©Catherine Fegan Kim
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (August 9, 2013) – A fast and furious circuit race beside the Utah State Capitol saw Orica GreenEDGE’s Michael Matthews (Australia) surge to a convincing win at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. Matthews captured his second stage win of the six-day Tour of Utah on today’s Stage Four presented by University of Utah Health Care.
Matthews flew up the final climb on State Street and with 50 meters to go passed BMC Racing Team’s Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium), who finished second on the stage for a third day in a row. Third at the line was Jasper Stuyven (Belgium) of the Bontrager Cycling Team.
Team Garmin-Sharp’s Lachlan Morton (Australia) finished safely in the bunch to retain his Larry H. Miller Dealership’s overall leader jersey. He has a 26-second lead over Van Avermaet.
“We pretty much had to commit from the start because nobody else was going to help us,” Matthews said of his strategy to win the stage. “Our goal was to make sure I was in the best position into the climb (on State Street), which was on Greg’s wheel… because he was obviously the favorite on today’s stage.”
Morton and his Garmin-Sharp team rode a competitive but safe race, trying to avoid crashes and losing time to BMC’s Van Avermaet. “It was unreal,” Morton said of riding as the race leader. “To have (the team) riding for me on the front is like a dream. They’re so experienced that it makes what’s supposed to be a stressful job for me sort of easy.”
Huge crowds turned out for the 34-mile Stage Four presented by University of Utah Healthcare, using a 6.8-mile circuit through the downtown Avenues community. This was the first time in two years a stage of the Tour of Utah has been held late in the afternoon; two years ago a late-day time trial was held at Miller Motorsports Park.
The Friday night affair featured an early break of five riders, who dangled off the front for a couple of laps. Champion System’s Pro Cycling’s Craig Lewis (USA) broke from the group and attacked on the final lap. He was caught on the final climb to the Utah State Capitol, but earned the Vivint Most Aggressive Rider jersey for his efforts.
With little change in the overall standings, Morton is still the G.C. leader and the Subaru Best Young Rider. The light blue Subaru Best Young Rider jersey will continue to be worn another day by MTN- Qhubeka’s Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Ethiopia). The XO Communications Sprint jersey is retained by BMC’s Van Avermaet and Bissell Pro Cycling’s Michael Torckler is still the Ski Utah King of the Mountain.
Saturday, August 10, brings Stage Five presented by Utah Sports Commission. The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah’s “Queen Stage” uses a revised course from past years of 113 miles and 10,611 feet of vertical gain. The day begins at Snowbasin Resort in the Ogden Valley. The peloton travels through Coalville and Park City for XO Communications Sprint lines, and Ski Utah KOMs at Brown’s Canyon and Guardsman’s Pass before the final ascent to Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort. This is the first time the race has climbed the east side of Guardsman’s Pass and descended through Big Cottonwood Canyon. Huge, and sometimes rowdy, crowds are expected in Little Cottonwood Canyon for the final showdown. Stage Five presented by the Utah Sports Commission will begin at 10:50 a.m. MT, and finish at approximately 3:45 p.m. MT.
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1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 1:10:17
2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
3 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Bontrager Cycling Team
4 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
5 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
6 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
7 Gregory Obando Brenes (CRi) Champion System Pro Cycling
8 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman
9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin Sharp
10 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Team Garmin Sharp
11 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
12 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale Pro Cycling
13 Alex Correia Diniz (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest
14 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard
15 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard
16 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
17 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin Sharp
18 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda
19 Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack Leopard
20 Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack Leopard
21 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin Sharp
22 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard
23 Philip Deignan (Ire) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
24 Tanner Putt (USA) Bontrager Cycling Team
25 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:11
26 Michael Schaer (Swi) BMC Racing Team
27 Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
28 Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Cycling Team
29 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) MTN-Qhubeka
30 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development
31 Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
32 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman
33 Taylor Shelden (USA) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing
34 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling
35 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
36 Chad Haga (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
37 Stefano Agostini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
38 Edward King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling
39 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development
40 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman
41 Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman 0:00:21
42 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) BMC Racing Team
43 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 0:00:24
44 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Bontrager Cycling Team 0:00:27
45 Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:29
46 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
47 Jakub Novak (Cze) BMC Racing Team 0:00:31
48 James Driscoll (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman
49 Meron Russom (Eri) MTN-Qhubeka 0:00:36
50 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN-Qhubeka 0:00:38
51 Andy Baker (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 0:00:40
52 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale Pro Cycling
53 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Cannondale Pro Cycling
54 Connor O’Leary (USA) Bontrager Cycling Team
55 Robert Sweeting (USA) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing 0:00:46
56 Ryan Roth (Can) Champion System Pro Cycling 0:00:55
57 Max Jenkins (USA) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda
58 Luis Enrique Lemus Davila (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 0:00:58
59 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:01:04
60 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge
61 Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development 0:01:06
62 Flavio Cardoso Santos (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest 0:01:12
63 Nelson Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) RadioShack Leopard
64 Alexander Hagman (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
65 James Stemper (USA) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing
66 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development
67 Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling 0:01:15
68 David Williams (USA) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing
69 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development
70 Andres Diaz (Col) 5-Hour Energy p/b Kenda Racing
71 Chad Beyer (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling 0:01:22
72 Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Champion System Pro Cycling
73 Jeremy Durrin (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
74 Martin Wesemann (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 0:01:25
75 Phil Gaimon (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0:01:27
76 Nathan Brown (USA) Bontrager Cycling Team
77 Nathan Wilson (USA) Bontrager Cycling Team
78 Emerson Oronte (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
79 Tiago Fiorilli (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest 0:01:32
80 Marsh Cooper (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
81 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin Sharp 0:01:33
82 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman
83 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0:01:39
84 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
85 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
86 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Team Garmin Sharp 0:01:45
87 Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Cycling Team 0:01:53
88 Michael Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
89 Ian Burnett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
90 Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 0:01:55
91 Jason McCartney (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
92 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
93 Carson Miller (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman
94 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
95 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
96 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
97 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
98 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin Sharp
99 Magno Prado Nazaret (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest
100 Michael Torckler (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
101 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
102 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling
103 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda
104 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development
105 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:02:05
106 Damian Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:02:09
107 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Bissell Pro Cycling
108 Ramiro Cabrera Gonzalez (Uru) Funvic Brasilinvest 0:02:22
109 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:02:26
HD Ruben Companioni (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman
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