2016 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, August 1 to 7

[BigMac]

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Utah is great this year. As always

Agreed. But this year it is looking especially good. Lots of attacks, peloton getting torn apart at the very start of climbs...

 

[luckyboy]

Yeah haven't really paid attention to it before. This has been a lot better than Cali and USAPCC are/were

 

[Arredondo]

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Utah is great this year. As always

Agreed. But this year it is looking especially good. Lots of attacks, peloton getting torn apart at the very start of climbs...

It's the best Utah i can remember. Every stage had good elements.

 

[liamito]

Talansky still having recovery problems?

 

[Anderis]

What recovery problems?

He is not good on very steep climbs. And will never be.

 

[Arredondo]

Empire Pass is such a monster climb

 

[liamito]

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What recovery problems?

He is not good on very steep climbs. And will never be.

He was feeling completely empty after Suisse.

Such a difference with yday, In a field like this he should do better.

 

[Arredondo]

Talansky is just a chocker. Not a disaster, if you acknowledge it.

 

[Bushman]

Morton is a joy to watch. Great climber when he is at it

Costa is really impressive. One of the big favourites for Avenir for sure

 

[Anderis]

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He was feeling completely empty after Suisse.

Dunno. He used to be very good in 3rd week of GTs.

 

[BigMac]

I think Morton has got this. Both stage and GC. So glad!

 

[May0maniac]

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Empire Pass is such a monster climb

Climbing all the way up to Guardsman Pass from Midway would be even harder, but the classic Park City stage is always great to watch.
About Talansky, yeah, he used to be a diesel with great recovery and a good sprint (for a gc rider), no idea what happened to him, maybe he's mostly using this race to prepar for the Vuelta like Horner back in the day and isn't peaking right now.

 

[BigMac]

Adrien Costa masterful descending. Is there anything he can't do.

 

[May0maniac]

Talansky was just totally cooked, wow!
I'm really happy for Morton, he seems to be a great guy.
Utah has always been the best of the big American stage races, but this year it was just on another level, one hell of a race!

 

[HelloDolly]

Cannondle ???

Talansky is preparing for the Vuelta ...emm

 

[Arredondo]

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Empire Pass is such a monster climb

Climbing all the way up to Guardsman Pass from Midway would be even harder, but the classic Park City stage is always great to watch.
About Talansky, yeah, he used to be a diesel with great recovery and a good sprint (for a gc rider), no idea what happened to him, maybe he's mostly using this race to prepar for the Vuelta like Horner back in the day and isn't peaking right now.

The big difference however is that Horner was really one of the best climbers in the world, surely top-10, when he was on and without injuries.

Talansky. Well .... not.

 

[roundabout]

There is some similarity. In 2013 Horner won the stage to Snowbird and then Danielson dropped him by 90 seconds on the Empire pass the next day.

Edit: and speaking of Horner, looks like father time has finally caught up with him

 

[WildspokeJoe]

Talansky off the podium. Dreadful.

Big ups to Morton he totally deserved the win. Rode like a champ.
Costa, kid is a wizard.

 

[May0maniac]

Wow, Manuel Senni is showing signs of life, he finished 7th on the stage and I think that managed to finish in the top 10 on gc.

 

[roundabout]

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Talansky off the podium. Dreadful.

Big ups to Morton he totally deserved the win. Rode like a champ.
Costa, kid is a wizard.

I thought Atapuma was further behind than a minute so Talansky should still be 3rd

 

[BigMac]

Haha, Costa doesn't get beer. Funny detail.

He's just 18 afterall.

 

[nogav1ca]

That certainly has to be a mistake. Atapuma was about 1:20 behind Talansky before today stage and today he gained a minute on him.

 

[BigMac]

 

[WildspokeJoe]

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That certainly has to be a mistake. Atapuma was about 1:20 behind Talansky before today stage and today he gained a minute on him.

That's crazy. Talansky should be third. Pretty bad if the officials didn't catch it.

 

[StuyvenFan]

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Haha, Costa doesn't get beer. Funny detail.

He's just 18 afterall.

They actually gave him a bottle of High West at first, but it seems that someone got wise to it and took the bottle away while Atapuma was being awarded.