The Colombians went on the attack once again in the final stage of the 2011 Tour of Utah on Sunday but they couldn't unseat Team RadioShack's Levi Leipheimer.
The defending champion hung on to win his second Tour of Utah on a stage that boasted some 12,000 feet of elevation gain over 106 miles to the summit of the Snowmass Ski Resort …
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Levi Leipheimer maintained his lead at the Tour of Utah on Saturday in spite of a breakaway that threatened to put one of his rivals into striking distance of the yellow jersey.
Meanwhile, Colombian cyclist Javier Acevedo attacked the breakaway to win Stage 4, an 82-mile circuit race around Salt Lake City.
Acevedo is a member of the Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antio, a Colombian cycling team that has two wins at the Tour and held the overall race lead until Friday …
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Defending champion Levi Leipheimer took the yellow jersey at the Tour of Utah on Friday as he scorched the 9-mile individual time trial course at the Miller Motorsports Park.
His time was bested by only one other cyclist, Tejay Van Garderen, a native of Tacoma, Washington, and member of the HTC-HighRoad pro cycling team.
In spite of winning the prologue and surviving in the overall lead for the first two stages, Colombia's Sergio Henao (Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antio) fell off the pace in the ITT …
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Press release Aug. 11 — Jack Bauer (NZL) of Endura Racing sprinted to his first win on American soil with a big push in the final 500 meters at Stage Two presented by Adobe at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.
In a photo finish, Elia Viviani (ITA) of Liquigas-Cannondale came away with second in today’s (Thursday's) exciting finish and American Jake Keough of United Healthcare Pro Cycling placed third.
The winners rode the 99.2-mile (159.6 km) rolling course around Utah Lake in 3 hours and 33 minutes, averaging 27.8 miles per hour. For the third day of the six-day stage race, Colombian Sergio Henao of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia continues to lead the General Classification. …
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Press release, Aug. 10 — American Jesse Anthony of Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth chased down an early breakaway and won today’s (Wednesday's) Stage One presented by Miller Lite at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. Taking second and retaining the overall general classficiation (G.C.) lead was Sergio Henao (COL) of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia. Spaniard Oscar Sevilla of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia was third and 2010 Tour of Utah champion Levi Leipheimer (USA) of Team RadioShack was a close fourth overall …
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PRESS RELEASE — Colombian Sergio Henao of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia was the fastest man at Utah Olympic Park with a time of 4:04 minutes in today’s (Tuesday's) Prologue presented by KJZZ TV and 1320 KFAN at the 2011 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.
Climbing to 7,275 feet of elevation on the 1.3-miles (2.1kilometer) course adjacent to the world-class bobsled track, Henao bested 117 other riders in the first day of the six-day professional cycling event ….
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With the Tour de France still fresh in their minds, if not their legs, some well-known American cyclists will be competing at the six-day Tour of Utah bike race this week.
Defending champion Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) will be at the start for the Prologue in Park City on Tuesday, as will Tom Danielson (Garmin Cervelo), at 9th the highest placed finisher from the US at this year's Tour de France.
Others include Danielson's teammates Dave Zabriskie and Christian Vande Velde, as well as George Hincapie (BMC Racing).
One of the biggest absences will be Chris Horner (RadioShack), who crashed ….
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Organizers of the Tour of Utah cancelled the week-long bicycle race this year due to a lack of sponsors.
Sounds like a familiar refrain? The Tour of Georgia is going ahead without a title sponsor but is depending on smaller sponsors and a hoped for $1 million infusion from Georgia taxpayers.
The inaugural Tour of Missouri also is seeking a title sponsor as is the Montreal-Boston Tour. The only big US tour flush with money this year was the Tour of California, which was sponsored by drug-maker Amgen for the second straight year. …
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