bike junkie: Tour of Utah,Stage 3 - up close and personal.

To start off with, here are the results of stage 3

1 Ricardo Escuela 53 Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre 01:03:40
2 Fred Rodriguez 46 Rock Racing 01:03:40
3 Jonnie Clarke 93 Toyota-United 01:03:40
4 Blake Caldwell 162 Garmin/Chipotle presented by H3O 01:03:40
5 Oscar Sevilla Rivera 44 Rock Racing 01:03:40
6 Jason Donald 163 Garmin/Chipotle presented by H3O 01:03:40
7 Tom Peterson* 166 Garmin-Chipotle presented by H3O 01:03:40
8 Matt Wilson 157 Team Type 1 01:03:40
9 Cesar Grajales 42 Rock Racing 01:03:40
10 Cody O'Reilly 55 Successful Living.com P/B Parkpre 01:03:40

	Leader: Blake Caldwell, Garmin/Chipotle Complete Standings Coming Soon
	Best Utah Rider: Nate Page, Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars Complete Standings
	Sprint Leader: Bradley White, SuccessfulLiving.com Complete Standings
	King of the Mountain: Glen Chadwick, Team Type 1 Complete Standings
	Best Young Rider: Peter Stetina, Garmin/Chipotle Complete Standings

Now for the rest of the story.
I was fortunate enough to get a media pass for this year's Tour of Utah. Because of work and family obligations, Friday was the only stage that I was able to attend. This is the first time that I was able to attend anything of this nature in this capacity. It was truly incredible to be that close to the action, and to the riders at the podium. Enough talking, how about some pictures.

The magic pass

The circus that is Rock Racing. Most of the other teams had one, maybe 2 vans and cars. Rock had a team bus, semi, two Esclades, and a Cadillac car

Michael Ball, the owner of Rock Racing and purveyor of Rock & Republic jeans. You can almost feel the arrogance through the computer. The man in the suit behind him is one of his two bodyguards.