01 July 2009

2009 Tour of Utah teams announced.

The teams, and most of the lineups have been announced on the Tour of Utah website. Here is a rundown of who you can expect to see this year...

Bissell Pro Cycling Team
Director: Glen Mitchell
http://www.bissellprocycling.com/

Frank Pipp
Paul Mach
Omer Kem
Ben Jacques-Maynes
Tom Zirbel
Jeremy Vennell
Burke Swindlehurst
Morgan Schmitt


BMC Racing Team
Directors: Gavin Chilcott, John Lelangue
http://www.bmcracingteam.com/

Rider lineup coming soon. I would guess that Jeff Louder will be part of the team, since he won the Tour of Utah last year.


Bobs-Bicycles.com
Directors: Tad Hamilton, Scott Cross
http://www.teambobs-bicycles.com/

Kevin Rowe
Chris Stuart
Erik Slack
Kai Applequist
Brandon Lynch
Chris Hong
Matt Weyen


California Giant Cycling Team
Director: Anthony Gallino
http://www.calgiantcycling.com/

Justin England
James Mattis
Chris Lieto
Jesse Moore
Adam Switters
Mark Santurbane
Ozzie Olmos
John Hunt


Canyon Bicycles All-Stars
Director: Dave Harward
http://www.canyonbicyclesdraper.com/

Dave Harward
Alex Rock
Jesse Gordon
Chase Pinkam
Norm Bryner
Cameron Hoffman
Michael Booth
Ben D'Hulst
Ryan Barrett (alternate)
Cody Peterson (alternate)


Ciclismo Racing
Directors: Rob Granger, Andy Clark
http://www.ciclismoracing.com/

Ben Kneller
Alex Hagman
Nick Frey
Phil Mann
Brad Cole
Ian Gray
Dan Workman
Rolf Eisinger
Paul Esposti (alternate)
Jarred Berger (alternate)
Ointiz Uribe (alternate)


Colavita/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team, presented by Cooking Light
Directors: John Profaci Jr, Sebastien Alexandre
http://www.pegasusracing.com.au/

Luca Damiani
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Davide Frattini
Luis Romero Amaran
Alejando Borrajo
Anibal Borrajo
Guido Palma
Kyle Wamsley


Cole Sport Racing
Director: Scott Ford
http://www.teamcsr.org/

Todd Hageman
Brad Gehrig
David Clinger
Tanner Putt
Eric Jeppsen
Billy Demong
Eric Pardyjak
Mike Sohm
Freddy Cruz (alternate)
Ali Goulet (alternate)
Zack Simons (alternate)


Fly V-Australia / Successful Living Pro Cycling Team
Director: Henk Vogels
http://www.pegasusracing.com.au/

Phil Zajicek
Benjamin King
Jonathan Cantwell
Scott Davis
Ben Day
Curtis Gunn
Bernard Sulzberger
Michael Garbinger
David Kemp (alternate)
Steven George (alternate)


Holowesko Partners/Felt U23 Team
Director: Jonathan Vaughters
http://www.slipstreamsports.com/u23-team/
Peter Stetina
Kirk Carlson
Caleb Fairly
Taylor Sheldon
Alex Howes
Raymond Kreder
Walker Savidge
Peter Salon
Danny Summerhill


KFAN Composite Team
Director: None

Jonathan Baker
Scott Tietzel
Will Routley


Land Rover-ORBEA; Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation
Directors: Norrene Godfrey, David Godfrey
http://www.landrover-orbrea.com/

Aaron Tuckerman
Carson Miller
Logan Hunn
Josh Bartlett
Roman vanUden
Jim Camut
Mike Northey
Evan Elken (alternate)
Bobby Sweeting (alternate)
Ryan Taylor (alternate)


OUCH Pro Cycling Team presented by Maxxis
Director: Mike Tamayo
http://www.teamouch.com/

Floyd Landis
Rory Sutherland
Kari Menzies
Andrew Pinfold
Tim Johnson
Cameron Evans
J. Patrick McCarty
John Chodroff


Ride Clean
Directors: Doug Loveday, Marty Ryerson
http://www.ridecleanteam.com/

Jake Rubelt
Matt Cooke
Brian Forbes
Kyle Colavito
Paul Thomas
Nate Page
David Glick
Jared Gilyard
Jme Carney (alternate)
Ron Jensen (alternate)


Team Rio Grande
Director: Scott Glasscock
http://www.riograndecycling.com/

Corey Collier
Allen Krughoff
Logan Garey
Kiel Reijnen
Jesse DeKrey
Matt Cooke
Matt Shriver
Caley Fretz (alternate)
Ben Kneller (alternate)


Rock Racing
Director: Laurenzo Lapage
http://www.rockracing.com/

Jamey Driscoll
Sergio Hernandez
Victor Hugo Pena
Freddie Rodriguez
Nic Sanderson
Oscar Sevilla
Cesar Grajales


Team Type 1
Director: Ed Beamon
http://www.teamtype1.org/

Jesse Anthony
Charles Joe Eldrigge
Kenneth Hanson
Aldo Ino Ilesic
Valeriy Kobzarenko
Shawn Milne
Matt Wilson
Harold Phil Southerland


Trek/Livestrong U23 Development Team
Director: Axel Merckx
http://www.treklivestrongu23.com/

Rider lineup coming soon.




Trek Red Truck Racing Team
Director: Matthew Barth
http://www.trekredtruckracing.com/

Rob Britton
Jamie Sparling
Dave Vukets
Tyler Trace
Nic Hamilton
Kevin Noiles
Adan Thuss
Dave Brooks
Nathan MacDonald (alternate)
Marsh Cooper (alternate)


Team Waste Management
Director: Steve Cullinan
http://www.racelabu23.com/

Stevie Cullinan
Sean Mazich
Scott Stewart
Grant Van Horn
Kevin Soller
Larry Warbasse
Carter Jones
David Talbott


ZteaM Cycling Team
Director: Hunter Ziesing
http://www.zteamcycling.com/

Nathaniel English
Luke Biker
Jim Wngert
Stefano Barberi
Justin Laue
Chris Phipps
Chris Lyman


Cyclists to watch:
Burke Swindlehurst and Jeff Louder are the local boys, and Jeff was the GC winner of the 2008 Tour of Utah. This is Floyd Landis' first season back since his 2 year doping suspension following the 2006 Tour de France doping scandal.

Other cyclists to watch, but not for their performance:
The circus that is Rock Racing - although Freddy Rodriguez did put in an impressive performance in last year at the downtown criterium. David Clinger - probably the only pro cyclist to sport a full-face Maori tattoo.

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