2011 Tour of Utah 2.1 August 9-14

[hfer07]

lol- the commentator sounds really wasted

 

[Swede1]

Henao is not doing a good ride

 

[Ferminal]

Are there no more selective stages to come?

 

[Jamsque]

Henao comes in 1'15" down, not a good ride. Levi comfortably in the lead.

Are there no stages more selective stages to come?

Yes, there is a big summit finish on the last day.

 

[hfer07]

Henao is not doing a good ride

he needs a lot of work on TT skills-Sky will take care of that

 

[ingsve]

They said this would be one of the biggest wins in Tejays career and I thought that there is no way that can be true but they're right, this actually the biggest win in his career. He only has 2nds and 3rds as best in x.1 races and above from before.

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

Are there no more selective stages to come?

Say what? Saturday and Sunday will be killers.

 

[Eric8-A]

The Sevilla and Henao group should be great in the coming mountain stages.

 

[jobiwan]

Yay for Tejay!!!
Henao and Sevilla have to attack now, that's good for us!

 

[Ferminal]

Say what? Saturday and Sunday will be killers.

The tone of the commentary seemed to indicate the race was over.

 

[Eric8-A]

The tone of the commentary seemed to indicate the race was over.

I don't like those commentators.

 

[Moviefan1203]

I'm so happy for Tejay! What a birthday present for the youngster, I look forward to watching his career unfold.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Yesssssssssss!

 

[Escarabajo]

Henao needs to work on his TT skills. This would be two Vueltas a la Juventud, one Vuelta a Colombia and I hope he does not add a Tour of Utah to the count.

I want to see a pi**ed off Henao on the last stage.

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

Anybody but Leipheimer. Hopefully Henao and Sevilla can work him over on the climb to Snowbird.

 

[RedheadDane]

Cool B-day present Tejay gave himself!

Would've loved to see it.

Yeah. When I realized the feed wouldn't until 1 am my time I figured that my need/love for sleep was indeed more important than my love for cycling...

 

[Lupetto]

Stage 4.

 

[jens_attacks]

unfortunately for gobernacion,i think it's over,levi looked very strong on that mountain but hey you never know..

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

This is the climb to the Capitol. It's about 10%.

The climb continues. In the picture below, they go up the big road to the Capitol. They turn right and follow the rightmost road up the climb towards the canyon (City Creek canyon). They do not go up the 6-mile climb, rather they follow the road (this is where the prologue was last year), which does a U-turn and continues through the neighborhood on the top right of the picture.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

This is where the climb starts. They come from the right (So. Temple), go right under this monument and go right up the climb to the Capitol. It will cause separation for sure.

 

[greenedge]

I think Levi will win this. He looked so strong on stage 1. It would be a nice season for him if he wins this atoning for a poor TDF. Utah and Switzerland are hard races and i think he will defend his title here. I think either Sevilla/ Henao will finish 2nd and one of them including Janez will drop out of the top 3 as they work for Levi or each other. Will Anthony retain his top 5 finish and could he maybe get 3rd??? However i think TJVG will climb into that position by attacking. Is he going to Colarado as well???

 

[gustavoduncan]

Stage 4.

this same route but in the opposite direction would be more decisive

 

[LaFleur]

So what time does it start CET?

 

[jobiwan]

So what time does it start CET?

Well the coverage starts about an hour from now, I believe.

 

[Anonymous]

he needs a lot of work on TT skills-Sky will take care of that

I was wondering this last night, and was thinking just how much will he gain joining a top pro team.

Im not sure how the small South American teams work, will he ever have had his position looked at, I assume he would never of done any wind tunnel work. What sort of level of improvement are we likely to see just from adjusting the basics, position etc, and then from actual specific time trial training?