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Tour of Utah - NE
Utah, USA, August 7-12, 2006
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Stage 2 - August 8: Provo - Tooele, 149 km
Wherry takes the sprint in windy Tooele
By Steve Medcroft
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U.S. national champion Chris Wherry (Toyota United) kicked ahead of Jeff Louder (Health Net/Maxxis) and yellow jersey wearer Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) with two kilometers to go to take stage two of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah presented by Zions Bank. Wind and heat had kept heads cool in the pack throughout the day and even though two breaks escaped during the 92-mile stage (one containing Mike Sayers of Health Net and Ryan Yee of Team Successful Living that lasted until the final five miles), teams played a conservative race, choosing to protect their star climbers in anticipation of the epic altitude racing coming later in the week.
The other windy city
Lining up for the start, a constant headwind had more than one rider worried that the field could split out on the exposed and open highways of Tuesday's race so when the first attack of the day got away - containing Mike Dietrich (Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) and Daniel Ramsey (Team Successful Living) - it was given a short leashand reigned in just ten miles later. Every counter-attack was summarily nuetralized. "No-one wanted to really throw it down early on," Jeff Louder (Health Net/Maxxis) said in the post-race press conference. "The wind could have been worse, but it was a long race and it seemed like people wanted to decide things later on."
The conservatism existed because all eyes are on the mountain stages later this week. Knowing that Navigators is fielding three climbing threats at the Tour of Utah (Lagutin, Swindlehurst and Caesar Grejales), teams were not about to let the owners of the yellow jersey have a total day off. "The objective today was to make Navigators use as many guys as possible," said Louder's teammate and U.S. professional circuit veteran Mike Sayers. "We dont want them to have fresh guys for Scott (Moninger) and Jeff (Louder) to go up agianst (in the mountains)." Health Net/Maxxis put stress on the Navigators by sending Sayers up the road. He was joined by Ryan Yee (Team Successful Living) in a break that established a one-minute gap and held.
Toyota United took a more conservative approach to the second flat stage in a row. "(Navigators) have the jersey so its on them to control the race," Wherry said. "We knew that if there was any break up the road, they would have to chase and we wouldn't have to do anything about it. So our approach was to sit back and try to stay as fresh as possible for the next couple of days."
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Sayers and Yee's break stayed one minute ahead of a Navigator's driven peloton until the race entered the 3.2-kilometer pan-flat tarmac road course at the Miller Motorsports track in Tooele, Utah. "I thought maybe they would give me some time," Sayers said, explaining that he had three strikes against making him a threat to anyone's overall lead. "I don't time trial very well, I'm not the best climber in the world and I'm certainly not an altitude guy. But they must have been worried so they chased hard."
Which was fine by Toyota United. "The race up Mount Nebo (Thursday's stage, after Wednesday's time trial) apparantly is pretty hot, hard and long so saving any energy we can, like we did today, will hopefully get us to the end of the race in the lead." As for who on the team they are saving their energy for? "We have several guys who are riding really well," Wherry says. "Chris Baldwin is riding well. I'm riding well. Justin England is back from an injury and starting to ride well. So we have good guys to go up the hill with. The last few days are going to be so hard that the guy with the best form is going to win this race no matter what happens."
So after all the tactical card-playing was over and Sayers and Yee were absorbed into the pack, Wherry struck out for his stage win on the twisting turns of the motor-racing track. "It was really windy - because we were always changing directions," he said. "So I was just trying to follow wheels, to pick the right time to hit the group because Sergey's faster than me in a sprint and I didn't want it to come down to that. I went with about two (kilometers) to go and got just the right gap." Louder and Lagutin finished on Wherry's wheel.
With the bunch finish, all the general classification jerseys stay in the same hands after stage two; Lagutins - except for the King of the Mountain jersey which sits on the shoulders of Kodakgallery rider Jesse Anthony.
Wednesday's stage is a short, 13-kilometer out-and-back time trial in nearby Heber, Utah.
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- Michael Friedman was stung in the face by a bee between the first a second stages and had to be treated at a local medical facility. The concerned rider was able to finish stage two in the bunch though and seems safe for the rest of the race.
- Chris Wherry (Toyota United), smiling before the start
- Mike Sayers (Health Net/Maxxis)
- Chris Baldwin (Toyota United) is one of the team's hopes for success in the climbing stages
- No early break was allowed to stay clear as the Navigators team held the race together for their yellow jersey wearer Sergey Lagutin
- Mike Dietrich Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada) and Daniel Ramsey (Team Successful Living); one of the early breaks reeled in by a Navigators controlled peloton
- The Tour of Utah is getting excellent local media coverage; from newspaper reporters to live stage coverage on local radio - even a television helicopter hovering over the race a couple of different times during stage two
- Mike Sayers (Health Net/Maxxis) and Ryan Yee (Team Successful Living) together in a break never given more than one minute's advantage by Navigators
- Sayers and Yee held their break together onto the nine closing laps of the 3.2-kilometer Mille Motorsports racetrack
- The peloton winds through the numerous turns on the pan-flat track
- Sayers and Yee Were reeled in with four laps of the track remaining
- In remote Tooele Utah, a solid crowd of spectators made the drive to see the U.S. pro peloton in their own state
- Chris Wherry (Toyota United) leapt off the front with two-kilometers to go and just managed to hold off Jeff Louder (Health Net/Maxxis) and Sergey Lagutin (Navigators) for the stage victory
Results
1 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United 3.23.17
2 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
3 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance
4 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 0.05
5 Neil Shirley (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team 0.08
6 Ken Hanson (USA) Bmc Racing
7 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
8 Joshua Thornton (USA) Toyota United
9 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance
10 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref
11 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team
12 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada
13 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota United
14 David Rodriguez (USA) Bmc Racing
15 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref
16 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada
17 Michael Creed (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref
18 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref
19 Timmy Duggan (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref
20 Stefano Barbieri (Col) Toyota United
21 Mike Telega (USA) California Giant Strawberries
22 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health
23 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance
24 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling
25 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling
26 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance
27 Scott Nydam (USA) Bmc Racing
28 Craig Mccartney (USA) Vitamin Cottage
29 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) Bmc Racing
30 Daniel Vinson (USA) Sienna Dev't/Globe K
31 Jason Donald (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling
32 John Hunt (USA) California Giant Strawberries
33 Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Priority Health
34 Curtis Gunn (USA) Team Successful Living
35 Sandy Perrins (USA) Sienna Dev/Goble Knee Clinic
36 Jonathan Garcia (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling
37 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref
38 Bryson Perry (USA) Team Successful Living 0.25
39 Dave Harward (USA) Team 101.9 The End (Utah Allstars)
40 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health
41 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
42 Owen Laine (USA) Bmc Racing
43 Chris Stockburger (USA) Toyota United
44 Justin England (USA) Toyota United
45 Ryan Yee (USA) Team Successful Living
46 Clayton Barrows (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling
47 Todd Hageman (USA) Team 101.9 The End (Utah Allstars)
48 James Mattis (USA) California Giant Strawberries
49 Kevin Rowe (USA) California Giant Strawberries
50 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics Cycling
51 Ian Mckissick (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team
52 Charles Coyle (USA) Vitamin Cottage
53 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling
54 Calvin Allen (USA) Broadmark 0.55
55 Douglas Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
56 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 1.11
57 Chris Lieto (USA) California Giant Strawberries 1.14
58 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 1.19
59 Cory Collier (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 1.21
60 Skyler Bingham (USA) Team 101.9 The End (Utah Allstars) 1.28
61 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team 1.38
62 Ryan Hamity (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 1.49
63 Kirk Eck (USA) Sienna Dev/Goble Knee Clinic
64 Eric Pardyjak (USA) Team 101.9 The End (Utah Allstars) 2.24
65 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 2.28
66 Alexi Martinez (USA) Team Successful Living 2.55
67 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
68 Mike Dietrich (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 3.00
69 Mark Santurbane (USA) Broadmark
70 Jesse Gordon (USA) Team 101.9 The End (Utah Allstars)
71 Nathan Miller (USA) Bmc Racing
72 Matt Cooke (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team 4.37
73 Omar Kem (USA) Priority Health
74 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Priority Health
75 Ian Ayers (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team
76 Max Jenkins (USA) California Giant Strawberries
77 Joby Siciliano (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling
78 Chris Brennan (USA) Vitamin Cottage
79 Drew Miller (USA) Team Successful Living
80 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance
81 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Team Successful Living
82 Adam Curry (USA) Broadmark
83 Jared Berger (USA) Vitamin Cottage 6.37
84 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 6.44
85 Jason Allen (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 6.47
86 Ryan Barrett (USA) Sienna Dev/Goble Knee Clinic 7.47
87 Mitchell Moreman (USA) Vitamin Cottage 12.47
DNF Dan Timmerman (USA) Team Priority Health
DNF Alex Rock (USA) Team 101.9 The End (Utah Allstars)
DNF Norman Bryner (USA) Sienna Dev/Goble Knee Clinic
DNF Evan Lawrence (USA) Broadmark
Teams
1 Toyota United 10.10.07
2 Navigators
3 Symmetrics Cycling 0.05
4 TIAA CREF 0.08
5 BMC Racing
6 Health Net 0.17
7 KJZZ - Composite Team 0.25
8 Priority Health
9 CA Giant/Village Peddler
10 Team Einstein's Cycling
11 Successfulliving.com 0.42
12 Kodakgallery.com/Sierra N 1.19
13 Sienna Dev't/Goble Knee C 1.49
14 Team End (Utah Allstars) 2.02
15 Vitamin Cottage 4.54
16 Broadmark/Hagens-Berman 8.16
General classifaction after stage 2
1 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 7.13.25
2 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United 0.04
3 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.08
4 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 0.13
5 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref
6 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 0.15
7 Ken Hanson (USA) Bmc Racing 0.22
8 Neil Shirley (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team
9 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada
10 Joshua Thornton (USA) Toyota United
11 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance
12 Chris Baldwin (USA) Toyota United
13 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref
14 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref
15 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance
16 Jonathan Garcia (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling
17 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
18 Stefano Barbieri (Col) Toyota United
19 Curtis Gunn (USA) Team Successful Living
20 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling
21 Jason Donald (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling
22 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling
23 Sandy Perrins (USA) Sienna Dev/Goble Knee Clinic
24 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance
25 Jacob Rytlewski (USA) Priority Health
26 Mike Telega (USA) California Giant Strawberries
27 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team
28 Timmy Duggan (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref
29 Craig Mccartney (USA) Vitamin Cottage
30 Michael Creed (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref
31 Scott Nydam (USA) Bmc Racing
32 David Rodriguez (USA) Bmc Racing
33 John Hunt (USA) California Giant Strawberries
34 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health
35 Daniel Vinson (USA) Sienna Dev't/Globe K
36 Jacob Rosenbarger (USA) Bmc Racing
37 Ryan Yee (USA) Team Successful Living 0.31
38 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.32
39 Clayton Barrow (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 0.35
40 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 0.37
41 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 0.38
42 Owen Laine (USA) Bmc Racing 0.39
43 Charles Coyle (USA) Vitamin Cottage
44 Chrtoph Stockburger (USA) Toyota United
45 Justin England (USA) Toyota United
46 Dave Harward (USA) Team 101.9 The End (Utah Allstars)
47 Christopher Jones (USA) KJZZ - Pro Composite Team
48 Todd Hageman (USA) Team 101.9 The End (Utah Allstars)
49 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health
50 Kevin Rowe (USA) California Giant Strawberries
51 James Mattis (USA) California Giant Strawberries
52 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref 0.42
53 Douglas Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.09
54 Calvin Allen (USA) Broadmark
55 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 1.24
56 Chris Lieto (USA) California Giant Strawberries 1.28
57 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 1.33
58 Cory Collier (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 1.35
59 Skyler Bingham (USA) Team 101.9 The End (Utah Allstars) 1.42
60 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team 1.52
61 Kirk Eck (USA) Sienna Dev/Goble Knee Clinic 2.03
62 Ryan Hamity (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 2.23
63 Eric Pardyjak (USA) Team 101.9 The End (Utah Allstars) 2.38
64 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 2.42
65 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3.09
66 Alexi Martinez (USA) Team Successful Living
67 Mike Dietrich (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 3.14
68 Mark Santurbane (USA) Broadmark
69 Jesse Gordon (USA) Team 101.9 The End (Utah Allstars)
70 Adam Curry (USA) Broadmark 4.51
71 Max Jenkins (USA) California Giant Strawberries
72 Omar Kem (USA) Priority Health
73 Matt Cooke (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team
74 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance
75 Drew Miller (USA) Team Successful Living
76 Daniel Ramsey (USA) Team Successful Living
77 Ian Ayers (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team
78 Bryson Perry (USA) Team Successful Living 5.16
79 Chris Brennan (USA) Vitamin Cottage 5.36
80 Jared Berger (USA) Vitamin Cottage 6.51
81 Jason Allen (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 7.01
82 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 7.18
83 Ryan Barrett (USA) Sienna Dev/Goble Knee Clinic 8.01
84 Nathan Miller (USA) Bmc Racing 11.14
85 Joby Siciliano (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 12.52
86 Mitchell Moreman (USA) Vitamin Cottage 13.01
Points classification
1 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 25 pts
2 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United 19
3 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 19
4 Jeff Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 18
5 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref 17
6 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 16
7 Ryan Yee (USA) Team Successful Living 13
8 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 11
9 Ken Hanson (USA) Bmc Racing 7
10 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 7
11 Clayton Barrows (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 6
12 Neil Shirley (USA) Kjzz - Pro Composite Team 6
13 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 4
14 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 3
15 Joshua Thornton (USA) Toyota United 3
16 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 3
17 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 2
18 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 2
19 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Tiaa-Cref 1
20 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 1
21 Nathan Miller (USA) Bmc Racing 1
Mountains classification
1 Jesse Anthony (USA) Kodakgallery.Com/Sierra Nevada 4 pts
2 Clayton Barrows (USA) Team Einstein's Cycling 3
3 Scott Nydam (USA) Bmc Racing 2
4 James Mattis (USA) California Giant Strawberries 1
Teams classification
1 Navigators 21.41.13
2 Toyota United
3 Symmetrics Cycling 0.05
4 TIAA CREF 0.08
5 BMC Racing
6 Health Net 0.17
7 Team Einstein's Cycling 0.25
8 KJZZ - Composite Team
9 Priority Health
10 CA Giant/Village Peddler
11 Successfulliving.com 0.42
12 Kodakgallery.com/Sierra N 1.19
13 Sienna Dev't/Goble Knee C 1.49
14 Team End (Utah Allstars) 2.02
15 Vitamin Cottage 4.54
16 Broadmark/Hagens-Berman 8.16
