bike junkie: Tour of Utah

My apologies for the lack of Tour of Utah coverage the past few days. Life, and the day job prevented me from attending one of the stages, and delayed my posting of pictures from the other stages.

Since the tour is over, I figured that I would catch up by posting Stage 6 results and photos now, and then just post the photos for the other stages - since it really doesn't matter at this point who was wearing the different jerseys at the end of those stages.

So, here is the final GC standings, and the other classifications.

Levi Leipheimer put in a massive effort to win stage 6 by breaking away at the last KOM and soloing for the stage win, reducing his time by a full minute. Unfortunately, he still ended up over a minute down from the top spot, which was won by Johann Tschopp with BMC.

Stage 6:

1. LEIPHEIMER Levi Omega Pharma-QuickStep OPQ 3.06'54" 10"

2. KRUIJSWIJK Steven Rabobank Cycling Team RAB 3.07'43" 49" 6"

3. KOENIG Leopold Team NetApp APP 3.07'43" ... 4"

4. TSCHOPP Johann BMC Racing Team BMC 3.07'43" ...

5. DANIELSON Thomas Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda GRS 3.07'43" ...

6. DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd * Bontrager Livestrong Team BLS 3.07'43" ...

7. BUSCHE Matthew Radioshack-Nissan-Trek RNT 3.07'43" ...

8. BOSWELL Ian * Bontrager Livestrong Team BLS 3.07'43" ...

9. EUSER Lucas Team Spidertech p/b C10 SPI 3.07'43" ...

10. HORNER Christopher Radioshack-Nissan-Trek RNT 3.07'43" ...

GC:

1. TSCHOPP Johann BMC Racing Team BMC 21.26'32"
2. BUSCHE Matthew Radioshack-Nissan-Trek RNT 21.27'15" (43" back)
3. KOENIG Leopold Team NetApp APP 21.27'21" (49" back)
4. DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd * Bontrager Livestrong Team BLS 21.27'30" (58" back)
5. BOSWELL Ian * Bontrager Livestrong Team BLS 21.27'35" (1'03" back)
6. LEIPHEIMER Levi Omega Pharma-QuickStep OPQ 21.27'40" (1'08" back)
7. HORNER Christopher Radioshack-Nissan-Trek RNT 21.27'51" (1'19" back)
8. EUSER Lucas Team Spidertech p/b C10 SPI 21.27'53" (1'21" back)
9. KRUIJSWIJK Steven Rabobank Cycling Team RAB 21.28'01" (1'29" back)
10. FRANK Mathias BMC Racing Team BMC 21.28'03" (1'31 back)

Best Utah Rider - final:

1. LOUDER Jeffry UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team UHC 21.58'20"

2. MUMFORD Reid Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies OPT 22.31'20" 33'00"

Best Young Rider - final:

1. DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd Bontrager Livestrong Team BLS 21.27'30"

2. BOSWELL Ian Bontrager Livestrong Team BLS 21.27'35" 5"

KOM - final:

1. JACQUES-MAYNES Ben Bissell Pro Cycling BPC 38

2. EUSER Lucas Team Spidertech p/b C10 SPI 31

3. DUGGAN Timothy Liquigas-Cannondale LIQ 31

Sprint - final:

1. MATTHEWS Michael Rabobank Cycling Team RAB 42

2. SUTHERLAND Rory UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team UHC 25

Most Agressive Rider - Stage 6:

SUTHERLAND Rory UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team UHC 25

Teams:

1. Radioshack-Nissan-Trek RNT 33 (7.), 31 (10.), 32 (15.) 9.25'27"

2. Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda GRS 11 (5.), 15 (13.), 16 (14.) 9.27'18" 1'51"

3. Bontrager Livestrong Team BLS 154 (6.), 152 (8.), 155 (28.) 9.28'20" 2'53"

4. BMC Racing Team BMC 25 (4.), 22 (11.), 21 (25.) 9.28'27" 3'00"

5. Rabobank Cycling Team RAB 43 (2.), 47 (23.), 41 (27.) 9.32'23" 6'56"

6. EPM-UNE EPM 163 (16.), 166 (19.), 167 (20.) 9.32'32" 7'05"

7. Team NetApp APP 72 (3.), 71 (24.), 77 (31.) 9.32'54" 7'27"

8. UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team UHC 91 (12.), 96 (32.), 97 (42.) 9.40'20" 14'53"

9. Competitive Cyclist Racing Team RCC 121 (21.), 124 (33.), 127 (37.) 9.40'22" 14'55"

10. Omega Pharma-QuickStep OPQ 1 (1.), 3 (39.), 5 (51.) 9.42'09" 16'42"

And, the pictures:

While checking out sight lines for this picture, I stepped in an anthill. Good times!

Due to technical difficulties (read: operator error), I was unable to get a good picture of Levi crossing the finish.

The crowds on main street were great! They even decorated the final meters to the finish.

Best young rider, Joe Dombrowski, getting his kiss from the podium girls. Someone yelled out asking if that was his first kiss - because of how young he looks - which caused one of the podium girls to laugh.