Tour of Utah 2010 Photos August 17 - August 22

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BMC's George Hincapie finished in 6:18 (+ 0:16) and 8th place over the 2.8 mile course	The 107th rider, Great Britain's Alex Dowsett (22 yrs old) riding for Trek-Livestrong coming through in a new best time of 6:05	BMC's Brent Bookwalter who raced both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France this year, placed 3rd on the day with a time of 6:13 (+ 0:11)
Taylor Phinney of Trek-LIVESTRONG almost broke the six minute mark. His time of 6:02 was not beaten by the remaining seventeen riders.	UnitedHealthcare's Rory Sutherland, currently second in this year's NRC standings, finished 4th (+ 0:12)	Team Rio Grande's Jonathan McCarty passed up the cash for 29th place
Levi Leipheimer, riding for his one-man Mellow Johnny's team, placed 10th (+ 0:18). He's glad neither of the two TT stages is a team time-trial.	The last rider out of the gate, Spain's Francisco Mancebo, freelancing for Canyon Bicycles, placed 13th (+ 0:19)	The prologue podium: 3rd Brent Bookwalter, 1st Taylor Phinney and 2nd Alex Dowsett

Stage 1:   Ogden - Salt Lake City, 85mi  Full Results and Report

The rollout from the start at Ogden Union Station
UnitedHealthcare's Rory Sutherland and Chris Baldwin at the front	BMC missed the main break and ended up doing most of the chasing	BMC's George Hincapie taking a pull. He would end up 8th on the day.
A Canyon Bicycles rider and Jeff Louder chasing	Levi Leipheimer wearing the retro Mellow Johnny's/RadioShack jersey	Levi Leipheimer finished 25th on the day, 26 seconds back.
Ivan Dominguez nudges Christopher Parrish back to where he wants him	With around 25 miles to go, Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell), Davide Frattini (Team Type 1) and David Tanner (Fly V) attacked the break on the East Canyon Dam Rd rollers	Alex Dowsett chasing to regain contact with the split
Fly V's David Tanner wins the stage ahead of Trek-Livestrong's Alex Dowsett, who is now the race leader

Stage 2:   Thanksgiving Point - Mount Nebo, 79mi  Full Results and Report

Thomas Rabou (TT1) in the early break	Austin Carroll (Adageo) catches the early break	Taylor Phinney was in the break and won the first intermediate sprint
Mike Friedman (kfan Composite p/b Teamgive). A composite kit for a composite team.	Taylor Phinney and teammate followed by Chris Baldwin (Unitedhealthcare) and Fly V's Darren Rolfe	Team Howesko Partners sandwiched around Thomas Rabou of TT1 at Utah Lake
Getting hit by a car 5 weeks ago couldn't keep Joshua Berry (On the Rivet) down. Here he is taking a pull at the front of the race.	Phil Zajicek (Fly V)	George Hincapie (BMC Racing) crashed after hitting some gravel on a twisty section near the midpoint of the stage
... He was transported to a nearby hospital and later BMC declared "Nothing broken", but his defense of that nice national champ's kit may be in jeopardy	Jay Thompson (Fly V) helps lead the way for Darren Lill	DSC_8835.jpg
Ceasar Grajales (On The Rivet) on the climb to the finish leading Levi Leipheimer	Levi Leipheimer was among the six man break	Last year's overall winner, Francisco Mancebo (right), and Bissell's Ian Boswell (left) would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively today.
Darren Lill (Fly V Australia), who won this stage last year, takes an unsuccessful flyer. He would end up finishing 5th (+ 1:00).	Levi Leiphimer made his move 5 miles from the finish on Mt Nebo	Levi soloed the final 5 miles extending his lead to 51s by the finish giving him the leader's jersey in addition to the stage win
Today's mountain stage podium: 3rd Ian Boswell (Bissell Pro Cycling), 1st Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny's) and 2nd Francisco Mancebo Perez (Canyon Bicycles)	The current jersey leaders

Stage 3:   Tooele 9.2mi ITT  Full Results and Report

Fly V's Darren Lill warming up. He posted a time of 17:21 (+ 0:35) for 7th when it really counted.	Taylor Phinney (Trek-Livestrong) was the fastest man around the racetrack for his second TT win of the week. 9.2 miles in 16:46 (32.92 mph / 52.98 km).	Bissell's Jeremy Vennel on his way to posting the third best time: 16:57 (+ 0:11)
Alex Dowsett (Trek-Livestrong) powering his way around for a 4th place time of 17:02 (+ 0:16). It was just announced he will ride for Team Sky next year.	Alex Hagman on the rivet	Cesar Grajales (On The Rivet)
Phil Zajicek (Fly V) was also racing to beat the sun. He placed 8th (+ 0:35) to move up one spot to 4th overall.	10th place was Francisco Mancebo Perez (Canyon Bicycles) in 17:29 (+ 0:43)	Levi Leipheimer solidified his overall lead with his 2nd place performance
... Levi was just 2 seconds off of Taylor Phinney's winning time	The Stage 3 ITT podium: 3rd Bissell's Jeremy Vennell (+ 0:11), 1st Trek-Livestrong's Talyor Phinney, 2nd Mellow Jonny's Levi Leipheimer (+ 0:02)	The current jersey leaders (same as yesterday)

Stage 4:   Park City Crit 40mi  Full Results and Report

The start of the Park City crit	Top of the 200m climb before descending and doing it over and over...	Jai Crawford (Fly V) would finish 2nd on the day
Darren Lill (Fly V) started the day 3rd overall	In the best young rider jersey is Ian Boswell (Bissell)	Taylor Phinney said post-race, "Wow that was painful!"
Alex Dowsett	Race leader Levi Leipheimer	Levi and his one man team would retain the race lead going into tomorrow's final day
Marc De Maar (UhC)	Jeff Louder (BMC) solo off the front much to the delight of the Utah crowd	Mancebo leading the chase. He finished 3rd today and gained 9s on Levi. Ben Jacques-Maynes (behind Mancebo here) commented post race, "Holy crap the Park City crit rates at 8.0 on the pain scale!"
The remains of the peloton passing through the start-finish area	Jeff Louder wins	Your stage 4 podium: Mancebo 3rd, Louder 1st, Crawford 2nd
The current jersey leaders (no change again)

Stage 5:  Park City - Snowbird, 103mi  Full Results and Report

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With 1 km to go, Levi Leipheimer caught Jai Crawford	Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia) wins ahead of Levi Leipheimer	DSC_3058.jpg
DSC_3102.jpg	The Final GC Podium: 3rd Ian Boswell (Bissell Pro Cycling), 1st Levi Leipheimer, 2nd Francisco Mancebo Perez (Canyon Bicycles)	Fly V Australia won the team competition
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