Tour of Utah 2019 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

August 13, 2019

Tour of Utah 2019 – Stage 1 – North Logan City – North Logan City : 139,9 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.

EF Education First’s Lawson Craddock was denied the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah prologue by James Piccoli (Elevate-KHS) on Monday, but got revenge on stage 1 on Tuesday by attacking in the final kilometres not long after Piccoli had chased back after a puncture. The American was joined by several riders who helped power the escape for the stage win. Neri-Sottoli put two riders in the move, with Umberto Marengo taking out the biggest win of his career.

Marengo waited as teammate Sebastian Schönberger put in a scathing attack inside 2km to go, and as Craddock was forced to reel the Austrian in, Marengo jumped clear ahead of the EF Education First rider and Edwin Avila (Israel Cycling Academy) to take the win. Travis McCabe (Worthy Pro Cycling) led the peloton to the line behind the breakaway, six seconds later, with Piccoli finishing in the same group, having been unable to follow the attack after chasing back from his puncture.

However, UCI officials later handed Piccoli a 20-second time penalty for “sheltering behind or taking advantage of the slipstream of a vehicle”, which meant that the Canadian dropped to 13th place overall, now 26 seconds behind new leader Craddock.

With the time bonus for second place, Craddock leads the overall by six seconds from João Almeida (Hagens Berman Axeon), with Floyd’s Pro Cycling’s Serghei Tvetcov another six seconds back in third.

“The team worked perfectly,” stage winner Marengo said. “We had Manu Bongiornio in the breakaway, so no one had to work until the final laps. When Bongiornio had a flat tyre the team moved forward. In the last lap, myself and [teammate Sebastian] Schönberger decided to attack. Schönberger was not as fast as me, so he worked for me. We tried to anticipate with 3km to go, and then at the end this was the perfect move because I could launch my sprint and win.”

Craddock will now wear yellow into stage 3, a 135.8km race from Brigham City to Powder Mountain. The final 14km climb is incredibly steep and finishes on gravel above 2,700 metres of elevation.

How it unfolded

The 139.9km first stage started in North Logan City and finished there after taking in three intermediate sprints and three KOMs. The stage finished with five finishing circuits that included a challenging 7% climb that topped out about 5km from the finish.

With temperatures soaring into the low 90s, the peloton was happy to let a small move go quickly so they could settle in for the chase.

In the move was Francesco Manuel Bongiornio (Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM), Ignacio Prado (Canel’s Specialized), Sam Boardman and Camden Vodicka (Wildlife Generation) and Travis Samuel (DCBank). Prado won the first intermdiate sprint, earning a three-second time bonus as well as point in the sprint competition.

Samuel was the best-placed rider of the breakaway at 32 seconds from Elevate-KHS’s James Piccoli, and chipped away one more second with third in the sprint behind Boardman, and as the breakaway’s gap blew out to 2:45, he became ‘virtual leader’.

The sprints for the first mountains jersey were hotly contested: On the first climb of the day, Prado again powered away for the maximum points ahead of Boardman and Samuel at the category 4 ascent on UT142 at kilometre 53.9. On the next climb with 84.2km to go, Prado jumped early and was overhauled by Boardman for the top spot, with Bongiorno in third.

With more time bonuses on the line with 56.6km to go at the second intermediate sprint and 1:35 on the peloton, the breakaway could afford some cat and mouse, but Prado was leaving nothing to chance and started his sprint early to take the three second bonus over Boardman. Now on the 11.6km finishing circuits, the next KOM came soon after.

Boardman sprinted flat out for the final KOM but with Prado taking second, it would be the Canel’s Specialized rider who would wear that jersey on stage 2.

From there, the break started coming apart. Boardman was the first to drop from the break, followed in quick succession by Bongiorni with a puncture and then Prado, leaving Samuel alone up the road with a one-minute gap with 30km to go.

A crash in the back of the field disrupted the chase slightly, but all the riders were able to remount and begin to chase back into the peloton.

Samuel started the second-to-last circuit with 40 seconds over the peloton, which Elevate-KHS continued to lead. The peloton had Samuel well in sight as he approached the circuit climb. Israel Cycling Academy came forward to help with the chase, as did Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM, and Samuel was back in the fold with 20km to go. Multiple attacks started flying off the front, and no team stepped up to take control as small groups started forming. Two riders eventually sneaked away and got a workable gap.

Lorenzo Fortunato (Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM) and Bernat Font (303 Project) built a gap of 15 seconds as more riders tried to bridge the gap.

With 12km to go, race leader Piccoli punctured and had to take a bike change. His team was there quickly as the rider stayed calm, remounted and started to make his way back to the bunch.

At the front of the race, Thomas Revard (Hagens Berman Axeon) joined the leaders to form a trio off the front. The trio had 15 seconds with 10km to go, and the peloton didn’t appear to want to give up much more.

Piccoli made contact with the back of the group with 7km remaining, but was left isolated when Craddock attacked with a small group soon afterwards, taking the overall lead via his time gap and a bonus for finishing second.

Results :
1 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM 3:23:32
2 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First
3 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy
4 Griffin Easter (USA) 303 Project
5 João Almeida (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon
6 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM
7 Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:06
8 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon
9 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
10 Cole Davis (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
11 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM
12 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
13 Cade Bickmore (USA) Aevolo
14 Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
15 Scott Bowden (Aus) Team Bridgelane
16 Pablo Andrés Alarcon Cares (Chi) Canel’s-Specialized
17 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First
18 Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex)
19 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
20 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
21 Alex Hoehn (USA) Aevolo
22 Brendan Rhim (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC
23 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) Team Bridgelane
24 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
25 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
26 Edward Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
27 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Bridgelane
28 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
29 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
30 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First
31 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
32 James Piccoli (Can) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
33 Dayer Quintana (Col) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM
34 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM
35 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
36 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Cycling Academy
37 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
38 Robert Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
39 Gregory Daniel (USA) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team
40 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First
41 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
42 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Kometa Cycling Team 0:00:21
43 Ayden Toovey (Aus) Team Bridgelane
44 Nathan Earle (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:22
45 Andrew Vollmer (USA) Aevolo 0:01:26
46 Eduardo Corte Cordero (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
47 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM 0:01:29
48 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM
49 Thomas Revard (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:01:44
50 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
51 Matthew Zimmer (USA) 0:02:12
52 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
53 Conor Schunk (USA)
54 Oscar Eduardo Sanchez Guarin (Col) Canel’s-Specialized
55 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
56 Leonel Palma Dajui (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
57 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
58 Tyler Lindorff (Aus) Team Bridgelane
59 Gabriel Francisco Rojas Campos (CRc) Aevolo
60 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
61 Francisco Lara Carbajal (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
62 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
63 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy
64 Efren Santos Moreno (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
65 Alexander Cowan (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
66 Oliver Flautt (USA) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:03:58
67 Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
68 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC 0:04:22
69 Taylor (T.J.) Eisenhart (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC
70 Scott McGill (USA)
71 Flavio Alejandro De Luna Davila (Mex) 303 Project
72 Noah Granigan (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
73 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First
74 Stephen Bassett (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
75 Tony Baca (Mex) 303 Project
76 Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
77 Bernat Font Mas (Spa) 303 Project
78 Christopher Heider (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
79 Miká Heming (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon
80 Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:04:29
81 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:04:31
82 Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC 0:04:45
83 Tanner Putt (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC
84 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
85 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
86 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:00:06
87 Justin Alexander Oien (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC 0:06:22
88 Jose Alfredo Rodriguez Victoria (Mex) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:07:31
89 Eric Brunner (USA) Aevolo
90 George Simpson (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
91 Antoine Leplingard (Fra) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team
92 Austin Stephens (USA) 303 Project
93 Isaiah Newkirk (USA) 303 Project
94 Marko Pavlič (Slo) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team
95 Maxx Chance (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
96 Kent Ross (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
97 Samuel Bassetti (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
98 Eric Young (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:09:09
99 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
100 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
101 Camden Vodicka (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:10:18
102 Emile Jean (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
103 Quinten Kirby (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
104 Samuel Boardman (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis
105 Cullen Easter (USA) 303 Project
106 Travis Samuel (Can) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team
107 Miguel Bryon (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC
108 Jean-Denis Thibault (Can) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:12:44
109 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Team Bridgelane 0:13:25
110 Chris Harper (Aus) Team Bridgelane
111 Finn Gullickson (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:14:30
112 Ignacio Prado Juarez (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized
113 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:06

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First 3:32:09
2 João Almeida (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:06
3 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:12
4 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:18
5 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:21
6 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First
7 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:22
8 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:23
9 Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
10 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:24
11 Alex Hoehn (USA) Aevolo
12 Robert Britton (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:25
13 James Piccoli (Can) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:00:26
14 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
15 Griffin Easter (USA) 303 Project 0:00:27
16 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First
17 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:28
18 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education First 0:00:29
19 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:30
20 Scott Bowden (Aus) Team Bridgelane
21 Brendan Rhim (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC 0:00:33
22 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:35
23 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Cycling Academy
24 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM
25 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) Team Bridgelane 0:00:36
26 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:00:37
27 Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM 0:00:39
28 Dayer Quintana (Col) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM 0:00:41
29 Edward Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:42
30 Gregory Daniel (USA) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:00:43
31 Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex) 0:00:47
32 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:00:50
33 Pablo Andrés Alarcon Cares (Chi) Canel’s-Specialized 0:00:51
34 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM 0:00:52
35 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:53
36 Simone Velasco (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM
37 Dominik Bauer (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:00:54
38 Cole Davis (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:56
39 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
40 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Kometa Cycling Team 0:00:58
41 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:59
42 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
43 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:01:03
44 Nathan Earle (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
45 Cade Bickmore (USA) Aevolo 0:01:11
46 Ayden Toovey (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:01:16
47 Andrew Vollmer (USA) Aevolo 0:02:15
48 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM 0:02:20
49 Thomas Revard (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:02:26
50 Eduardo Corte Cordero (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized 0:02:32
51 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM 0:02:33
52 Alexander Cowan (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:02:46
53 Gabriel Francisco Rojas Campos (CRc) Aevolo 0:02:49
54 Tyler Lindorff (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:02:53
55 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:02:59
56 Matthew Zimmer (USA) 0:03:04
57 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:08
58 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:03:11
59 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:03:12
60 Efren Santos Moreno (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized 0:03:17
61 Conor Schunk (USA) 0:03:18
62 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:03:29
63 Philipp Mamos (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:03:31
64 Francisco Lara Carbajal (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized 0:03:32
65 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:03:34
66 Oscar Eduardo Sanchez Guarin (Col) Canel’s-Specialized 0:03:35
67 Leonel Palma Dajui (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized 0:03:48
68 Stephen Bassett (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:04:40
69 Oliver Flautt (USA) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:05:03
70 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:05:08
71 Noah Granigan (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:05:11
72 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC
73 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First 0:05:12
74 Tony Baca (Mex) 303 Project
75 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:05:13
76 Sven Thurau (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:05:14
77 Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:05:16
78 Taylor (T.J.) Eisenhart (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC 0:05:19
79 Tanner Putt (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC 0:05:22
80 Scott McGill (USA) 0:05:25
81 Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
82 Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC
83 Flavio Alejandro De Luna Davila (Mex) 303 Project 0:05:28
84 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:05:32
85 Bernat Font Mas (Spa) 303 Project 0:05:38
86 Christopher Heider (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:05:43
87 Miká Heming (Ger) Team Dauner-Akkon 0:05:58
88 Justin Alexander Oien (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC 0:07:16
89 Samuel Bassetti (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:08:05
90 Eric Brunner (USA) Aevolo 0:08:08
91 George Simpson (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:08:09
92 Austin Stephens (USA) 303 Project 0:08:24
93 Isaiah Newkirk (USA) 303 Project 0:08:35
94 Marko Pavlič (Slo) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team
95 Kent Ross (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:08:47
96 Maxx Chance (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:08:50
97 Antoine Leplingard (Fra) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:08:59
98 Jose Alfredo Rodriguez Victoria (Mex) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:09:06
99 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:09:42
100 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:09:53
101 Eric Young (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling 0:09:56
102 Travis Samuel (Can) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:10:47
103 Samuel Boardman (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:10:57
104 Cullen Easter (USA) 303 Project 0:11:01
105 Emile Jean (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:11:09
106 Camden Vodicka (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:11:41
107 Miguel Bryon (USA) Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC 0:11:43
108 Quinten Kirby (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:11:44
109 Jean-Denis Thibault (Can) DC Bank Pro Cycling Team 0:13:42
110 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Team Bridgelane 0:13:59
111 Chris Harper (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:14:12
112 Ignacio Prado Juarez (Mex) Canel’s-Specialized 0:15:39
113 Finn Gullickson (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis 0:15:50