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4th Tour of Utah - 2.2
Utah, USA, August 13-17, 2008
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Stage 3 - August 15: Salt Lake City, 90' of 1.6km/1mi circuit
Escuela out-kicks Fast Freddy at the line
By Kirsten Robbins in Salt Lake City, Utah
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Argentina's speedster, Ricardo Escuela of Successful Living, treated the crowds to a sprint showdown, winning the bunch kick ahead of Fast Freddy Rodriguez (Rock Racing) and Jonny Clarke (Toyota-United).
"I'm used to going elbow to elbow against sprinters so this kind of thing is normal," said Escuela regarding his growing list of podium sprint finishes on the NRC circuit. "That's why I'm called Tricky Ricky. But tonight, I started the sprint in first position and held it to the line."
Blake Caldwell (Garmin-Chipotle) maintained his overall lead ahead of Darren Lill (BMC) and his team-mate Jason Donald. The yellow jersey took full advantage of his squads leading tempo set on the front of the field. The GC climber finished fourth place in the bunch sprint.
"There was no doubt in my mind that we could keep this race controlled," said Caldwell regarding his team's solid control of the race. "We had the strength and experience and I felt safe the whole race."
The field continued single file going into the last lap when Jason Donald and Victor Hugo Peña (Rock Racing) made a run for it. The pair was caught heading into the last corner giving the sprinters a chance to a drag race to the line.
"I was following Rock Racing all the time and then the two riders opened a gap on the last lap," said Escuela. "We tried to close the gap so I was already in the front because of that with three hundred metres to go. I started sprinting from first position and held it to the line."
Freddy Rodriguez noted that he thought about pulling himself out of the race during the previous stage due to illness but decided to stay for the criterium. "I knew I had a good chance so I gave it everything I had," said the decorated sprinter.
"There were a lot of attacks and my team did a good job getting me to the last corner," he continued. "There was a lull in the sprint and I couldn't make up the gap. But I'm happy with today and I think getting second is not a bad day."
How it unfolded
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Some 120 riders welcomed a break from the mountains, replaced by a 60-minute twilight criterium held on the downtown streets of Salt Lake City. It was a night for the sprinters to shine, racing for and valuable sprint points and time bonuses at the finish line. Crowds lined the streets to catch a glimpse of their favourite local riders Jeff Louder (BMC) and Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell).
Garmin-Chipotle placed their seven-rider squad on the front of the field, setting the pace from start to finish. The quick tempo discouraged threatening attacks coming from threatening GC riders vying to capture the finish line time bonuses.
"The team did an amazing job today on the front," said Caldwell who sat safely on the back of his train with full confidence in his team's ability to hold the field together. "I never felt like I was in trouble. When you have guys like Danny Pate and Will Frischkorn on the front keeping the pace fast, it's good."
Heath Blackgrove (Toyota-United) made the first short-lived move that started a string of attacks from opposing teams like Bissell, Successful Living, Health Net-Maxxis, Jittery Joes, Hagens Berman and Fans Sport Network.
Backgrove returned to the bunch as Matt Shriver (Jittery Joe's) counter attacked with Brian Forbes (Ride Clean) and Nick Clayville (Hagens Berman). The three took their were reeled back in three laps later, setting the stage for more activity.
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Approaching the thirty-minute mark, Garmin-Chipotle showed no signs of weakness when individual riders continued to attack. Heath Blackgrove, Jeremy Vennel (Bissell), Matt Cooke (Health Net-Maxxis), Victor Hugo Pena (Rock Racing) and the green jersey Matt White (Successful Living) dangled out front for a lap before rejoining the field.
The series of efforts led to a timely mid-race advantage from Ben Day (Toyota-United), an effort that turned into the most significant break of the evening. In his time trailing element, Day soloed for more than fifteen minutes before Ted King (Bissell) joined him.
"We wanted to keep sending riders off the front in pairs," said Clarke. "When Ben was off the front we tried to get one of our riders across to him, by following riders across but it all came back together."
Not even the two diesel engines working together could hold off the speed coming from behind. "We didn't necessarily want to bring back Ben Day," said Caldwell. "We were keeping an eye on him and we were trying to close that down."
Nonetheless, a combination of Garmin-Chipotle's tempo and the start of the sprinting teams' lead-outs pulled the pair in with six laps to go. Team's Rock Racing and Successful Living mixed their riders into the front spot to send off their sprinters in a bunch kick to the line.
Results
1 Ricardo Escuela (Arg) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 1.03.40 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 3 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 4 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 6 Jason Donald (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 7 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 9 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 10 Cody O'Reilly (USA) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 12 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 13 Sheldon Deeny (USA) The Fan Sports Network 14 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 15 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 16 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 17 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 18 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Rideclean/Patentit.com 19 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 20 Bradley White (USA) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 21 Brian Forbes (USA) Rideclean/Patentit.com 22 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 23 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 24 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 25 David Harward (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 26 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 27 Brent Brookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 28 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 29 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 30 Michael Grabinger (USA) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 31 Phil Zajicek (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 32 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 33 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 34 Mark Santurbane (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 35 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 36 Bryson Perry (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 37 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 38 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 39 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 40 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 41 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 42 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 43 Adrian Hegyvary (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 44 Ryan Anderson (Can) Land Rover - Orbea 45 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 46 Tyler Wren (USA) The Fan Sports Network 47 Anthony Colby (USA) The Fan Sports Network 48 Calvin Allan (USA) Team Bobs-Bicyclescom 49 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 50 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 51 Cameron Hoffman (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 52 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 53 Luis Alejandro Zamudio (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 54 Andy Guptill (USA) The Fan Sports Network 55 Ben Kneller (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 56 Scott Tietzel (USA) The Fan Sports Network 57 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 58 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 59 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 60 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 61 Paul Mach (USA) Team Bobs-Bicyclescom 62 Rudolph Napolitano (USA) Rock Racing 63 John Hunt (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 64 Todd Hageman (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 65 Chris Stuart (USA) Team Bobs-Bicyclescom 66 Scott Stewart (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 67 Jesse Moore (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 0.17 68 Nate Page (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 69 Eric Pardyjak (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 70 James Mattis (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 71 Nick Clayville (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 72 Billy Demong (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 73 Erik Slack (USA) Team Bobs-Bicyclescom 74 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.21 75 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0.24 76 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 0.28 77 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.32 78 Jesse Gordon (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 0.37 79 Joshua Bartlett (USA) Land Rover - Orbea 80 Max Jenkins (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 81 Dave Vukets (USA) Land Rover - Orbea 0.46 82 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.59 83 Chuck Coyle (USA) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 84 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 1.02 85 Osvaldo Olmos (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 1.04 86 Kyle Colavito (USA) Rideclean/Patentit.com 1.12 87 Alex Rock (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 1.20 88 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 1.45 89 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 90 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 2.03 91 Carson Miller (USA) Land Rover - Orbea 2.16 92 Jake MacArthur (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 3.21 93 Chris Lieto (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 3.45 94 Stefano Barberi (USA) The Fan Sports Network 4.33 95 Sam Johnson (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 96 Jacob Rubelt (USA) Rideclean/Patentit.com 4.37 97 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) The Fan Sports Network 4.43 98 Justin Mayfield (USA) Team Bobs-Bicyclescom 4.54 99 Dan Harm (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 100 Lang Reynolds (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team DNF Logan Hunn (Land Rover - ORBEA) DNF Shaun Morris (Land Rover - ORBEA) DNF Robert Campbell (Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com) DNF Kevin Rowe (Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com) DNF Jared Barrilleaux (Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team) DNF Matt Crane (Team Health Net presented by Maxxis) DNF Ryan Barrett (Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars) DNF Jonathan Chodroff (RIDECLEAN / PatentIt.com) DNF Andrew Miller (RIDECLEAN / PatentIt.com) DNF Ryan Trebon (RIDECLEAN / PatentIt.com) DNF Steve Bovay (BMC Pro Cycling Team) General classification after stage 3 1 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8.41.20 2 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 0.04 3 Jason Donald (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.18 4 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.24 5 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 0.28 6 Brent Brookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 7 Phil Zajicek (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 8 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 9 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 11 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 12 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 13 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 14 Bradley White (USA) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 1.23 15 Michael Grabinger (USA) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 1.47 16 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 17 Justin England (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 18 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 19 Neil Shirley (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 20 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 21 Anthony Colby (USA) The Fan Sports Network 22 Tyler Wren (USA) The Fan Sports Network 23 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Rideclean/Patentit.com 24 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 25 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 26 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 27 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 28 Scott Stewart (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 29 Paul Mach (USA) Team Bobs-Bicyclescom 30 Jesse Moore (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 2.04 31 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis 2.07 32 Andy Guptill (USA) The Fan Sports Network 5.37 33 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1 34 Mark Santurbane (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 35 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 36 Matthew Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 37 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 38 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 39 Erik Slack (USA) Team Bobs-Bicyclescom 5.54 40 Nick Clayville (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 41 John Hunt (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 5.57 42 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 7.22 43 Calvin Allan (USA) Team Bobs-Bicyclescom 8.27 44 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 8.50 45 Scott Tietzel (USA) The Fan Sports Network 46 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 9.11 47 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 9.14 48 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 10.35 49 Sheldon Deeny (USA) The Fan Sports Network 13.59 50 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 14.21 51 Caleb Manion (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 14.25 52 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Rock Racing 53 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 54 Eric Pardyjak (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 14.42 55 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 15.24 56 Ricardo Escuela (Arg) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 16.40 57 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 16.50 58 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 59 Nate Page (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 17.07 60 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 17.10 61 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 62 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 17.22 63 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 17.52 64 Stefano Barberi (USA) The Fan Sports Network 18.58 65 Carson Miller (USA) Land Rover - Orbea 19.06 66 Chris Lieto (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 20.35 67 Chris Stuart (USA) Team Bobs-Bicyclescom 22.07 68 Bryson Perry (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 69 Luis Alejandro Zamudio (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 70 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 23.20 71 David Harward (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 23.26 72 Todd Hageman (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 73 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 74 James Mattis (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 23.49 75 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 24.00 76 Osvaldo Olmos (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 24.30 77 Sam Johnson (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 24.53 78 Adrian Hegyvary (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 25.06 79 Ben Kneller (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 80 Rudolph Napolitano (USA) Rock Racing 81 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 82 Ryan Anderson (Can) Land Rover - Orbea 83 Cody O'Reilly (USA) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 84 Cameron Hoffman (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 85 Billy Demong (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 25.23 86 Joshua Bartlett (USA) Land Rover - Orbea 25.43 87 Dave Vukets (USA) Land Rover - Orbea 25.52 88 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 27.09 89 Justin Mayfield (USA) Team Bobs-Bicyclescom 28.20 90 Jake MacArthur (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 28.27 91 Brian Forbes (USA) Rideclean/Patentit.com 29.57 92 Lang Reynolds (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 30.00 93 Max Jenkins (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 30.32 94 Kyle Colavito (USA) Rideclean/Patentit.com 33.12 95 Chuck Coyle (USA) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 33.18 96 Jesse Gordon (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 33.47 97 Alex Rock (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 34.30 98 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) The Fan Sports Network 34.38 99 Dan Harm (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 34.49 100 Jacob Rubelt (USA) Rideclean/Patentit.com 41.04 Points classification 1 Bradley White (USA) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 24 pts 2 Sheldon Deeny (USA) The Fan Sports Network 22 3 Jason Donald (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 16 4 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 14 5 Ricardo Escuela (Arg) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 14 6 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 13 7 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 8 8 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 8 9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 8 10 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 11 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 5 12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3 13 Edward King (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3 14 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 2 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 2 16 Jesse Gordon (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 1 17 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 1 18 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1 19 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1 Mountains classification 1 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 21 pts 2 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 13 3 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team 10 4 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 10 5 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8 6 Cesar Augusto Grajales (Col) Rock Racing 8 7 Brent Brookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 8 8 Jason Donald (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 5 9 Sheldon Deeny (USA) The Fan Sports Network 4 10 Matt Cooke (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis 4 11 Anthony Colby (USA) The Fan Sports Network 4 12 Bradley White (USA) Successfulliving.com p/b Parkpre 3 13 Jesse Gordon (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 2 14 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 2 15 Rudolph Napolitano (USA) Rock Racing 1 Young rider classification 1 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 8.41.48 2 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.19 3 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Rideclean/Patentit.com 4 Scott Stewart (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 5 Erik Slack (USA) Team Bobs-Bicyclescom 8.09 6 Carson Miller (USA) Land Rover - Orbea 18.38 7 Luis Alejandro Zamudio (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 21.39 8 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 22.58 9 Ryan Anderson (Can) Land Rover - Orbea 24.38 10 Dave Vukets (USA) Land Rover - Orbea 25.24 11 Jake MacArthur (USA) Hagens Berman LLP Cycling Team 27.59 12 Max Jenkins (USA) California Giant Berry/Specialized 29.27 Best Utah rider classification 1 Eric Pardyjak (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 8.55.45 2 Nate Page (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 2.25 3 Bryson Perry (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 7.42 4 David Harward (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 9.01 5 Todd Hageman (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 6 Billy Demong (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 10.41 7 Cameron Hoffman (USA) American R.A.D.D. presented by Agel 8 Jesse Gordon (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 18.45 9 Alex Rock (USA) Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 20.05
