2019 Tour of Utah Prologue Results & Recap
Prologue of the 2019 Tour of Utah is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Piccoli wins Tour of Utah prologue
James Piccoli continues his incredible season, after wins at the Tour of Taiwan and overall victory in the challenging Tour of the Gila, with a strong performance in the Tour of Utah Snowbird prologue. The Elevate KHS rider won the 5.3 km rolling course with a time of eight minutes and 37 seconds, which bested Texan Lawson Craddock's time by 5 and a half seconds. Romanian time trial specialist Serghei Tvetcov (Worthy Brewing) finished third, six seconds off the pace of the Canadian powerhouse.
Portuguese 21-year-old JoĂŁo Almeida (Hagens Berman Axeon) took fourth place, also six seconds down, and Kyle Murphy (Rally UHC) finished fifth at 11 seconds.
Under sunny skies and near-perfect temperatures, 113 riders took the start of the prologue at Snowbird resort, usually reserved for a mountaintop finish later on in the week. Just like the shakeup in the route course, the challenging prologue shook up the start of the race and placed Piccoli into the yellow jersey, and his team into defensive mode, before the testing week. They'll battle a strong EF Education First, who won the team classification last year.
Tomorrow's stage returns to the Cache Valley in northern Utah for the third time and an inaugural visit to North Logan City. The Tuesday, Aug. 13 contest features a completely new 86.9-mile (139.9 km) course that traverses the western slopes of the Bear River Mountains for 4,310 feet of elevation gain. The first Utah Sports Commission Sprint line of the week will be contested in downtown Newton. Then the peloton will make two circuits around Little Mountain, passing less than 10 miles south of the Idaho state line. On each circuit outside Trenton, the first two Utah Office of Tourism King of the Mountain (KOM) points will be awarded.
After the final pass through Newton, the race will follow Sam Fellow Road to Airport Road and re-enter North Logan City for five fast and furious finishing laps. Rolling in a clockwise direction, the cyclists will pass the finish line area at Meadow View Park on each lap, which is 7.2 miles (11.6 km) in length. Notable on this first of five laps will be the final sprint and KOM points of the stage. Each swoop around the circuit should take 15-18 minutes to complete, providing spectators with a full hour of action in downtown North Logan City.
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