Tour Of Utah: Prologue Photo Gallery
by Christopher See on Aug 10, 2011 12:57 PM EDT
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The 2011 edition of the Larry H. Miller Tour Of Utah kicked off Tuesday with an uphill prologue at the Utah Olympic Park. At 2 km it wasn't long or particularly steep with only 100 meters elevation gain. The five minute test ran up the access road of the Olympic ski jump.
Starting number 102, Sergio Henao Montoya (Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes) set the fastest time of 4'05” which placed the Columbian rider in the leader's jersey for Wednesday's stage one in Ogden. Fransisco Mancebo (Realcyclist) and Henao's teammate Oscar Sevilla rounded out the podium.
Tejay Van Garderen took the lead in the Best Young Rider's classification after the HTC-Highroad rider placed fourth. Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervelo) and Levi Leipheimer (Radioshack) round out the top five. The best Utah rider jersey sits on the shoulders of Salt Lake City native Tyler Wren (Jamis-Sutter Home).
Just twelve seconds separates the top ten riders, and the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah continues Wednesday in Ogden. The circuit race includes three ascents of the North Ogden Divide. The flat finish in Ogden may mean the winner will come from a small group sprint.
The Full Gallery: Tour Of Utah Prologue
More images under the fold.
All images copyright Christopher See used with permission.
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that looks painful
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
Who was the Liquigas guy using the TT rig in the "Full Gallery" pictures?
Seems to be an unusual choice for a 2km uphill prologue (especially since I didn’t see another one used). Were many more guys on TT bikes?
Nice shots!
Not sure who I'm still sorting and matching to a start list..
I shot three bodies today, two digi and one film so it may never sort itself out..
Saw maybe one or two othe full TT rigs.
~ The photographer formerly known as Fred
by Christopher See on Aug 9, 2011 11:44 PM EDT reply actions
I guess he could be using the TT bike to practice some for st 3...might be his first 2kms on the TT bike the whole year! :)
(Thinking about how some guys rarely ride TT bikes at all, right?)
by JustJoshinYa on Aug 9, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Elia Viviani is my best guess
I believe he’s listed as a Best Young Rider candidate, so you may be right, it’s probably one his only rides on an ITT rig.
~ The photographer formerly known as Fred
by Christopher See on Aug 9, 2011 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Si, that's Elia
"First you have to be cool, after you are cool then you can be strong" -- Davide Appollonio
by Albertina on Aug 10, 2011 4:00 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
..and as his VDS, I can confirm that he's barely even been on a road bike in recent times.
Dear Elia, I don’t care how much you win on the velodrome, earn me some frickin points!
"First you have to be cool, after you are cool then you can be strong" -- Davide Appollonio
you need
an assistant.
Any dumb f#*k who looked at Garmin’s roster could figure that out, it wasn’t exactly rocket-science. Hell, it wasn’t even lutefisk-science.
by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 10, 2011 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah she's surfing this week.
~ The photographer formerly known as Fred
by Christopher See on Aug 10, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
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