Tour of Utah: LottoNL-Jumbo well positioned for coming GC battle

Neilson Powless is starting the Tour of Utah in some of the same clothes he ended the 2017 race in. Well, not exactly the same garment, but the 21-year-old LottoNL-Jumbo rider on Monday earned the jersey for best young rider with fourth place in the opening prologue time trial after having won the category overall last year.

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Growing up in Missoula, Montana, Pat competed in his first bike race in 1985 at Flathead Lake. He studied English and journalism at the University of Oregon and has covered North American cycling extensively since 2009, as well as racing and teams in Europe and South America. Pat currently lives in the US outside of Portland, Oregon, with his imaginary dog Rusty.