:05
3 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:06
4 João Almeida (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon
5 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:11
6 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:14
7 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First
8 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:15
9 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:16
10 Travis Mccabe (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:17
11 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
12 Alex Hoehn (USA) Aevolo
13 Stephen Bassett (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:00:18
14 Robert Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:19
15 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:20
16 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First 0:00:21
17 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:22
18 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First
19 Scott Bowden (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:00:24
20 Brendan Rhim (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC 0:00:27
21 Griffin Easter (USA) 303 Project
22 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
23 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:29
24 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Cycling Academy
25 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) Team Bridgelane
26 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:00:30
27 Travis Samuel (Can) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:00:32
28 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:33
29 Samuel Bassetti (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
30 Alexander Cowan (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
31 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Team Bridgelane
32 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:34
33 Dayer Quintana (Col) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM
34 Edward Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:35
35 Gregory Daniel (USA) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:00:36
36 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:00:37
37 Gabriel Francisco Rojas Campos (CRc) Aevolo
38 Eric Brunner (USA) Aevolo
39 Tanner Putt (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC
40 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Kometa Cycling Team
41 George Simpson (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
42 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM 0:00:39
43 Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC 0:00:40
44 Samuel Boardman (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
45 Nathan Earle (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:41
46 Tyler Lindorff (Aus) Team Bridgelane
47 Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex)
48 Thomas Revard (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:42
49 Cullen Easter (USA) 303 Project
50 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:43
51 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:44
52 Pablo Andrés Alarcon Cares (Chi) Canel’s-Specialized
53 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM 0:00:45
54 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM
55 Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’ 0:00:46
56 Eric Young (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
57 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
58 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
59 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
60 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM 0:00:47
61 Chris Harper (Aus) Team Bridgelane
62 Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:00:48
63 Noah Granigan (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
64 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC
65 Andrew Vollmer (USA) Aevolo 0:00:49
66 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First
67 Cole Davis (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
68 Tony Baca (Mex) 303 Project
69 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’
70 Emile Jean (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:50
71 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM 0:00:51
72 Matthew Zimmer (USA) 0:00:52
73 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon
74 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’
75 Austin Stephens (USA) 303 Project 0:00:53
76 Justin Alexander Oien (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC
77 Ayden Toovey (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:00:55
78 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
79 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’ 0:00:56
80 Taylor (T.J.) Eisenhart (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC
81 Jean-Denis Thibault (Can) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:00:58
82 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’
83 Scott McGill (USA) 0:01:02
84 Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
85 Isaiah Newkirk (USA) 303 Project 0:01:03
86 Marko Pavlič (Slo) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:01:04
87 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM
88 Efren Santos Moreno (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
89 Cade Bickmore (USA) Aevolo
90 Oliver Flautt (USA) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:01:05
91 Conor Schunk (USA)
92 Flavio Alejandro De Luna Davila (Mex) 303 Project
93 Eduardo Corte Cordero (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
94 Ignacio Prado Juarez (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized 0:01:15
95 Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
96 Kent Ross (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
97 Bernat Font Mas (Spa) 303 Project 0:01:16
98 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’
99 Maxx Chance (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:01:19
100 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
101 Francisco Lara Carbajal (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
102 Finn Gullickson (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:01:20
103 Christopher Heider (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
104 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:22
105 Oscar Eduardo Sanchez Guarin (Col) Canel’s-Specialized 0:01:23
106 Camden Vodicka (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
107 Miguel Bryon (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC 0:01:25
108 Quinten Kirby (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
109 Antoine Leplingard (Fra) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:01:27
110 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:28
111 Jose Alfredo Rodriguez Victoria (Mex) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:01:34
112 Miká Heming (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:01:36
113 Leonel Palma Dajui (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized

General Classification after Prologue :
1 James Piccoli (Can) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:08:37
2 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First 0:00:06
3 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
4 João Almeida (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon
5 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:12
6 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:15
7 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First
8 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:16
9 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:17
10 Travis Mccabe (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
11 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:18
12 Alex Hoehn (USA) Aevolo
13 Stephen Bassett (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
14 Robert Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:19
15 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:20
16 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First 0:00:21
17 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:22
18 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First 0:00:23
19 Scott Bowden (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:00:24
20 Brendan Rhim (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC 0:00:27
21 Griffin Easter (USA) 303 Project
22 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:28
23 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:29
24 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Cycling Academy
25 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) Team Bridgelane 0:00:30
26 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:00:31
27 Travis Samuel (Can) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:00:32
28 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:33
29 Samuel Bassetti (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:00:34
30 Alexander Cowan (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
31 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Team Bridgelane
32 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy
33 Dayer Quintana (Col) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM 0:00:35
34 Edward Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:36
35 Gregory Daniel (USA) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:00:37
36 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
37 Gabriel Francisco Rojas Campos (CRc) Aevolo
38 Eric Brunner (USA) Aevolo
39 Tanner Putt (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC
40 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Kometa Cycling Team
41 George Simpson (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:00:38
42 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM 0:00:39
43 Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC 0:00:40
44 Samuel Boardman (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:00:41
45 Nathan Earle (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
46 Tyler Lindorff (Aus) Team Bridgelane
47 Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex)
48 Thomas Revard (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:42
49 Cullen Easter (USA) 303 Project 0:00:43
50 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:44
51 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
52 Pablo Andrés Alarcon Cares (Chi) Canel’s-Specialized 0:00:45
53 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM
54 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM 0:00:46
55 Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’ 0:00:47
56 Eric Young (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
57 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
58 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
59 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
60 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM
61 Chris Harper (Aus) Team Bridgelane
62 Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:00:48
63 Noah Granigan (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:49
64 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC
65 Andrew Vollmer (USA) Aevolo
66 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First 0:00:50
67 Cole Davis (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
68 Tony Baca (Mex) 303 Project
69 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’
70 Emile Jean (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:51
71 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM
72 Matthew Zimmer (USA) 0:00:52
73 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:53
74 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’
75 Austin Stephens (USA) 303 Project
76 Justin Alexander Oien (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC 0:00:54
77 Ayden Toovey (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:00:55
78 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:56
79 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’ 0:00:57
80 Taylor (T.J.) Eisenhart (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC
81 Jean-Denis Thibault (Can) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:00:58
82 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’ 0:00:59
83 Scott McGill (USA) 0:01:03
84 Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
85 Isaiah Newkirk (USA) 303 Project 0:01:04
86 Marko Pavlič (Slo) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team
87 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli Selle Italia KTM
88 Efren Santos Moreno (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized 0:01:05
89 Cade Bickmore (USA) Aevolo
90 Oliver Flautt (USA) Team Dauner-Akkon
91 Conor Schunk (USA) 0:01:06
92 Flavio Alejandro De Luna Davila (Mex) 303 Project
93 Eduardo Corte Cordero (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
94 Ignacio Prado Juarez (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized 0:01:15
95 Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:01:16
96 Kent Ross (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
97 Bernat Font Mas (Spa) 303 Project
98 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane’ 0:01:17
99 Maxx Chance (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:01:19
100 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
101 Francisco Lara Carbajal (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized 0:01:20
102 Finn Gullickson (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
103 Christopher Heider (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:01:21
104 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:22
105 Oscar Eduardo Sanchez Guarin (Col) Canel’s-Specialized 0:01:23
106 Camden Vodicka (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:01:24
107 Miguel Bryon (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie Powered By BMC 0:01:25
108 Quinten Kirby (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:01:26
109 Antoine Leplingard (Fra) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:01:28
110 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
111 Jose Alfredo Rodriguez Victoria (Mex) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:01:35
112 Miká Heming (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:01:36
113 Leonel Palma Dajui (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized