August 12/18 7:22 am - The Larry H.Miller Tour of Utah: Stage 5
Posted by Editoress on 08/12/18
Kuss Reigns at Queen Stage of Tour of Utah and Retains Overall Lead for Fourth Day
Overall race leaderSepp Kuss (Team LottoNL-Jumbo soloed) to victory on Stage 5 presented by University of Utah Health at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah on Saturday. He accelerated away from an elite group of riders on the legendary six-mile (9.6km) climb of Little Cottonwood Canyon to win at Snowbird Resort in a time of 4 hours and two minutes.
The 23-year old American continues to wear the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies Overall Leader jersey since his victory in Payson on Stage 2, extending his lead in the General Classification (G.C.).
"I just decided to ride my own pace, it was easier than having to deal with jumping with everybody. I felt good and decided to make a decisive move and put everybody on the back foot, maybe. And it ended up working out again today. I'm really happy. It was really cool," said Kuss, who high-fived fans packed along the finish line area in celebration as he crossed the line. "It's fun to be able to relate to the people watching the race and have a good time with them."
Ben Hermans (Israel Cycling Academy) pushed Kuss with a solo chase on the final Hors Category climb, crossing the line 39 seconds back in second place. The battle for third place was taken by American Peter Stetina (Trek-Segafredo), who outmaneuvered a select group that included defending champion Rob Britton (Rally Cycling), Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott), 2015 Tour of Utah winner Joe Dombrowski (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale) and Dombrowski’s teammate Hugh John Carthy. Stetina crossed the line 1 minute and 18 seconds behind the winner.
"In the beginning, I was maybe smiling a little bit because there's no better feeling than just standing up on the pedals. Attacking is just really fun," said Kuss. "Then when I got a gap and saw Ben Hermans was behind me and he's a really strong rider, I thought 'oh no, that's not who I want chasing me right now,' because he's a real engine. After that I was really hurting."
As expected, Stage 5 presented by University of Utah Health brought major changes to the overall standings. Hermans surged from 11th place to second place, 1 minute and 21 seconds behind Kuss on G.C. Dombrowski and Carthy moved up to third and fourth place, respectively, a little more than two minutes back.
Neilson Powless (Team LottoNL-Jumbo), Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team), Kyle Murphy (Rally Cycling) and Gavin Mannion (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team) all dropped out of the Top 10 with one stage to go in "America's Toughest Stage Race."
The Tour of Utah’s "Queen Stage" lived up to its reputation as one of cycling’s most exciting days in the saddle, with 9,975 feet of elevation gain and three Utah Office of Tourism King of the Mountain climbs. The 96.2-mile (154.6 km) stage began for the first time at Canyons Village in Park City.
A 10-rider breakaway saw its gap decrease from four to two minutes on the ascent of Guardsman Pass. After the blistering 15-mile descent of Big Cottonwood Canyon, lone escapee Kilian Frankiny (BMC Racing Team) had a 15-second lead with six miles (10 km) to go.
"I really like to ride here in Utah. It's really special with the altitude and the heat. At home, I live on 700 metres and that's already pretty high for the place that I live," said Frankiny who is racing his third Tour of Utah.
Frankiny was awarded the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Most Aggressive Rider jersey. Kuss took over the Utah Office of Tourism KOM jersey. The Utah Sports Commission Sprint jersey remained with Travis McCabe (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team). Alex Hoehn (Aevolo Cycling) was voted America First Credit Union Fan Favorite, in the category of Best Climber. Finishing eighth place on the stage, Luis Villalobos (Aevolo Cycling), jumped to seventh overall to become the WCF Insurance Best Young Rider.
Results from the sixth stage in Utah
| Stage 5: Canyons Village to Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, 152.6 km | |
| 1 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 4:02:32 |
| 2 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy | at 0:39 |
| 3 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 1:18 |
| 4 Robert Britton (Can) Rally Cycling | 1:27 |
| 5 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 1:27 |
| 6 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 1:27 |
| 7 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 1:27 |
| 8 Luis Ricardo Villalobos Hernandez (Mex) Aevolo | 1:43 |
| 9 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 1:47 |
| 10 Michael Woods (Can) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 2:04 |
| 11 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 2:09 |
| 12 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Unitedhealthcare | 2:17 |
| 13 Jack Burke (Can) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 2:32 |
| 14 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 2:54 |
| 15 Kilian Frankiny (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 3:05 |
| 16 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 3:05 |
| 17 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team | 3:13 |
| 18 T.J. Eisenhart (USA) Holowesko Citadel Pb Arapahoe | 3:20 |
| 19 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally Cycling | 3:31 |
| 20 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 3:40 |
| 21 Angus Lyons (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane | 4:33 |
| 22 Alex Hoehn (USA) Aevolo | 4:40 |
| 23 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 5:17 |
| 24 Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Holowesko Citadel Pb Arapahoe | 5:33 |
| 25 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 5:45 |
| 26 Griffin Easter (USA) 303 Project | 5:49 |
| 27 Alexander Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 6:03 |
| 28 Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling | 6:49 |
| 29 Edward Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 6:51 |
| 30 Sean Bennett (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 6:51 |
| 31 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 6:52 |
| 32 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 7:56 |
| 33 Gage Hecht (USA) Aevolo | 7:56 |
| 34 Connor Brown (NZl) Mobius Bridgelane | 10:18 |
| 35 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Unitedhealthcare | 10:56 |
| 36 Peter Livingstone (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane | 11:10 |
| 37 Ruben Plaza (Esp) Israel Cycling Academy | 12:20 |
| 38 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling | 12:26 |
| 39 Thomas Revard (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 13:57 |
| 40 Nathan Brown (USA) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 13:58 |
| 41 Gavin Mannion (USA) Unitedhealthcare | 13:59 |
| 42 Rob Power (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 13:59 |
| 43 Cullen Easter (USA) 303 Project | 13:59 |
| 44 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling | 16:06 |
| 45 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling | 16:06 |
| 46 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 16:06 |
| 47 Brendan Canty (Aus) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 16:06 |
| 48 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 16:06 |
| 49 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 16:06 |
| 50 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 16:33 |
| 51 Flavio Alejandro De Luna Davila (Mex) 303 Project | 17:11 |
| 52 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Unitedhealthcare | 17:46 |
| 53 Isaiah Newkirk (USA) 303 Project | 19:30 |
| 54 Lance Haidet (USA) Aevolo | 19:30 |
| 55 Lionel Mawditt (Aus) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 19:30 |
| 56 Tony Baca (Mex) 303 Project | 20:31 |
| 57 Adam Roberge (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 21:34 |
| 58 Emile Jean (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 21:38 |
| 59 Brayan Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton-Scott | 21:38 |
| 60 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 24:17 |
| 61 Brian Mcculloch (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling | 24:17 |
| 62 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 24:17 |
| 63 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 24:17 |
| 64 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Hagens Berman Axeon | 24:17 |
| 65 Cormac Mcgeough (Irl) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 24:17 |
| 66 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko Citadel Pb Arapahoe | 24:17 |
| 67 Tyler Williams (USA) Israel Cycling Academy | 24:17 |
| 68 Danick Vandale (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 24:17 |
| 69 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 24:17 |
| 70 Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 24:17 |
| 71 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon | 24:17 |
| 72 Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 24:17 |
| 73 Pier-André Côté (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 24:17 |
| 74 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Holowesko Citadel Pb Arapahoe | 24:17 |
| 75 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | 24:17 |
| 76 Gregory Rast (Sui) Trek-Segafredo | 24:17 |
| 77 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Unitedhealthcare | 24:17 |
| 78 Travis McCabe (USA) Unitedhealthcare | 24:17 |
| 79 Luis Enrique Lemus Davila (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy | 24:17 |
| 80 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | 24:17 |
| 81 Ruben Companioni (Cub) Holowesko Citadel Pb Arapahoe | 24:17 |
| 82 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 24:17 |
| 83 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling | 24:17 |
| 84 Bernat Font Mas (Esp) 303 Project | 24:17 |
| 85 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 24:17 |
| 86 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 24:17 |
| 87 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | 24:17 |
| 88 Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 24:17 |
| 89 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 24:17 |
| 90 Michael Hernandez (USA) Aevolo | 24:17 |
| 91 Jan Maas (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 24:17 |
| 92 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 24:17 |
| 93 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 24:17 |
| 94 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Hagens Berman Axeon | 24:29 |
| 95 William Clarke (Aus) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 25:17 |
| 96 George Simpson (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling | 26:19 |
| 97 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy | 26:19 |
| 98 Jesse Coyle (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane | 26:22 |
| 99 Taylor Shelden (USA) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 28:15 |
| 100 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 28:52 |
| 101 Samuel Bassetti (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling | 28:54 |
| 102 Laurent Gervais (Can) Aevolo | 33:42 |
| 103 Alex Howes (USA) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 35:37 |
| DNF Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko Citadel Pb Arapahoe | |
| DNS Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| DNS Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy | |
| GC | |
| 1 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 18:32:00 |
| 2 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy | at 1:21 |
| 3 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 2:05 |
| 4 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 2:05 |
| 5 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 2:07 |
| 6 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 2:27 |
| 7 Luis Ricardo Villalobos Hernandez (Mex) Aevolo | 2:33 |
| 8 Michael Woods (Can) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 2:40 |
| 9 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 3:01 |
| 10 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 3:17 |
| 11 Robert Britton (Can) Rally Cycling | 3:27 |
| 12 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 3:59 |
| 13 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally Cycling | 4:08 |
| 14 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team | 4:58 |
| 15 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Unitedhealthcare | 5:52 |
| 16 Jack Burke (Can) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 6:24 |
| 17 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 6:39 |
| 18 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 7:17 |
| 19 Angus Lyons (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane | 8:23 |
| 20 Alex Hoehn (USA) Aevolo | 8:29 |
| 21 Sean Bennett (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 8:34 |
| 22 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 9:05 |
| 23 T.J. Eisenhart (USA) Holowesko Citadel Pb Arapahoe | 10:40 |
| 24 Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling | 10:42 |
| 25 Edward Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 10:45 |
| 26 Griffin Easter (USA) 303 Project | 10:57 |
| 27 Kilian Frankiny (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 13:32 |
| 28 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Unitedhealthcare | 14:37 |
| 29 Gavin Mannion (USA) Unitedhealthcare | 14:37 |
| 30 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 14:43 |
| 31 Nathan Brown (USA) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 15:51 |
| 32 Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Holowesko Citadel Pb Arapahoe | 18:01 |
| 33 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling | 19:43 |
| 34 Gage Hecht (USA) Aevolo | 20:13 |
| 35 Peter Livingstone (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane | 22:22 |
| 36 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 22:32 |
| 37 Ruben Plaza (Esp) Israel Cycling Academy | 24:34 |
| 38 Thomas Revard (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 25:48 |
| 39 Rob Power (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 26:20 |
| 40 Alexander Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 26:34 |
| 41 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 26:47 |
| 42 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 28:20 |
| 43 Cullen Easter (USA) 303 Project | 28:51 |
| 44 Connor Brown (NZl) Mobius Bridgelane | 29:36 |
| 45 Flavio Alejandro De Luna Davila (Mex) 303 Project | 30:06 |
| 46 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling | 30:19 |
| 47 Isaiah Newkirk (USA) 303 Project | 32:36 |
| 48 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 36:39 |
| 49 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 36:54 |
| 50 Bernat Font Mas (Esp) 303 Project | 36:55 |
| 51 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling | 39:34 |
| 52 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 41:34 |
| 53 Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 42:46 |
| 54 Travis McCabe (USA) Unitedhealthcare | 43:50 |
| 55 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 44:10 |
| 56 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 44:18 |
| 57 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling | 44:30 |
| 58 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 44:35 |
| 59 Brendan Canty (Aus) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 44:41 |
| 60 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Unitedhealthcare | 45:00 |
| 61 Tony Baca (Mex) 303 Project | 46:51 |
| 62 Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 47:08 |
| 63 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon | 47:54 |
| 64 Brayan Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton-Scott | 48:13 |
| 65 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Unitedhealthcare | 48:44 |
| 66 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon | 49:14 |
| 67 Samuel Bassetti (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling | 49:21 |
| 68 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 50:40 |
| 69 Lionel Mawditt (Aus) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 51:05 |
| 70 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 51:34 |
| 71 Danick Vandale (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 52:29 |
| 72 Luis Enrique Lemus Davila (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy | 52:52 |
| 73 Ruben Companioni (Cub) Holowesko Citadel Pb Arapahoe | 53:01 |
| 74 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Hagens Berman Axeon | 53:35 |
| 75 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini | 54:26 |
| 76 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 54:32 |
| 77 William Clarke (Aus) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 54:35 |
| 78 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 55:51 |
| 79 Jan Maas (Ned) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 55:55 |
| 80 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 56:02 |
| 81 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Lotto Nl-Jumbo | 56:05 |
| 82 Benjamin Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 56:29 |
| 83 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy | 57:26 |
| 84 George Simpson (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling | 57:35 |
| 85 Taylor Shelden (USA) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 57:47 |
| 86 Emile Jean (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 59:02 |
| 87 Tyler Williams (USA) Israel Cycling Academy | 1:00:50 |
| 88 Pier-André Côté (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 1:00:51 |
| 89 Michael Hernandez (USA) Aevolo | 1:01:06 |
| 90 Lance Haidet (USA) Aevolo | 1:01:17 |
| 91 Gregory Rast (Sui) Trek-Segafredo | 1:01:43 |
| 92 Adam Roberge (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 1:01:49 |
| 93 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko Citadel Pb Arapahoe | 1:03:30 |
| 94 Cormac Mcgeough (Irl) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | 1:06:50 |
| 95 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Hagens Berman Axeon | 1:07:15 |
| 96 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy | 1:07:53 |
| 97 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | 1:08:02 |
| 98 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Holowesko Citadel Pb Arapahoe | 1:08:22 |
| 99 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | 1:08:24 |
| 100 Alex Howes (USA) EF-Drapac pb Cannondale | 1:08:43 |
| 101 Brian Mcculloch (USA) Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling | 1:09:17 |
| 102 Jesse Coyle (Aus) Mobius Bridgelane | 1:15:02 |
| 103 Laurent Gervais (Can) Aevolo | 1:17:52 |
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The Larry H.Miller Tour of Utah: Stage 1 results
The Larry H.Miller Tour of Utah: Woods 6th on Stage 2
The Larry H.Miller Tour of Utah: Woods up to 4th after Stage 3
The Larry H.Miller Tour of Utah: Stage 4
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