Tour of Utah 2019, August 12 - August 18

[Mayomaniac]

Climbing this one in the heat must be a nightmare.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

The leaders are really struggling. And it's a hot day here.

 

[Lequack]

Fun fact. Peter Stetina is his long career has not yet had a pro win, stage or GC wise.

Peter Stetina

Peter Stetina (born 1987-08-08) is a professional road racing cyclist from United States, currently riding for Trek - Segafredo. His best results are 4th place in GC Tour de Langkawi, 5th place in GC Colorado Classic and 6th place in GC Amgen Tour of California.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Mayomaniac]

The leaders are really struggling. And it's a hot day here.

You're from Utah, right?
Piccoli is looking really strong atm. You have to give it to the race organizers, they always create great routes and use the terrain that they have in the best possible way.

 

[Lequack]

James Picoli the newcomer is flying.

 

[Lequack]

James Piccoli has tinkered his way to the top of North American racing
James Piccoli makes his own carbon-fiber bicycle parts. He takes risky gambles in big races. And he's become one of the top stage racers in North America.

James Piccoli has tinkered his way to the top of North American racing

James Piccoli makes his own carbon-fiber bicycle parts. He takes risky gambles in big races. And he's become one of the top stage racers in North America.

www.velonews.com

 

[Wvv]

Go Ben!

 

[sir fly]

Now the question is whether Hermans will blow himself up the way Stetina and Piccoli did.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Hermans was already 2nd on this climb in 2014, it seems to be a good one for him.

 

[Wvv]

Now the question is whether Hermans will blow himself up the way Stetina and Piccoli did.

Nope he won't.

 

[Wvv]

Convincing win by the best rider in this field. Getting close to the overall victory.
Very decent rides by Piccoli and Eg too.

1. Hermans
2. Piccoli
3. Eg

 

[sir fly]

Nope he won't.

Dombrowski kept his powder dry for too long.
Hermans used it properly.

 

[RedheadDane]

So... what's the situation behind Eg?
Stetina… Dombrowski… ???

 

[Wvv]

Love the tribute to Bjorg on the finish line.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Lawson Cradock +3 mins

 

[Lequack]

 

[Mayomaniac]

So... what's the situation behind Eg?
Stetina… Dombrowski… ???

Then the Rally duo followed by Almeida, who paced himself well after getting dropped really early (mechanical/shifting mistake?).
Who would have guessed that Trek would outclimb EF with this team?

 

[Lequack]

 

[search]

too bad about the 20s penalty for Piccoli yesterday, otherwise it would still be super close in gc (although it was a correct one, tbh)

 

[Lequack]

too bad about the 20s penalty for Piccoli yesterday, otherwise it would still be super close in gc (although it was a correct one, tbh)

It is still close, there is still a lot of climbing left. For example this is the last stage:

 

[Lequack]

I'll also be surprised if James Piccoli doesn't get picked up by any of the WT teams any time soon. He's already 27 so a latecomer to the game.

 

[Moviefan1203]

I’m surprised Dombrowski didn’t go better.

 

[jmdirt]

I agree with the Piccoli's DS that drafting (behind cars and motos) needs to be enforced consistently from race to race and maybe more importantly from team to team.

 

[benzwire]

Fun fact. Peter Stetina is his long career has not yet had a pro win, stage or GC wise.

Peter Stetina

Peter Stetina (born 1987-08-08) is a professional road racing cyclist from United States, currently riding for Trek - Segafredo. His best results are 4th place in GC Tour de Langkawi, 5th place in GC Colorado Classic and 6th place in GC Amgen Tour of California.

www.procyclingstats.com

He did win the 2019 Belgian Waffle Ride and got 2nd at Dirty Kanza. Maybe he should focus on gravel...
He's almost a local to me so I support the guy. He's even got a local beer named after him!

 

[Pricey_sky]

Another brutal stage up Powder Mountain with big time gaps. Hermans was the strongest but was also smart to use others to chase down Stetina.

Piccoli once again impressive, but the 20s penalty is going to cost him, whilst the correct call, he can rightly be annoyed as we see it happening all the time in races and never picked up on.