Tour of Utah steaming ahead

by VeloNews.com

• News
• Road

• March 08, 2010
• Comments

The Tour of Utah announces a new title sponsor and a tough lineup of stages.

Tour of Utah

by VeloNews.com

• Calendar
• Road

• November 15, 2009
• Comments

The Tour of Utah evolved from a local stage race into a national event in 2004. The race didn’t happen in 2007, but came back strong in 2008 and 2009.

The Utah cycling community mourns Terry McGinnis, the executive director of the Tour of Utah

by VeloNews.com

• News
• Road

• October 24, 2009
• Comments Off

Utah lost one of its biggest ambassadors for the sport of cycling Saturday when Terry McGinnis, the executive director of the Tour of Utah, passed away after a long battle with cancer.

McGinnis was 46.

“He was a fixture in the Utah cycling community,” Burke Swindlehurst (Team Bissell), from Salt Lake City, said. “Everybody knew him and I don’t think I’ve ever heard a disparaging word said about him. He was just a friend to cycling and a friend to every one.”

McGinnis was also instrumental in turning the Tour of Utah into one of the biggest bicycle races in the country.

Mancebo wins Tour of Utah as Sulzberger takes final stage

by VeloNews.com

• News
• Race Report
• Race Result

• August 23, 2009
• Comments Off

Bernie Sulzberger (Fly V Australia) overtook the OUCH-Maxxis sprint train roaring out of the final corner of the Downtown Salt Lake Criterium on Sunday to win the bunch sprint in final stage of the 2009 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.

Sulzberger powered away from U.S. criterium champion John Murphy (OUCH-Maxxis) and Chris Barton (BMC Racing Team) in the final 200 meters to take the win.

Howes scores win in Utah; Mancebo keeps leader’s jersey

by VeloNews.com

• News
• Race Report
• Race Result

• August 22, 2009
• Comments Off

Felt-Holowesko’s Alex Howes has a unique way of signaling attack, but riders might take note in the future if the reigning U23 road champion opts for unusual nutritional choices near the finish of a race.

On Sunday, near the end of the tough 153km fourth stage, Howes bit off a hunk of hot dog and shot away from the day’s long breakaway to take his first NRC win on the mountaintop finish at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort at the 2009 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. [nid:96996]

Who is that guy?

by VeloNews.com

• News
• Road

• August 22, 2009
• Comments Off

The top ten of the general classification at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah after the stage 3 individual time trial is filled with familiar names – Mancebo, Baldwin, Bookwalter. One name in that top ten is making waves in the Beehive State this week – that of fifth-place Kelly Benefit Strategies rookie Matthew Busche.

Zirbel takes Utah TT; Mancebo defends lead

by VeloNews.com

• News
• Race Report
• Race Result

• August 21, 2009
• Comments Off

The blistering heat that has marked the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah gave way to blistering times Friday night as the stage 3 individual time trial rolled onto the grand prix track at the Miller Motorsports Park near Tooele, Utah.

Tom Zirbel (Bissell) redeemed his sub-par performance in Tuesday’s prologue and returned to the form he has exhibited for most of 2009. Zirbel punished his cranks for 14.5 km to put in the fastest time of the night in 17:00, 14 and 19 seconds ahead of BMC teammates Ian McKissick and Brent Bookwalter, respectively.

Tour of Utah: Lill runs alone to Mt. Nebo

by VeloNews.com

• News
• Race Report
• Race Result

• August 20, 2009
• Comments Off

It was nearly déjà vu in the finale of stage 2 at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Wednesday as Darren Lill (Team Type 1) sped away from a select group of chasers on the climb to Mt. Nebo. Lill was not to be denied the stage win as he was by Garmin’s Blake Caldwell in stage 2 in 2008, staying away on the slopes of the highest point in the Wasatch for the solo win.

Mancebo moves into Utah lead

by VeloNews.com

• News
• Race Report
• Race Result

• August 19, 2009
• Comments Off

Francisco Mancebo and Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) pulled off a one-two finish in the first stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah on Wednesday.

The tandem sprang away from the fadiing peloton on the climb above East Canyon Dam and extended their lead to a maximum of 35 seconds before coming through the finish on the outskirts of Salt Lake City together, 25 seconds ahead of a disorganized chase group that contained overnight leader Brent Bookwalter (BMC).

The result vaulted Mancebo into the overall lead over Sevilla by 9 seconds.

BMC lays down the law

by VeloNews.com

• News
• Race Report
• Race Result

• August 18, 2009
• Comments Off

Defending champion Jeff Louder’s BMC Racing Team put a resounding stamp on the first day of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah in Tuesday evening’s prologue, placing four riders in the top ten with Brent Bookwalter taking the win beneath the Utah State Capitol Building.

Bookwalter blazed through the foothills above Salt Lake City to win the 2.8-mile prologue with a time of 6:12. Garmin-Slipstream’s Dave Zabriskie stopped the clock two seconds off Bookwalter’s pace in 6:14. Ian McKissick (BMC) rounded out the podium less than half a second outside of Zabriskie’s time.