Tour of Utah

After strong results throughout the first half of 2017, Rally Pro Cycling is ready to step up to Pro Continental status.

Brent Bookwalter was mistakenly awarded the yellow jersey after Tour of Utah stage 2. It turns out, Sepp Kuss actually holds GC lead.

Brent Bookwalter wins the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah's first mountaintop finish Tuesday. Sepp Kus takes overall race lead after stage 2.

WorldTour teams tend to control races. Since this Tour of Utah only has BMC in the peloton, fans are treated to unpredictable action.

Ty Magner wins Tour of Utah's opening stage, his first at the American stage race, out-sprinting Chris Lawless and Travis McCabe.

Ty Magner wins his first stage at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Monday in a bunch sprint in Logan to open the seven-day race.

The Tour of Utah unveils its 2017 route. There are three summit finishes, one of which is an uphill time trial in Big Cottonwood Canyon.

The Tour of Utah names 14 teams for the 2017 edition of the race. The top invited team is BMC Racing, a UCI WorldTour outfit.

The 2017 Tour of Utah route will be centered around Salt Lake City. It includes a new time trial stage and concludes with an SLC circuit.

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The Tour of Utah's owners, the Larry H. Miller family, have kept the race alive by maintaining a cost-conscious model. Is this the best way forward for U.S. bicycle racing?

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Scenes from the final stage of racing at the Tour of Utah, which saw Lachlan Marton win the yellow jersey.

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Lachlan Morton sticks a long-range attack to win stage 7 and the overall title at the Tour of Utah

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Scenes from the sixth stage of the Tour of Utah, won by new race leader Andrew Talansky

A motorcycle crashed on the final approach to Snowbird Ski Resort, taking out Tao Geoghegan Hart.

Talansky triumphs at Snowbird Resort, grabbing hold of the overall race lead along the way

Axel Merckx's process for choosing riders is equal parts art and science.

Kiel Reijnen follows up Thursday's second-place finish with a stage victory Friday in Bountiful

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Jelly Belly hopes to defend Lachlan Morton's advantage to the end. But WorldTour teams will be looking to take down the smaller squad.

After a disappointing start to the Tour of Utah, Kiel Reijnen got some redemption with a stage win in Bountiful.

Travis McCabe proves fastest of the sprinters at Tour of Utah, winning a flat, windy stage on Thursday.

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McCabe sprints to a convincing stage 4 win in Kearns, beating Kiel Reijnen and Sebastian Haedo as Lachlan Morton keeps the lead.

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With a swashbuckling attack and a cagey late attack, Lachlan Morton seizes the overall lead in Utah, beating Costa and Talansky in stage 3.

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Lachlan Morton attacks on the day’s tough category 1 climb and out-foxes two breakaway companions, Adrien Costa and Andrew Talansky

Robin Carpenter and Ruben Companioni give the peloton the slip in Utah stage 2, and the breakaway duo succeeds in Torrey.

While most pro bike races target spectators, the Tour of Utah reaches out to tiny towns.

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Robin Carpenter goes from long range, 110 kilometers from the finish, to claim an impressive win in Torrey at the Tour of Utah

Canada's Silber Pro Cycling team has spent 2016 surprising other squads on the domestic circuit. Dahl's win in Utah was part of a larger goal.

The Tour of Utah rides through Zion National Park and sprints into Cedar City as Kris Dahl takes a surprise win for the Silber team.

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Riders said they enjoyed the rollout through Zion National Park, even if it created some headaches.

The race has skirted around Utah's five national parks in previous editions, however it had never passed directly into one until this year.

Riding for Continental team Silber, Kris Dahl makes a big impression with stage 1 win at Tour of Utah, claiming race's overall lead.

Joe Dombrowski faces a long list of challengers at this year's Tour of Utah.

The Tour of Utah has become the most significant stage race on the American racing calendar's second half.

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Joe Dombrowski returns to Utah to defend his title at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. But a strong contingent of climbers will challenge him.

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Tour of Utah announces another tough route, which features a return to Mount Nebo and the traditional queen stage to Snowbird.

Tour of Utah finalizes its 2016 teams line-up with the addition of four teams from four different countries, all first-time competitors in the race.

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BMC Racing, Cannondale, Trek-Segafredo, and IAM Cycling make up the list of 12 squads that were announced Wednesday.

The 2016 Tour of Utah will feature three stages in the southern half of the state before its traditional finish in Park City.

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Young Joe Dombrowski seizes the opportunity to lead a Cannondale-Garmin team reeling after Tom Danielson's doping positive.

In Utah, Denmark, Spain, and Poland, the peloton's fresh faces earned breakthrough wins, which could indicate more good things to come.

Axel Merckx never expected to direct a development team, but for years he's been at the helm of one of cycling's most prolific outfits.

Tour of Utah wraps up with brutally steep climbing around Park City as young Joe Dombrowski holds on to win the overall.

After two years of struggles with varying health difficulties, Joe Dombrowski breaks through with Tour of Utah overall win.

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Joe Dombrowski takes the overall in the Tour of Utah as Lachlan Norris wins the finale in Park City

Joe Dombrowski wraps up the Tour of Utah title as Lachlan Norris wins the final stage in a two-up sprint with Brent Bookwalter

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The Cannondale-Garmin rider makes his move and it takes him straight into the yellow jersey

Joe Dombrowski attacks to take the stage and the overall lead with one stage remaining in the Tour of Utah

The MTN-Qhubeka rider apparently hit a service car on a high-speed descent and was taken to hospital, where he was listed in stable condition

'Starting from zero' with Cannondale-Garmin, Joe Dombrowski has already made good on his talent so far this year

Taylor Phinney's return to racing at the Tour of Utah was a surprise by itself, but his impressive riding has exceeded expectation as well

Dombrowski takes control of the leader's jersey after climbing to a stage 6 victory in Utah

Flu takes Kocjan out of the Tour of Utah

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Scenes from Friday's Tour of Utah stage 5, won by Michael Woods in front of the State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City

In his first season with Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies, Michael Woods is delivering in the results department

Michael Woods powers to stage 5 win and GC lead in the Tour of Utah

The Tour of Utah heads into the Wasatch Mountains for what has become a defining feature of the race: its thrilling high-altitude conclusion