Tour of Utah: Talansky wins stage 6 and takes race lead
Morton cracks on final climb and loses lead
Andrew Talansky (Cannondale Drapac) had too much for Darwin Atapuma (BMC Racing Team) on the final climb on stage 6 of the Tour of Utah, sprinting to the win, and taking the leader's jersey in the process.
The pair rode away from overnight race leader Lachlan Morton (Jelly Belly-Maxxis) inside the final 4km of the stage and although they rarely collaborated, with Talansky doing most of the work, they had enough to distance on Morton and Adrien Costa (Axeon Hagens Berman) for Talansky to take yellow.
With one stage remaining, Talansky now leads Morton by 22 seconds with Costa in third at 56 seconds. The stage win marked Talansky's first road race win since the 2014 Criterium du Dauphine.
"It’s definitely been awhile," Talansky said in the post-race press conference. "It’s been two years since I road my best in the Tour in 2014 before I crashed and had to go home.
"It’s a great feeling to win again," he said. "To win the stage is really special, and to be sitting here in yellow is great. We have another day of racing to go, but to win the stage was really nice. I think you’d have to look back pretty far to see when I won an actual stage and not the overall race."
How it unfolded
The Tour of Utah’s Queen stage took riders over 183.4km from Snowbasin to Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort. The route included just two KOMs but more than 3,400 metres of climbing. The day’s biggest challenges were backload in the final 60km, with the climbs of Guardsman Pass and Little Cottonwood Canyon to Snowbird coming back-to-back.
The peloton started the day feeling stingy, and multiple breakaways attempts were kept close and brought back before a group of 10 formed off the front after nearly an hour of racing. Three more riders bridged up to establish the day’s breakaway of 13.
In the group were Ben King (Cannondale-Drapac), Rick Zabel (BMC Racing), Jonathan Fumeaux (IAM Cycling), Kiel Reijnen (Trek-Segafredo), Daniel Eaton (UnitedHealthcare), Nielson Powless (Axeon Hagens Berman), Robin Carpenter (Holowesko-Citadel), Stephen Bassett (Team Jamis), Emerson Oronte (Rally Cycling), Kris Dahl (Silber Pro Cycling), Luis Amaran (Team Jamis), Chad Beyer (Lupus Racing) and Dion Smith (One Pro Cycling).
The leaders built an ultimate advantage of 4:50 about 50km into the day, but from there the chase, led by Jelly Belly-Maxxis for Morton, slowly started eating into the advantage.
By the time the leaders made it to Park City and the second intermediate sprint of the day, the gap was down to just 2:45. Once the leaders were on the lower slopes of the climb, the breakaway started coming apart at the seams, with Reijnen and Smith coming off first, followed by Basset, Dahl and Amaran.
When the leaders were near the top of the climb, Beyer had jumped away and a chase group of four that included King, Eaton, Powless and Oronte was in hot pursuit.
The chase dropped Oronte and linked up with Beyer to start a new lead group of four that reached the descent off the climb together. On the flat transition to the bottom of the Little Cottonwood climb, King, Beyer and Eaton held a small gap over a chase from Nicolae Tanovitchii (Lupus) and reigning U23 world champion Kevin Ledanois (Fortuneo-Vital Concept), while the field was 1:30 back.
King dropped Beyer and Eaton, both of whom had faded back toward the field as Tanovitchii and Ledanois continued on as the first chase group behind the now-solo King.
Further down the slope, Cannondale was setting the pace for Talansky, while Tanovitchii and TJ Eisnehart, who had attacked out of the yellow jersey group, caught and passed Ben King.
The new leaders’ time off the front was short-lived, however, as the yellow jersey group was soon on terms with them and the race hit reset.
A TV moto crash in the group caused a split in the field, and in the lead group were Morton, Talansky, Costa, Atapuma, Rob Britton (Rally Cycling), Eisenhart, Rob Squire (Holowesko), Laurent Didier (Trek-Segafredo), Janier Acevedo (Team Jamis) and Andre Krasilnikau (Holowesko).
Atapuma jumped away from the group and Talansky quickly got on terms with the Colombian.
“Darwin attacked and I couldn’t go when he went," he said. "He has a great acceleration and is a really good climber. But I thought that if I could get up to him we could maybe work together and get that gap. I was looking for a spot, hoping the wind would shift but it didn’t. So I just said, ‘OK, there’s 4km to go and we have to go now.’ I went, we got the gap to Lachlan an then we drove it all the way to the finish."
Morton, Acevedo and Costa tried to catch the leaders, but they couldn’t match the BMC and Cannondale rider
Acevedo dropped out of the chase, leaving Morton and Costa alone to chase down the leaders. In the finale, Talansky hit out on the slightly downhill run to the finish and took the win just ahead of the Colombian. Costa finished next, followed by Morton, who lit out for the team buses as soon as he crossed the line.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | 4:47:03 |
2 | Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Adrien Costa (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman | 0:00:31 |
4 | Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling | 0:00:46 |
6 | Robbie Squire (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | 0:01:01 |
7 | Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:12 |
8 | Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:22 |
9 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:37 |
10 | Taylor Eisenhart (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Christopher Horner (USA) Lupus Racing Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Team Jamis | 0:01:41 |
14 | Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:12 |
15 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:02:16 |
17 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Axeon Hagens Berman | 0:02:44 |
18 | Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:02:47 |
19 | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:02:54 |
20 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:25 |
21 | Nicolae Tanovitchii (Mda) Lupus Racing Team | 0:03:32 |
22 | Joseph Chavarria (CRc) Lupus Racing Team | 0:04:53 |
23 | Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:04:54 |
24 | Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Axeon Hagens Berman | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Hayden Mccormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling | 0:05:20 |
26 | David Drouin (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 0:05:51 |
27 | Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:05:52 |
28 | Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:07:17 |
29 | Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Chad Beyer (USA) Lupus Racing Team | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Alexander Cataford (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:08:11 |
36 | Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:08:58 |
37 | Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | 0:09:30 |
38 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:10:26 |
39 | Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:10:51 |
40 | Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:11:39 |
41 | Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:12:32 |
42 | Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:13:53 |
44 | Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling | 0:14:38 |
46 | Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Team Jamis | 0:15:23 |
47 | Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:16:14 |
48 | Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 0:16:32 |
50 | Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:16:54 |
51 | Neilson Powless (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Krists Neilands (Lat) Axeon Hagens Berman | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Bryan Lewis (USA) Lupus Racing Team | 0:18:16 |
55 | Phillip Gaimon (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Barry Miller (USA) Lupus Racing Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling | 0:20:26 |
58 | Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:22:40 |
60 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Travis McCabe (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Team Jamis | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:26:46 |
68 | Fabian Lienhard (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Lupus Racing Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Frederic Brun (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) Lupus Racing Team | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Ruben Companioni (Cub) Team Jamis | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:26:49 |
78 | Stephen Bassett (USA) Team Jamis | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Jamis | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | David Gaona Vazquez (Mex) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:33:18 |
83 | Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Colin Joyce (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Kyle Murphy (USA) Team Jamis | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Eric Marcotte (USA) Team Jamis | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Alexandr Braico (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Ryan Roth (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Keijzer Gerd De (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Kristofer Dahl (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | 24:04:30 |
2 | Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:00:22 |
3 | Adrien Costa (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman | 0:00:56 |
4 | Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:23 |
5 | Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling | 0:02:09 |
6 | Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:35 |
7 | Taylor Eisenhart (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:02 |
8 | Robbie Squire (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | 0:04:59 |
9 | Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:05:35 |
10 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:06:10 |
12 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Axeon Hagens Berman | 0:06:36 |
13 | Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:06:37 |
14 | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:06:52 |
15 | Christopher Horner (USA) Lupus Racing Team | 0:07:35 |
16 | Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:08:45 |
17 | Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:08:52 |
18 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:09:23 |
19 | Nicolae Tanovitchii (Mda) Lupus Racing Team | 0:09:27 |
20 | Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Axeon Hagens Berman | 0:10:51 |
21 | Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | 0:11:32 |
22 | Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:13:11 |
23 | Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | 0:13:35 |
24 | Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo | 0:13:40 |
25 | Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling | 0:13:42 |
26 | Joseph Chavarria (CRc) Lupus Racing Team | 0:14:37 |
27 | Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:15:23 |
28 | Chad Beyer (USA) Lupus Racing Team | 0:15:25 |
29 | Hayden Mccormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling | 0:15:31 |
30 | Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:19:11 |
31 | Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Team Jamis | 0:20:50 |
32 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:21:03 |
33 | Neilson Powless (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman | 0:21:19 |
34 | Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:24:02 |
35 | David Drouin (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 0:24:20 |
36 | Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:26:04 |
37 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:26:22 |
38 | Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling | 0:27:27 |
39 | Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:27:37 |
40 | Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:29:23 |
41 | Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling | 0:31:37 |
42 | Taylor Sheldon (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 0:32:30 |
43 | Alexander Cataford (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 0:33:35 |
44 | Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:34:39 |
45 | Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:34:48 |
46 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:35:13 |
47 | Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:36:47 |
48 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:38:32 |
49 | Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Team Jamis | 0:39:11 |
50 | Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman | 0:39:31 |
51 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:39:44 |
52 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 0:39:55 |
53 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:40:50 |
54 | Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:41:17 |
55 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:43:50 |
56 | Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:46:09 |
57 | Travis McCabe (USA) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | 0:47:36 |
58 | Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | 0:48:32 |
59 | Krists Neilands (Lat) Axeon Hagens Berman | 0:49:18 |
60 | Bryan Lewis (USA) Lupus Racing Team | 0:50:08 |
61 | Barry Miller (USA) Lupus Racing Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Ruben Companioni (Cub) Team Jamis | 0:51:37 |
63 | Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:51:58 |
64 | David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling | 0:51:59 |
65 | Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling | 0:54:32 |
66 | Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Team Jamis | 0:55:18 |
67 | Fabian Lienhard (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:57:50 |
68 | Colin Joyce (USA) Axeon Hagens Berman | 0:58:22 |
69 | Stephen Bassett (USA) Team Jamis | 0:58:38 |
70 | Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | 0:58:41 |
71 | Frederic Brun (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:58:47 |
72 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Jamis | 0:58:54 |
73 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:59:23 |
74 | Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:59:32 |
75 | Phillip Gaimon (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | 1:00:41 |
76 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 1:00:49 |
77 | Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 1:01:38 |
78 | Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Lupus Racing Team | 1:02:19 |
79 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 1:03:19 |
80 | Matthieu Jeannes (Fra) Lupus Racing Team | 1:03:38 |
81 | Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 1:05:10 |
82 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 1:08:13 |
83 | Alexandr Braico (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 1:08:18 |
84 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 1:09:48 |
85 | Eric Marcotte (USA) Team Jamis | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | David Gaona Vazquez (Mex) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 1:10:16 |
87 | Kristofer Dahl (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 1:10:38 |
88 | Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 1:10:49 |
89 | Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Nicolas Masbourian (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 1:11:06 |
91 | Ryan Roth (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 1:11:44 |
92 | Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | 1:14:45 |
93 | Pierrick Naud (Can) Rally Cycling | 1:15:46 |
94 | James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling | 1:16:16 |
95 | Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 1:18:11 |
97 | Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis | 1:19:25 |
98 | Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | 1:22:53 |
99 | Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 1:23:48 |
100 | Kyle Murphy (USA) Team Jamis | 1:29:46 |
101 | Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk | 1:30:02 |
102 | Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | 1:31:26 |
103 | Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling | 1:32:28 |
104 | Keijzer Gerd De (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | 1:36:08 |
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