Tour of Utah, August 17-22

[kukiniloa]

why is there so little chatter about the Tour of Utah?

And how bout Mancebo...

I mean Francesco Mancebo Perez, who has had an interesting career, and won the Maillot Blanc in the 2000 Tour de France, was 3rd in the Vuelta and 4th in the Tour GC, not to mention the Spanish Road Title, and Stage 1 of the 2009 TOC. But I've never seen an interview with the guy or anything about him...what gives??

I bring this up because even in todays hard and fast stage he took 5 seconds out of the bunch and Leipheimer. He obviously is a fighter and wants everything he can get.

I also mention him because during the 2009 TOC Franke Andreu, while commenting on air (sorry can't remember who was responsible) described Mancebo as an "unknown". Funny...

And what about the rumor that a TOU stage winner only gets $150?

And what about NO LIVE COVERAGE! This is ridiculous, and particularly annoying given the good racing that apparently occurred today.

Why is this a stealth race? Just like just about any USA Cyling race, for that matter...

 

[DAOTEC]

Paco

Well this is another thing grand final today on the menu "QUEEN' !


Stage Five | Sunday, August 22, 2010
Park City to Snowbird, mountaintop finish

Start Time - 11:00am
Estimated Finish - 3:40pm
Distance - 102.5 miles
Starting Location - Newpark Resort, Park City
Ending Location - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Over 100 miles of mountainous terrain.
The “Queen Stage,” with a mountaintop finish following four fierce climbs. From Kimball Junction, Park City through the outskirts of Salt Lake to Snowbird Ski Resort—a road race of 96 mountainous miles.

Profile again:
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General Classification after Stage 4:
1 Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny's) 8:12:36
2 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Canyon Bicycles) + 1:28
3 Darren Lill (Fly V Australia) + 1:49
4 Philip Zajicek (Fly V Australia) + 2:07
5 Ian Boswell (Bissell Pro Cycling) + 2:29
6 Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing) + 2:40
7 Cesar Grajales (On The Rivet) + 3:05
8 Jonathan McCarty (Rio Grande) + 3:27
9 Lachlan Morton (Holowesko Partners) + 3:41
10 Tyler Wren (Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita) + 3'45

Stage result from yesterday epic crit:

1 Jeff Louder (BMC Racing) 1:14:45 - 0:10(boni)
2 Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia) + 0:22 - 0:06(boni)
3 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Canyon Bicycles) - 0:04(boni)
4 Davide Frattini (Team Type 1) + 0:27
5 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling)
6 Frank Pipp (Bissell Pro Cycling)
7 Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing)
8 Christopher Jones (Team Type 1)
9 Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny's)
10 Darren Lill (Fly V Australia)

Riders that dropping outyesterday , Coureurs qui ont abandonné
4 David HARWARD Canyon Bicycles CAN USA
7 Mike SOHM Canyon Bicycles CAN USA
10 Patrick BEVIN BISSELL Pro Cycling Team BIS NZL
30 John BENNETT California Giant Berry Farms CAL USA
31 Julian MARTINEZ California Giant Berry Farms CAL USA
35 Sidney TABERLAY California Giant Berry Farms CAL USA
40 Anibal BORRAJO Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita JAM ARG
41 Ivan DOMINGUEZ Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita JAM USA
44 Guido PALMA Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita JAM ARG
50 Bill DEMONG Cole Sport COL USA
51 Todd HAGEMAN Cole Sport COL USA
52 Francis (Gardie) JACKSON Cole Sport COL USA
61 Phil ELSASSER Hagens Berman Cycling HAG USA
64 Sean PASSAGE Hagens Berman Cycling HAG USA
66 Lang REYNOLDS Hagens Berman Cycling HAG USA
84 Eddy KWON KENDA Pro Cycling Team GEARGRINDER USA
85 Michael LANHAM KENDA Pro Cycling Team GEARGRINDER USA
87 Daniel RAMSEY KENDA Pro Cycling Team GEARGRINDER USA
101 Austin CARROLL Adageo Energy Pro Cycling ADA USA
103 Josh HOROWITZ Adageo Energy Pro Cycling ADA USA
106 Alister RATCLIFF Adageo Energy Pro Cycling ADA USA
107 Cody STEVENSON Adageo Energy Pro Cycling ADA USA
110 Joshua BERRY On The Rivet p/b Ion Sports Nutrition OTR USA
114 Evan HYDE On The Rivet p/b Ion Sports Nutrition OTR USA
121 Jordan CHEYNE Exergy EXE CAN
123 Christopher HONG Exergy EXE USA
124 Dan BECHTOLD Exergy EXE USA
130 Brad BINGHAM Team Rio Grande TRG USA
131 Jason DONALD Team Rio Grande TRG USA
132 Jonathan GARCIA Team Rio Grande TRG USA
135 Taylor KNEUVEN Team Rio Grande TRG USA
140 Fabio CALABRIA Team Type 1 TT1 AUS
163 Timothy JOHNSON UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis UHC USA

 

[DAOTEC]

Tete de la course: Leipheimer 2 minutes down !

All kinds of weather happening up at the finish: hail, wind, rain, sunshine. Riders will face anything and everything.

 

[krebs303]

# ToULive

Mancebo, Levi, Boswell riding together at front of main field. Time to leaders 1 min. #tou10 13 minutes ago via txt

 

[krebs303]

84 miles in, 16 to go. Field at 1:45, first chase of 5 riders at 1:15.

 

[krebs303]

on twitter
http://twitter.com/ToULive

or
http://twitter.com/#search?q=#ToU10

 

[krebs303]

Lead group just made the turn up LCC towards Snowbird....time for some fireworks

 

[krebs303]

DeMaar and Crawford still in the lead by 2 minutes
10 riders in yellow jersey group. Lill Boswell mancebo Levi all there.

 

[krebs303]

Mancebo and Leipheimer gaining on the lead pack. Vuvuzela blasting on the climb

 

[krebs303]

Levi drops Mancebo with 3k to go

 

[DAOTEC]

Lill way down so top 3 is known heads up tp Levi 2 k to go

 

[DAOTEC]

Lev 20 sec behind front runner ...king in third then Mancebo ultimo kilometre

 

[DAOTEC]

Lev and Crawford now together going into the last K uphill

 

[DAOTEC]

Crawford wins !

 

[DAOTEC]

YouTube of the finish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYTo4ypVX2I&feature=player_embedded

 

[Moviefan1203]

How'd Boswell do?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Levi and Mancebo were in the 3rd group coming up Wasatch Blvd, about 8k from the start of the last climb. It was easy to tell the guys in the first group were absolutely shattered. Louder looked very unhappy.

I'm interested to see where Burke Swindlehurst finished. He looked fairly comfortable in the 2nd group.

There were some pained faces there on Wasatch, and there were still a couple rollers to go before the final climb started.

 

[DAOTEC]

Levi motordope was overheard:
Madness! Video of @LeviLeipheimer overtaking Crawford prior to the finish line. Levi's got a motor! #ToU10 http://bit.ly/ax974Q
http://twitter.com/thetourofutah

Stage 5 results tbc
1 Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia)
2 Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny's)
3 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Canyon Bicycles) - 0:04

Final General Classification tbc
1 Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny's)
2 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Canyon Bicycles)

Don´t know about Boswell yet ... all is on hold at the moment

Picture of the best team:

& that is supposed to become Pro-Tour.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Fly-V was all over this race. Absolutely fantastic performance from these guys. Chapeau.

 

[Moviefan1203]

It appears Boswell finished on the podium. That's one hell of a result for a nineteen year old.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The kid is 19? Wow.

Not bad on your resume... 3rd behind Leipheimer and Mancebo in a stage-race with uphill finishes.

 

[DAOTEC]

Stage 5 results
1 Jai CRAWFORD (Fly V Australia) 4.27'10" - 10"
2 Levi LEIPHEIMER (Mellow Johnny's) - 6"
3 Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ (Canyon Bicycles) + 1'00" - 4"
4 Alex HAGMAN (On The Rivet)
5 Jonathan MCCARTY (Rio Grande) + 1'03"
6 Benjamin KING (Trek-LIVESTRONG) + 1'21"
7 Lachlan MORTON (Holowesko Partners)
8 Ian BOSWELL (BISSELL Pro Cycling)
9 Matthew COOKE (teamgive p/b Blackbottoms/KFAN) + 2'18"
10 Davide FRATTINI (Team Type 1) + 2'28"

Final General Classification
1 Levi LEIPHEIMER (Mellow Johnny's) 12.39'40"
2 Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ (Canyon Bicycles) + 2'30"
3 Ian BOSWELL (BISSELL Pro Cycling) + 3'56"
4 Jai CRAWFORD (Fly V Australia) + 3'58"
5 Darren LILL (Fly V Australia) + 4'32"
6 Jonathan MCCARTY (Rio Grande) + 4'36"
7 Lachlan MORTON (Holowesko Partners) + 5'08"
8 Alex HAGMAN (On The Rivet + 5'48"
9 Cesar GRAJALES (On The Rivet) + 6'56"
10 Tyler WREN (Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita) + 7'07"

Only half the riders finished @theTourofUtah #ToU10

 

[boardhanger]

The kid is 19? Wow.

Not bad on your resume... 3rd behind Leipheimer and Mancebo in a stage-race with uphill finishes.

4 minutes behind

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

4 minutes behind

Boswell already shows more stage race promise than Lance ever did before his Ferrari days.

 

[blaxland]

Great ride Jai Good to see his form returning,and awesome overall performance Team FlyV...Bring on Pro Conti status next year.