Ricardo Escuela wins twilight crit at Tour of Utah

by lyne on Aug 16, 2008 10:53 AM EDT in N. American Racing

Everyday when I talked to the Sucessfull Living team, the team plan always included that Ricardo Escuela was going to win stage 3, the twilight crit at the Tour of Utah. And the fast Argentinean delivered the goods, outsprinting Fast Freddie Rodriguez (Rock Racing) to the line. Toyota-United's Jonnie Clarke was third.

What else can you say about a crit? The riders went around a dead flat four-corner course with a headwind on the backside for 60 minutes plus 3 laps.

Oh and one of Salt Lake City's finest was giving out jaywalking tickets during the race. Almost got one.

No changes in the overall general classification. The stage is set for a shoot out on Saturday’s Queen stage as only 38 seconds separate 12 contenders from Caldwell. Stage 4 is the 98.1-mile (159 km) Snowbird Road Race that starts in Park City, climbs over five KOMs to the mountain top finish at Snowbird Ski Resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon - a total 14,778 feet of climbing. No changes in the other jerseys either.

Easier to let the photos do the talking... on the flip

Justin England (Toyota-United) throwing kisses

Smiles on the start line

Immediately, Garmin-Chipotle's Pate, Frishkorn and Danielson went to the front to control the peloton

Jonnie Clarke (Toyota-United) following the rules

Ben Day (Toyota-United) took a solo flyer off the front which lasted about 10 laps

Tom Danielson (Garmin-Chipotle) did a lot of work at the front

Fans come in all ages

Ben Day is still off the front solo but not for long

Teddy King (Bissell) is about to join him but they will be reeled in soon

Still the GARmen at the front

Best Young Rider Peter Stetina (Garmin-Chipotle), Caldwell and his shadow Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing)

Less than 10 laps to go

Sprint to the line

Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living) wins

Teammates

Best Young Rider Peter Stetina, Yellow Jersey Blake Caldwell

Fast Freddie Rodriguez (Rock Racing), Jonnie Clarke (Toyota-United)

Sinclair dinosaur.

I want one. Brad are you out there?

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Any idea why comments are closed on Fred Marx's fanpost?

I know, it said "als" instead of "ist"... don't give me any crap...

by crashdan on Aug 16, 2008 12:45 PM EDT reply actions

Could be because,

Gavia has placed a center page link and photos this morning after the initial posting…

by Christopher See on Aug 16, 2008 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

because i put up a center page post

with the photos. because they looked good that way. i didn’t see fred’s post until after i’d done it.

then, rather than removing fred’s words of wisdom? i closed the comments to keep us from having multiple conversations about the same thing. i can re-open them if you prefer…

by Jen See on Aug 16, 2008 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks

Thanks Lyne for your coverage of the Tour of Utah. I guess you got one of the famous welcomes from our diligent police force about how to properly cross the road. Don’t worry all of us who have moved here have gotten this one along with being told the proper way to get a DRINK. Keep up the great work and you’ve just gained a reader. Love the photos.

Scooter

by utahsoul on Aug 16, 2008 4:53 PM EDT reply actions

The ultimate irony...

was watching this young gun write one guy up as a dozen others walked right in front of him…. On a closed street no less. None of the other officers were doing anything more than traffic control… I’ve been a Utah resident for over 20 years and have never been flagged for J-Walking.. Is that like missing a merit badge or something? ;)

by Christopher See on Aug 16, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions

are the gentleman that I talked to today that called to have the young officer pulled from the spot?

by lyne on Aug 16, 2008 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, THAT'S ME!!!

That ticket was so bogus. Closed street, blocked crosswalks, selective enforcement.

I’m thinking about going to court to fight this. If anybody can help (Like pics of the blocked off cross walks) I would appreciate it.

shoot me an e-mail. shullln@comcast.net

:)
Lonnie

by Lonnie Utah on Aug 18, 2008 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm surprised

He didn’t ask the Utah state question..
Sir have you been drinking?

by Christopher See on Aug 18, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions

small world...

I don’t think that I have pics of the blocked crosswalks as I try not to take too much of the tape & barriers in my photos

by lyne on Aug 18, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Talke a $50 ticket down to $20. I guess that’s the going rate for the stupid tax these days….

by Lonnie Utah on Sep 4, 2008 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions

thank you - and pull up a seat and stay awhile

but nobody told me the proper way to get a drink – have I been doing it all wrong all these years?

Got to say that so far, the scenery has been amazing, one of the most beautiful stage races I’ve been too, Major kudos to the course designer (and I think that’s Burke)

by lyne on Aug 16, 2008 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions

welcome to the party!

and make lyne tell you where her site is with all her coverage ;-)

by Jen See on Aug 16, 2008 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions

me likey the caldwell shot.

nice work.

lol, crits. they went around in circles. someone won :-)

by Jen See on Aug 16, 2008 6:12 PM EDT reply actions

lol well we had a discussion with Louder the day before if it was truly going around in circles

or was it squares. and then the (very) bright man that he is, said that since they cut the corners it might make it oblong.

Yes we all get punchy after awhile

just got back from today’s stage – have no idea if I got any good picks as I also was not in a media car today. Well I know I got the winning shot as I followed FM’s direction to get to the finish and it worked perfectly.

by lyne on Aug 16, 2008 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions

brilliant

and yes, crits are oblong. if you’re riding squares, you’re mos’ def’ doing it wrong ;-)

glad today worked out well! can’t wait to see it, fo’ sho.

mmm, goldfish.

by Jen See on Aug 16, 2008 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions

not sure if today worked out yet as I was not in the media car and as there was only 1 road to the finish

I had to hightail there pretty early. I did stop in 2 spots at the beginning of the stage… but Fred probably has much better shots as he was on Alpine Loop

good thing tho is that I was able to have lunch today !

by lyne on Aug 16, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Nope shut out.. Mostly

See details elsewhere… I may use one of the really heinous ones as an example of what PShop will not fix… ;)

by Christopher See on Aug 16, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions

what happened?

by lyne on Aug 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I messed up my fill flash settings

NIce sharp foreground, pleasing background blurred subject. The best (read most interesting) angle on the KOM was horribly back lit. As was the sprint in Midway but that was shopable. Then some munchin placed a large dust bunny on my sensor… Of course you never see those till you edit and sort later…

by Christopher See on Aug 17, 2008 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions

phranken photo :-)

must see!

by Jen See on Aug 17, 2008 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions

whoa I posted way too fast - everything is out of whack

will fix after I have my snack of champions: cold grapes, a beer and whole wheat goldfish

by lyne on Aug 16, 2008 6:36 PM EDT reply actions

and the adventures continue ...

was about to take a shower and the shower door fell off…. jeez

by lyne on Aug 16, 2008 7:00 PM EDT reply actions

oopsy :-)

by Jen See on Aug 16, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I did mention

That your hotel was built nearly 35 years ago right?? Cheap shower doors and no AC, yep definite signs of age in a building…

by Christopher See on Aug 16, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah but the plus side is that I get muzak for free .... all day

and a fridge to keep the milk & the beer

by lyne on Aug 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

What the heck were you doin' to make the door fall off? Ha ha!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Aug 17, 2008 3:23 AM EDT up reply actions

lol, maybe we shouldn't ask? ;-)

ha!

by Jen See on Aug 17, 2008 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions

I wish....

lol

just lil’ old stinky me after a long day at the races trying to clean up

by lyne on Aug 17, 2008 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Always love your pics Lyne and FM your additions are great!

Look forward to more write-ups. I never get enough of the races here in the states so keep them coming!

Downers today was great. The weather here is fantasitc this year. There’s some serious stress in the air with the National Jersey on the line tomorrow but the riders have still been a blast to mingle with. Anyone interested can check my blog for a small write-up. I’m WAY to tired to clean up pics and I took very few but hopefully tomorrow will be better. I’m hoping and cheering for Brad from Jelly Belly to get the Jersey back – just don’t tell C or Daniel okay (shhhhhh….). The weather looks to be great tomorrow and I’ll be having fun meeting and talking to the guys again. Huge Thanks once again to Jelly Belly. Danny VH was great today with joking around with us. Good stuff! Rock Racing took 1 and 2 tonight followed by Jittery Joe’s. It was dark for the podium. I have a couple great pics of it but they are really dark. Better pics tomorrow!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Aug 17, 2008 3:30 AM EDT reply actions