2011 Tour of Utah 2.1 August 9-14

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


Ferminal said:
Are there no stages more selective stages to come?

Yes, there is a big summit finish on the last day.
 
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.
 
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Stage 4.

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

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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???
 
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hfer07 said:
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?