Tour of Utah

UnitedHealthcare's Aussie captain fights through aggressive finale for big-time stage win in Ogden

With the usual favorites coming off injury and the Olympics, the overall at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah is wide open; Jens doesn't want dirty laundry aired

Jens Voigt, Chris Horner and Levi Leipheimer were all on-hand for the kick-off of the Tour of Utah and Wil Matthews captured them all

The U.S. road champion is back for a better GC ride in Colorado and is taking aim at August with the lessons learned in 2011

The affable German is coming back for another year, but says he doesn't want people talking behind his back about hanging on too long

With 37,501 feet of climbing in six days, a team time trial and a closing stage with an uber-steep ascent, Utah opens Tuesday

It's been a long, disappointing season for the American rider, who hopes to defend his titles in Utah and Colorado

Leipheimer, Horner, Danielson among the riders to take part in the tour

Organizers of the six-day stage race have eyes toward southern Utah after a number of top sponsors renew for 2013

Seventeen teams from around the globe, including seven competing at the Tour de France, have accepted invitations to the UCI 2.1 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, held August 7-12.

Defending Tour champ is considering racing in the U.S. in August, but visa issue for son worries BMC leader

Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah returns with 33 percent more miles, 25 percent more climbing in 2012

Liquigas, BMC Racing headline initial list of 2012 teams for the Tour of Utah

The race launches from Ogden August 7th

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Levi Leipheimer said Wednesday that he was never in danger of being dropped when Sergio Henao put in a race shattering attack on the final climb of the Tour of Utah last weekend. In an interview with KPCW community radio in Park City, Utah, Leipheimer (RadioShack) described the uneasy truce he made with Henao (Gobernacion de Antioquia) on the road to Snowbird resort on Sunday.

SALT LAKE CITY – Recovery time is over. Cadel Evans is ready to get back to work.

Stage

• 1. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, in 4:20:13
• 2. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, at s.t.
• 3. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at 00:00:18
• 4. Thomas Danielson, (USA) Garmin-Cervelo, at 00:00:50
• 5. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at 00:01:25

• 1. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, in 15:53:12
• 2. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at 00:00:23
• 3. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at 00:00:45
• 4. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at 00:01:54
• 5. Thomas Danielson, (USA) Garmin-Cervelo, at 00:03:49

SNOWBIRD, Utah (VN) — After winning the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah as a solo rider last year, Levi Leipheimer brought his RadioShack teammates with him for 2012.

Stage

• 1. Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, in 2:56:18
• 2. Javier Megias Leal, (ESP) Team Type 1, at s.t.:05
• 3. Rubens Bertogliati, (SUI) Team Type 1, at s.t.:06
• 4. Francisco Mancebo Perez, (ESP) Realcyclist.Com Cycling Team, s.t.
• 5. Chad Beyer, (USA) BMC Racing Team, s.t.

• 1. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, in 11:32:59
• 2. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at s.t.:23
• 3. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at s.t.:27
• 4. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at s.t.:29
• 5. Christian Vande Velde, (USA) Garmin-Cervelo, at 01:18

SALT LAKE CITY (VN) — By the end of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah’s stage 4, the sweat – if there was any fluid left in the peloton – was dripping in buckets.

Flu knocks Jesse Anthony out of the Tour of Utah.

Stage

• 1. Tejay Van Garderen, (USA) HTC-Highroad, in 17:34
• 2. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, at :06
• 3. Patrick Gretsch, (GER) HTC-Highroad, at :10
• 4. Alexander Wetterhall, (SWE) Endura Racing, at :18
• 5. Christian Vandevelde, (USA) Garmin-Cervelo, at :19

GC

• 1. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, in 8:35:03
• 2. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at :27
• 3. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at :29
• 4. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at :56
• 5. Jesse Anthony, (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optumhealth, at 1:24

TOOELE, Utah (VN) — Happy Birthday, Tejay Van Garderen. You are finally a professional bike race winner.

There is just one race in the United States garnering attention this week and all eyes are on the newly upgraded Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. The seven-day 2.1-rated race began Tuesday at the Utah Olympic Park and concludes Sunday atop the steep, 16km climb to Snowbird resort. Best Utah Rider Jeff Louder (BMC Racing) will head into Saturday’s Salt Lake City circuit race with double motivation from his jersey and the memories of times spent riding Louder Loop with his dad.

TOOELE, Utah (VN) — Before the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah even began, most observers were pointing to Sunday’s epic stage from Park City to Snowbird as the race that would decide it all.

• 1. Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at 5:00:00 PM
• 2. Luis Crosby, (NZL) Rabobank Continental Team, at 5:01:00 PM
• 3. Alberto Borrajo Alejandro, (ARG) Jamis-Sutter Home, at 5:02:00 PM
• 4. Simon Lambert-lemay, (CAN) Spidertech-Planet Energy, at 5:03:00 PM
• 5. Nicolas Frey, (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home, at 5:04:00 PM

Stage

• 1. Jack Bauer. (NZL) Endura Racin. in 3:33:43
• 2. Elia Vivian. (ITA) Liquigas-Cannondal. at s.t.
• 3. Jacob Keough. (USA) Unitedhealthcar. at s.t.
• 4. Robert Forste. (GER) Unitedhealthcar. at s.t.
• 5. Danny Summerhil. (USA) Garmin-Cervel. at s.t.

GC

• 1. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, in 8:17:11
• 2. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at 00:00:07
• 3. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, at 00:00:13
• 4. Jesse Anthony, (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optumhealth, at 00:00:18
• 5. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at 00:00:21

PROVO, Utah (VN) — It was supposed to be a fairly uneventful day designed to throw a bone at the sprinters during the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.

Jesse Anthony’s stage win in Ogden, Utah, Wednesday was big. But just how big?

• 1. Jesse Anthony, (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optumhealth, at 4.39:29
• 2. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at s.t.
• 3. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at s.t.
• 4. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, at s.t.
• 5. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at s.t.

OGDEN, Utah (VN) — With a brutal 50 miles to go and temperatures in the mid-90s, Jesse Anthony launched a solo attack trying to bridge a gap to a group of four leaders a few minutes up the road.

PARK CITY, Utah (VN) — Utah has a nice history of producing top-level cyclists.

• 1. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antio, in 4:05
• 2. Francisco Mancebo Perez, Realcyclist.com Cycling Team, in 4:07
• 3. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antio, in 4:10
• 4. Tejay Van Garderen, HTC-Highroad, in 4:10
• 5. Thomas Danielson, Team Garmin-Cervelo, in 4:12

PARK CITY, Utah (VN) — When organizers released the list of teams participating in the 2011 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, there was a fair amount of grumbling that certain domestic teams were excluded in favor of lesser-known teams from Colombia. Those complaints can stop now.

2011 Tour of Utah prologue starting times

SALT LAKE CITY (VN) — Over the years the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah has developed a well-earned reputation for difficulty and even proclaims itself “America’s Toughest Stage Race.”

Tour of Utah organizers on Thursday released the preliminary list of riders for the August event. Headlining the roster are defending champion Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), George Hincapie (BMC Racing), Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervélo), Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) and National Racing Calendar leader Francisco Mancebo (Realcyclist.com).

Tour of Utah organizers on Tuesday will announce a new look route for the sixth edition of the race they deem “America’s toughest,” and that slogan has never been more appropriate.

When the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah took the gradual step onto the UCI calendar this year, organizers hoped to land a big-time field for the race’s seventh edition. They did just that and announced Wednesday that among the squads lining up August 9 would be the six of the world’s top-15 teams.

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Organizers on Wednesday launched a new-look Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah for August 2011. The newly upgraded UCI 2.1-level stage race will feature six days of racing and include new routes for all but two stages.

Third placed overall at Utah and best young rider, Bissell's 19-year-old Oregonian is headed for a new team

Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia) crowned the queen stage of the Tour of Utah Sunday, taking the mountaintop win at Snowbird Ski Resort. Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny's) rode away from his rivals to finish second and seal overall victory.

Photographer Casey B. Gibson brought back the action from all five stages of the Tour of Utah.

• 1. Jai Crawford, Fly V Australia
• 2. Levi Leipheimer, Mellow Johnny's
• 3. Francisco Mancebo Perez, Canyon Bicycles

• 1. Jeff Louder (USA), Bmc Racing Team, 1:14:45
• 2. Jai Crawford (AUS), V Australia, at 0:00:22
• 3. Francisco Mancebo Perez (ESP), Canyon Bicycles, s.t.
• 4. Davide Frattini (ITA), Team Type 1, at 0:00:27
• 5. Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA), Bissell Pro Cycling Team, s.t.

Utah's Jeff Louder (BMC) takes a big win as Levi Leipheimer fights off non-stop challenges to defend his overall lead

• 1. Taylor Phinney, (USA) Trek-Livestrong, 14.74km in 16:46.9 (52.747kph)
• 2. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Mellow Johnny's, at 00:02
• 3. Jeremy Vennell, (NZL) Bissell Pro Cycling Team, at 00:11
• 4. Alex Dowsett, (GBR) Trek-Livestrong, at 00:16
• 5. Brent Bookwalter, (USA) BMC Racing Team, at 00:18

Taylor Phinney (Trek-Livestrong) notched another stripe in his time trial belt Friday night as flew to the stage 3 win in the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah as Levi Leipheimer puts time into GC rivals.

George Hincapie, a veteran of 15 Tours de France, cooperates with Landis investigation, believes Evans can win Tour

The U23 squad fields favorites for Utah TT, signs Craddock, Eastman, Jones for next season

UPDATED: Levi Leipheimer left no doubt Thursday when he rode away from an elite selection of six riders to take the stage and the overall lead at the Tour of Utah.

A crash in Thursday second stage of the Tour of Utah has BMC's George Hincapie worried he won't be able to defend his pro road title in his hometown next month.

• 1. Levi Leipheimer , Mellow Johnny's in 3.11:43
• 2. Francisco Mancebo Perez , Canyon Bicycles, at 3.12:34
• 3. Ian Boswell , Bissell Pro Cycling Team, at 3.12:35
• 4. Darren Lill , V Australia, at 3.12:43
• 5. Phillip Zajicek , V Australia, at 3.13:01

Some of the GC favorites might have held their punches in Wednesday's stage, but fireworks are expected for Thursday's stage, said to be the hardest in Tour of Utah history

A time trial specialist who can power the short climbs and who is tired of coming in second

Burke Swindlehurst may be winding down his pro road racing career, but the 37-year-old is still a favorite to win Thursday's Mount Nemo stage.

• 1. David TANNER, (AUS) V Australia, in 03:22:11, 10s bonus
• 2. Alex DOWSETT, (GBR) Trek-Livestrong, at s.t. 6s bonus
• 3. Javier MEGIAS LEAL, (ESP) Team Type 1, at 26 4s bonus
• 4. Caleb FAIRLY, (USA) Team Holowesko Partners, at s.t.
• 5. K Frank PIPP, (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team, at s.t.

Fly V Australia's David Tanner won Wednesday's stage 1 of the 2010 Tour of Utah. Tanner outsprinted Trek-Livestrong's Alex Dowsett for the win. Dowsett takes over the race lead from prologue winner Taylor Phinney.

• 1. Taylor PHINNEY, (USA) Trek-Livestrong, 2.8km in 6:02 (44.689kph)
• 2. Alex DOWSETT, (GBR) Trek-Livestrong, at 0:03
• 3. Brent BOOKWALTER, (USA) Bmc Racing Team, at 0:11
• 4. Rory SUTHERLAND, (AUS) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling P/b Maxxis, at 0:12
• 5. Robert (Bobby) LEA, (USA) On The Rivet P/b Ion Sports Nutrition, at 0:13

Chalk up another time trial win for Trek-Livestrong in 2010, as Taylor Phinney blitzed the 2.8-mile Capitol Prologue at the Tour of Utah Tuesday night

Leadville 100 winner says he's after stage wins in the Beehive State

Can a Tour de France podium finisher ride solo to an overall victory in the high mountains of northern Utah?

USA Cycling's Professional Criterium National Championship heads up the weekend's action in American cycling, as stage racers ready for next week's Tour of Utah.

While at first glance Colorado's stage race appears to tread on Utah's, officials from both races say there is no problem.

The RadioShack rider will race without teammates in Utah.

USA Cycling appeals to UCI for rules exemption so the team can compete

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

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.

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.

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.

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]