August 5/15 22:32 pm - Tour of Utah: Stage 3
Posted by Editoress on 08/5/15
Axeon Cycling Team's Logan Owen won a thrilling sprint on Stage 3 presented by Zions Bank at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. The 20-year-old American scored the biggest victory of his road cycling career in a time of four hours, 12 minutes and 40 seconds in front of huge crowds in the first-time host city of Bountiful.
“I knew that I had won, but I couldn’t believe it,” said Owen, who is a three-time Under 23 USA cyclocross national champion. “I was trying to stay as far ahead as possible because I knew that it was fast and a little dangerous. I was making sure that I was up there for the finish and it worked out perfectly.”
Runner-up Brent Bookwalter (USA) of BMC Racing Team claimed his second podium of the week. Edwin Avila (Team Colombia) was third. Overall race leader Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team) finished seventh on Wednesday’s 107.9-mile stage and retained the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Leader’s jersey. Owen jumped to second overall on the General Classification and takes over the Subaru Best Young Rider jersey. Stage 2 winner Jure Kocjan (Team SmartStop) sits in third place on G.C., four seconds back.
“They have a lot of faith in me and I have a lot of faith in them,” Reijnen said of his UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling team. “I don’t think that we’re going to slow down anytime soon. The racing we’ve had so far has led itself to aggressive racing. I think that the fans have had a good show. It’s exciting to watch.”
Fans were treated to an action-packed finish along the nine-mile circuit, which was lined with 3,000 American flags. Attacks and counter-attacks flew as riders sped around the circuit twice, which included the brutal Bountiful Bench climb. The main group, down to 45 riders, caught a lone escapee in the final dash to the line.
Stage 3 presented by Zions Bank started at Antelope Island State Park, which sits on the largest island in the Great Salt Lake. Attacks occurred at the front as the riders looped around part of the island before crossing the seven-mile causeway to the mainland. After racing on the wide roads with speeds averaging 30 miles per hour, six riders managed to escape at the 18-mile mark. The breakaway included Joey Rosskopf (BMC Racing Team), Dion Smith and Tyler Magner both of Hincapie Racing Team, Jasper Novenhuis (Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling) and Wouter Wippert (Drapac Professional Cycling). Johann Van Zyl (Team MTN-Qhubeka presented by Samsung), soon bridged up to spend a second day off the front.
“Today it wasn’t really the plan to go into the break, but somehow I ended up being there,” said Van Zyl, who crested the first two categorized climbs ahead of his breakaway partners and nabbed the Utah Office of Tourism King of the Mountain jersey for his efforts.
Reigning USA Road National Champion Matthew Busche of Trek Factory Racing, along with a few other riders, crashed on the Trapper’s Loop climb. Injuries would cause Busche to abandon the race.
Rosskopf was awarded the Vivint Most Aggressive Rider jersey. Fans chose Dion Smith (New Zealand) of the Hincapie Racing Team as the America First Credit Union Fan Favorite.
Tour of Utah press release
Results
| Stage 3: Antelope Island State Park to Bountiful, 173.8 km | |
| 1 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Cycling Team | 4:12:40 |
| 2 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 3 Edwin Avila (Col) Colombia | |
| 4 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop | |
| 5 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Racing Team | |
| 6 Natnael Berhane (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 7 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| 8 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | |
| 9 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 10 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 11 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Team Cannondale-Garmin | |
| 12 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Axeon Cycling Team | |
| 13 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 14 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | |
| 15 Alex Howes (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | |
| 16 Michael Woods (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 17 Christopher Horner (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | |
| 18 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 19 Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team SmartStop | |
| 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | |
| 21 Connor McCutcheon (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | |
| 22 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 23 Jorge Castiblanco (Col) Colombia | |
| 24 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| 25 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 26 Manuel Francesco Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 27 Robbie Squire (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | |
| 28 Brendan Canty (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | |
| 29 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | |
| 30 Cayetano Sarmiento (Col) Colombia | |
| 31 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Axeon Cycling Team | |
| 32 James Oram (NZl) Axeon Cycling Team | |
| 33 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop | |
| 34 Chris Butler (USA) Team SmartStop | |
| 35 Walter Pedraza (Col) Colombia | |
| 36 Gregory Brenes Obando (CRc) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | |
| 37 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 38 Daniel Martínez (Col) Colombia | |
| 39 John Hornbeck (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | |
| 40 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| 41 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 42 Alex Cano (Col) Colombia | |
| 43 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 44 Carson Miller (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | |
| 45 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop | |
| 46 Kilian Frankiny (Irl) BMC Racing Team | all s.t. |
| 47 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:10 |
| 48 Nicolae Tanovitchii (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 1:09 |
| 49 Gavin Mannion (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 50 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 51 Alexandr Braico (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 52 Gerardo Medina (Mex) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | |
| 53 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | |
| 54 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 55 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| 56 Timothy Roe (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 57 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 58 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | all s.t. |
| 59 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN - Qhubeka | 3:09 |
| 60 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 3:54 |
| 61 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 62 Ben Jacques- Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | |
| 63 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 64 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | |
| 65 Michael Torckler (NZl) Team Budget Forklifts | |
| 66 Julian Bernard (Fra) Trek Factory Racing | |
| 67 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | all s.t. |
| 68 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 5:02 |
| 69 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 70 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 71 Sebastián Molano (Col) Colombia | 6:29 |
| 72 Carlos Mario Ramirez (Col) Colombia | |
| 73 Luis Lemus (Mex) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | |
| 74 Edward King (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | 7:27 |
| 75 Benjamin King (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | |
| 76 Jasper Bovenhuis (Ned) Team Cannondale-Garmin | |
| 77 Daniel Eaton (USA) Axeon Cycling Team | |
| 78 Gregory Daniel (USA) Axeon Cycling Team | |
| 79 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 80 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 81 Mackenzie Brennan (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | all s.t. |
| 82 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | 9:29 |
| 83 Andrea Manfredi (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 84 Brodie Talbot (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | |
| 85 Walter Gaston Trillini (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | |
| 86 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 87 Justin Mauch (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | |
| 88 Griffin Easter (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | |
| 89 Cullen Easter (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | |
| 90 Josh Berry (NZl) Team Budget Forklifts | |
| 91 Jack Anderson (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | |
| 92 Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop | |
| 93 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| 94 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | all s.t. |
| 95 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN - Qhubeka | 11:24 |
| 96 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 97 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | |
| 98 David Williams (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | |
| 99 Pierrick Naud (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 100 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 101 Fabio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing | |
| 102 Zach Bell (Can) Team SmartStop | |
| 103 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | |
| 104 Emerson Oronte (USA) Team SmartStop | |
| 105 Erik Slack (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | all s.t. |
| 106 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 16:30 |
| 107 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 108 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 16:32 |
| 109 Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | |
| 110 Brad Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 111 Thomas Soladay (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 112 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | |
| 113 Chris Putt (USA) Axeon Cycling Team | |
| 114 Glenn O'Shea (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | |
| 115 Malcom Rudolph (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 116 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| 117 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 118 Kevin Gottlieb (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | |
| 119 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 120 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | all s.t. |
| DNF Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing | |
| GC | |
| 1 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 12:58:59 |
| 2 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Cycling Team | at 0:04 |
| 3 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop | |
| 4 Alex Howes (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | |
| 5 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | all s.t. |
| 6 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | 0:08 |
| 7 Edwin Avila (Col) Colombia | 0:10 |
| 8 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Racing Team | |
| 9 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team | both s.t. |
| 10 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:12 |
| 11 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Team Cannondale-Garmin | 0:14 |
| 12 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Axeon Cycling Team | |
| 13 Natnael Berhane (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka | |
| 14 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 15 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop | |
| 16 Christopher Horner (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | |
| 17 Connor McCutcheon (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | |
| 18 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Axeon Cycling Team | |
| 19 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | |
| 20 Jorge Castiblanco (Col) Colombia | |
| 21 Michael Woods (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 22 Gregory Brenes Obando (CRc) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | |
| 23 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 24 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | |
| 25 Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team SmartStop | |
| 26 Robbie Squire (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | |
| 27 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | |
| 28 James Oram (NZl) Axeon Cycling Team | |
| 29 John Hornbeck (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | |
| 30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| 31 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop | |
| 32 Daniel Martínez (Col) Colombia | |
| 33 Chris Butler (USA) Team SmartStop | |
| 34 Alex Cano (Col) Colombia | |
| 35 Carson Miller (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | |
| 36 Walter Pedraza (Col) Colombia | |
| 37 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 38 Kilian Frankiny (Irl) BMC Racing Team | all s.t. |
| 39 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:24 |
| 40 Gavin Mannion (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 1:23 |
| 41 Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | s.t. |
| 42 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 1:34 |
| 43 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 2:30 |
| 44 Manuel Francesco Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 45 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 46 Brendan Canty (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | |
| 47 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 48 Cayetano Sarmiento (Col) Colombia | |
| 49 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | all s.t. |
| 50 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 3:38 |
| 51 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka | 3:39 |
| 52 Nicolae Tanovitchii (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 53 Timothy Roe (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 54 Alexandr Braico (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | |
| 55 Gerardo Medina (Mex) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | |
| 56 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF | all s.t. |
| 57 Ben Jacques- Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | 4:07 |
| 58 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 5:10 |
| 59 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. |
| 60 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 6:24 |
| 61 Julian Bernard (Fra) Trek Factory Racing | |
| 62 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | both s.t. |
| 63 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | 6:33 |
| 64 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | 7:09 |
| 65 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | 7:24 |
| 66 Daniel Eaton (USA) Axeon Cycling Team | 7:37 |
| 67 Benjamin King (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | 7:41 |
| 68 Carlos Mario Ramirez (Col) Colombia | 8:58 |
| 69 Luis Lemus (Mex) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | 8:59 |
| 70 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN - Qhubeka | 9:43 |
| 71 Gregory Daniel (USA) Axeon Cycling Team | 9:50 |
| 72 Jasper Bovenhuis (Ned) Team Cannondale-Garmin | 9:57 |
| 73 Edward King (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | |
| 74 Mackenzie Brennan (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | both s.t. |
| 75 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | 10:26 |
| 76 Songezo Jim (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 10:28 |
| 77 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 10:44 |
| 78 Griffin Easter (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | 11:31 |
| 79 Sebastián Molano (Col) Colombia | 12:29 |
| 80 Cullen Easter (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | 12:46 |
| 81 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | s.t. |
| 82 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 13:00 |
| 83 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 13:15 |
| 84 Pierrick Naud (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 13:53 |
| 85 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | 13:54 |
| 86 Erik Slack (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 14:41 |
| 87 Emerson Oronte (USA) Team SmartStop | 14:55 |
| 88 Brodie Talbot (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | 15:29 |
| 89 Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop | 16:03 |
| 90 Jack Anderson (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | 16:04 |
| 91 Walter Gaston Trillini (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | 16:16 |
| 92 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | 16:18 |
| 93 Fabio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing | 17:24 |
| 94 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. |
| 95 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | 18:32 |
| 96 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 18:50 |
| 97 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 19:02 |
| 98 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| 99 Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | both s.t. |
| 100 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN - Qhubeka | 19:58 |
| 101 Zach Bell (Can) Team SmartStop | s.t. |
| 102 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Racing Team | 20:45 |
| 103 David Williams (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home | 21:06 |
| 104 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 21:56 |
| 105 Chris Putt (USA) Axeon Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 106 Josh Berry (NZl) Team Budget Forklifts | 22:07 |
| 107 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 108 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling | 22:26 |
| 109 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 22:32 |
| 110 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 24:05 |
| 111 Michael Torckler (NZl) Team Budget Forklifts | 27:44 |
| 112 Andrea Manfredi (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 29:26 |
| 113 Kevin Gottlieb (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | 32:59 |
| 114 Justin Mauch (USA) Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team | 35:14 |
| 115 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 38:22 |
| 116 Malcom Rudolph (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 38:24 |
| 117 Glenn O'Shea (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | 40:22 |
| 118 Thomas Soladay (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 40:42 |
| 119 Brad Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | 42:56 |
| 120 Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts | s.t. |
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