Tour of Utah 2011 Program Guide

OFFICIAL PROGRAM GUIDEAUGUST 9-14, 2011

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table of contents 5 Welcome

6 governor’s Welcome

8 VeloNews forward

12 tour of utah history

16 2011 Venues

19 Stage overview/maps

32 teams

34 Spectator activities

35 Sponsors

37 Expo

38 Kids EventsA R I Z O N A C O L O R A D O I D A H O N E W M E X I C O

O R E G O N U T A H W A S H I N G T O N

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On behalf of the Larry H. Miller Group

of Companies, the teams, riders, our

host cities and venues, and all of our

sponsors and partners, we are proud to

host the 2011 edition of America’s

Toughest Stage Race. This year marks

a significant milestone in the seven-

year history of this bike race: the 2011

edition of the Tour of Utah carries a UCI

2.1 stage-race ranking by the world’s

governing body for cycling (UCI), as

one of the three top, multi-day road

races in North America. We thank you

for supporting the Tour of Utah and

helping it to grow into one of the

premier cycling races in America.

Taking place in the most beautiful state in the Union, the Tour showcases the true scenic diversity that makes Utah among the most spectacular four-season vacation destinations in the United States.

As always, cyclists will traverse a variety of Utah’s distinct climate and environmental regions that are unmatched anywhere in the world. Riders will find themselves pedaling over mountain passes in the shadow of some of the highest peaks in the Wasatch Mountains; climbing high into the alpine regions that still—even in early August—continue to hold snow; and racing through the cities and towns that make Utah so spectacularly diverse. The race will start and finish in places such as Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo and Park City, and travel through the many towns of Summit, Wasatch, Morgan, Weber, and Utah counties.

The annual Ultimate Challenge, a gru-eling, one-day, non-competitive ride for recreational cyclists, will return the Saturday prior to the professional race. This event allows amateur cyclists to experience (suffer!) the same challenging climbs that the pros ride. After all, why should the pros have all the fun?

We have prepared this official 2011 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah program to

enhance your enjoyment of the race. The maps, spectator guides, articles and photos provide a fitting tribute to the intrepid athletes and fans that are the backbone of the world’s most exciting endurance sport.

A special thank you to all the sponsors, teams, fans, volunteers, Utah Office of Tourism, Utah Sports Commission, the Utah State Governor’s Office of Economic Development, host venues and cities that all come together to make this great race possible.

If you are a visitor to Utah, please enjoy your stay, enjoy the race, and plan to return any time. And don’t forget to bring your bike!

Sincerely,

SteveMiller,President

KarenKaullWeiss,ExecutiveDirector

welcome

Welcome to the 2011 larry h. miller tour of utah.

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Welcome to the 2011 Tour of Utah! As

Governor, it is my pleasure to welcome

you to the great State of Utah as you

participate in the 2011 Larry H. Miller

Tour of Utah. I applaud the Larry H.

Miller Group of Companies and all of

the tour sponsors for staging “America’s

Toughest Stage Race” here in Utah.

Utah is the perfect venue for such an elite cycling race. Utah has become known as the “State of Sport.” Utahns, and our welcomed visitors, have taken advantage of the Greatest Snow on Earth® at our world-class ski resorts, outdoor recreational activities in our mountains, lakes, and millions of acres of wilderness areas, and rooted for our college and professional sports teams for years. In the last decade, Utah has also been selected as the host for prestigious international sporting events, from the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and subsequent winter sports world championships, to action and motorsports competitions such as the Dew Tour and FIM Superbike World Championship, to the Tour of Utah—one of the top three cycling events in the U.S. which attracts the best cycling talent from throughout the world.

While the cyclists are dealing with each difficult stage of the race, spectators will enjoy the breathtakingly beautiful landscapes through which the cyclists will be riding. I also invite you to experience

all that the six host venues—Park City/Olympic Park, Ogden, Provo, Tooele/Miller Motorsports Park, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, and our capital, Salt Lake City—have to offer. While you’re here, take advantage of our fine dining, shopping, spas, golf courses, and unique historical and cultural heritage sites.

Whether you’re a cyclist in the race, supporting a participating athlete, or here to watch the 2011 Tour of Utah, I hope your Utah experiences will be enjoyable and memorable–and that you’ll return to our state often.

Sincerely,

Gary R. Herbert Governor

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The Tour of Utah offers a rare mix of

world-class racing without an overload

of commercialism or traffic jams.

People always want to compare bicycle

races to the Tour de France. And that

only makes sense, as Le Tour is the

biggest bike race in the world. So let’s

examine the Tour of Utah in that

context. In many ways, the Tour of Utah

extracts much of what’s great about the

French event while maintaining a

distinct American personality.

High mountains—A large part of what makes any bicycle race spectacular is geography. While professional athletes can put forth Herculean efforts on any old stretch of pavement, let’s be honest: watching a pancake-flat event can be boring. Add in some mountains worthy of an Ansel Adams print, however, and that same physical effort can suddenly capture the imagination.

One doesn’t have to understand the first thing about the tactics of bicycle racing to appreciate the beauty of high mountains, and the exertion required to propel oneself up them at great speed.

The Tour of Utah showcases much of what’s great about the American West, with single stages taking riders and thereby fans through multiple geological regions.

Beyond the beautiful landscapes, the abundance of climbing in the Tour of Utah makes for hard, hard racing. In any race with abundant elevation gain, much of the competition is distilled down to a single physiological measurement —a rider’s power-to-weight ratio. While on flat roads, weaker riders can get pulled along within the draft of a peloton. Once the roads tip upwards, however, there is no place to hide.

The Queen Stage of the Tour of Utah, the final day between Park City and Snowbird Resort, features 10,900 feet of climbing, traversing Alpine Loop and Little Cottonwood Canyon. Judging by the elevation gain and sheer difficulty, this stage is clearly of the caliber of the Tour de France.

Strong fields—There are only a handful of American races that lure in the world’s top teams. In recent years, the Amgen Tour of California has become the largest event in the country, hosting world champions, Tour de France winners and other marquee names. Two other state tours have come and gone—the Tours of Missouri and Georgia lasted only a few years.

The Tour of Utah is quickly rising in profile, however, as the second largest stage race in the U.S.

There is an abundance of great stage races around the country, including the Redlands Bicycle Classic in California, The SRAM Tour of the Gila in New Mexico, the Cascade Cycling Classic in Oregon, the Tour de Nez in Nevada and the Nature Valley Grand Prix in Minnesota. Each of these offers consistently good racing with its own distinctive personality. Yet these are all National Racing Calendar events, which means that relative to big international events, they are minor league.

Above NRC events, there are two higher stratifications of racing: the UCI

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Continental Tour and the WorldTour. In the first of these, the UCI America Tour (there are also Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania Tours) features 34 events, including the Tour of Utah and the Amgen Tour of California. Aside from these two, there are only three other North American stage races in this category: the USA Pro Cycling Challenge (formerly the Quiznos Pro Challenge) in Colorado, the Tour of Elk Grove in Illinois and the Tour de Beauce in Canada.

Above the Continental Tours is the UCI WorldTour, a 27-event series of races that includes the Tour de France, as well as the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España plus the best one-day races in the world like Paris-Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders, Milan-San Remo and others.

Part of the beauty about the Continental events is their combination of top

international teams like RadioShack and HTC-Highroad with national-level teams like Jelly Belly and Kelly Benefit Strategies. Watching Tour de France star Levi Leipheimer race anywhere in the world is cool, but watching him race in Utah — especially for state natives — alongside American up-and-comers is a treat.

No nonsense —The Tour de France is a wonderful event, with dramatic racing over Alpine peaks and through Bordeaux’s vineyards. But boy is it a zoo. When the Tour comes to town, “gridlock” doesn’t begin to describe what happens to traffic. Hours before the racers zoom past, the massive, squawking publicity caravan lumbers through, blaring a cacophony of Euro dance tunes, commercial jingles and car horns.

Fans aren’t the only ones overwhelmed by the massive production that is the Tour

de France. With the immense crowds and pressure to perform, riders often stay barricaded in their huge tour busses before and after the stages, visible to the fans only when on the bike.

At the Tour of Utah, by contrast, the racing takes center stage, and the riders are relatively available to interact with fans. In the hours before the race comes barreling through the mountains, fans can quietly enjoy the natural majesty of wild Utah. And at the stage start and finish, racers are often hanging out, happy to sign an autograph or pose for a picture.

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Ask any professional cyclist in the U.S.

to name the most difficult event in the

United States and you’re bound to hear

the Tour of Utah make the top three.

With its punishing climbs, unpredict-

able weather conditions and stunning

scenery the Tour of Utah has estab-

lished itself as a “racer’s race.”

Now, thanks to our 2.1 UCI status, pro-fessional cyclists from the top teams in the world will get to experience what riders throughout the state, the west, and the nation have known for nearly a decade: The Tour of Utah is America’s Toughest Stage Race™.

After two years of regional significance, the Tour of Utah came to national attention in 2006 when, even though it had yet to achieve USA Cycling’s National Racing Calendar status, it still managed to attract one of the top fields in domestic cycling. The title of Tour of Utah champion that year went to veteran Scott Moninger of HealthNet p/b MAXXIS, who still counts his win at the Tour of Utah as one of the proudest moments in his 20-year career.

In the midst of restructuring, the race was not held in 2007 and was sorely missed among the riders and fans alike. Thankfully, it returned in 2008, bigger and better than ever under the vision of Terry McGinnis and the direction of Greg Miller. Top honors that year went to Salt Lake City native Jeff Louder, who overcame not just the infamous climb to Snowbird, but one of the highest quality fields ever assembled on U.S. soil, one that included Tour de France stage winners, World and Olympic Champions.

The 2009 edition treated cycling fans to the kind of battles normally reserved for the

Alps or the Dolomites. By the time the dust had settled it was the Spaniard Francesco

“Paco” Mancebo who narrowly defeated South African Darren Lill to claim the title of Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Champion.

In 2010, the race settled in to its grueling prologue, plus five-stage format that included the classic “Queen Stage” finish at Snowbird, plus a new mountaintop finish up the steeper south side of the infamous

america’s toughest Stage race™ past, present and future.

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HISTorYMt. Nebo. The sixth annual event marked the professional return to Utah of adopted son Levi Leipheimer, riding solo in the now familiar Mellow Johnny’s colors. The Tour de France podium winner tamed the Mt. Nebo climb with a breathtaking solo victory. 20 year-old phenom Taylor Phinney blitzed the Individual Time Trial on the Miller Motorsports Park course. Then it was Jeff Louder’s turn, holding off an entire field and stretching a solo breakaway into, first, a one-man show, then an iron man finish on the Park City Criterium. On the final stage up Little Cottonwood Canyon, Levi and Fly V Australia’s Jai Crawford battled mano a mano up the final seven miles, with the Aussie pulling out a narrow victory. In the

end it was Levi Leipheimer, who learned to race bikes on the circuits and roads of Utah, who finally claimed the top spot on the GC podium. Another Tour of Utah enters the record books.

For 2011, the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah has been elevated by the international governing body for the sport of cycling, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), to be part of its UCI America Tour. The Tour of Utah is now sanctioned by both USA Cycling, Inc. and the UCI. This provides an international spotlight for Utah and for all host venues on the route. A total of 120 athletes representing 16 professional teams will be invited to race the 2011 Tour of Utah. This will include the world’s best

international ProTeams, and the top UCI Pro Continental and Continental teams. Many of these pros, who race Europe’s grand tours and world championships, will compete across the mountains, buttes and plateaus of Utah, vying for UCI points, award jerseys and cash prizes of $116,000.

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What the Jerseys mean

red: BestUtahRider

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The Best Utah Rider competition is for all participants who call Utah their home a minimum of 180 days each year. This jersey will be awarded to the rider with the lowest cumulative time.

Yellow: LeadersJerseyLarry H. Miller Group of Companies

The origins of the Yellow Jersey go back to the first sponsor of the Tour de France, L’Auto, a daily newspaper printed on yellow paper. The yellow jersey is awarded at the end of each stage to the rider with the best general classification time (not necessarily the Stage winner) and to distinguish the overall race leader.

Blue: BestYoungRider Subaru

Intended to reward and encourage the young lions of cycling, the Best Young Rider jersey competition is for all par-ticipants under a designated age. This jersey is awarded to the rider in this age category with the lowest cumulative time.

polka Dot: KOM(KingoftheMountains)

Utah Office of Tourism

The Tour of Utah has some of the most intense climbing terrain in North Amer-ica. The King-of-the-Mountains Jersey is awarded to the rider who accumulates the most points by being among the first three riders crossing KOM check-points at the top of all significant climbs throughout the course.

orange

MostAggressiveRiderVivint

Each day, the most determined rider will earn the Most Aggressive Rider jersey. It may be on a climb, on a break, following a crash or a severe mechani-cal. In any case, it will be awarded to a cyclist who demonstrates–in the face of all adversity–the greatest desire to win in that day’s stage.

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The sprint competition adds a level of excitement to the race; it is often called a “race within a race.” Sprint points are awarded at designated sprint lines on a course and awarded at the stage finish. The rider with the most sprint points is awarded and retains the jersey until he is no longer the point leader in the sprint competition.


utah olympic parkThe Utah Olympic Park, site of many spec-tacular events during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, will host the opening Pro-logue (preliminary time trial) on Tuesday, August 9.

Throughout its history, the Utah Olympic Park has pretty much limited itself to hold-ing “downhill” types of events. But this year, the Park will hold its first-ever professional uphill event: the opening Prologue Time Trial of the 2011 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. During the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, the venue welcomed more than 300,000 visitors during 16 days of competi-tion. This acclaimed facility, recognized for the fastest sliding track and highest-elevated jumps in the world, has hosted multiple World Cup events in ski jump-ing, nordic combined, bobsled, skeleton and luge. Now it will be the site of an international cycling competition. Just another milestone in the storied history of a world-class sporting venue.

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ogdenNestled at the base of the Wasatch Moun-tains with the Ogden and Weber rivers converging to flow into the Great Salt Lake, Ogden, Utah will play host to the Tour of Utah for a fourth consecutive year. On Wednesday, August 10, our city will be both the start and finish of the Stage One road race

Ogden has independently-owned brewpubs, funky bars with live music, and eclectic shops and galleries featuring outstanding work by local artists. After a day of biking, paddling, trail running, hiking, mountain biking, fly fishing, or climbing in our moun-tains, we just want cool places to hang with friends. Outside magazine ranks Ogden as one of the best towns in America. The rest of the country seems to have discovered Ogden. Have you?

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provoWhile the Tour of Utah has passed through Provo recently, 2011 marks the first time in four years that the seat of Utah County will be an official host city. The Stage 2 road race will have the start at Xango Headquarters at Thanksgiving Point and the finish at the Vivint Headquarters at The Shops at Riverwoods.

Provo is part of the Utah Valley, one of the best family vacation destinations offering year-round adventure. Less than an hour south of the Salt Lake City International Airport, Provo consistently ranks among the top places to play and live in the U.S. with four beautiful and distinct seasons, a rich and diverse history, breathtaking scenery and outdoor activities. Provo is home to Brigham Young University, which offers the world-renowned Museum of Art, and Robert Redford’s Sundance Resort.

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miller motorsports parkFor the fourth consecutive year, Miller Motorsports Park will host the Individual Time Trial stage of the Tour of Utah.

Completed in 2006, this state-of-the-art road racing facility for autos, motorcycles and karts is located just 35 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City in Tooele, Utah. The full course is 4.5 miles in length with 23 turns. It is the longest track and the finest facility of its kind in North America. MMP hosts some of the world’s most significant racing series, from road racing automobiles and motorcycles, to off-road racing and karting. MMP is also the home to Miller Performance Schools, which include Ford Racing High-Performance Driving School, Off-Road Driving School, Safety Schools and Wide Open Utah.

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Salt lake cityHosting the Tour of Utah every year since 2008, Utah’s capital city will welcome the new Stage 4 Circuit Race on Saturday, August 13.

Combining the amenities of a major metropolitan area with the friendliness of a small, western city, Salt Lake City is a premier travel destination. A beautiful, safe and vibrant city, Salt Lake combines unparalleled access to natural recreation, a bustling economy, dynamic nightlife, remarkable history, warm hospitality, and the Greatest Snow on Earth.™ From the heart of the city to the edge of the wilderness, Salt Lake has a host of options. Browse museums and galleries, sample endless dining and shopping options, check out an NBA game, attend a Broadway musical, visit the zoo and catch a symphony or planetarium cosmic light show.

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Snowbird Ski and Summer resortSnowbird Ski and Summer Resort is in the heart of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Little Cottonwood Canyon. On Sunday, August 14 the mountain resort expects huge crowds to witness the decisive Stage 5 of the 2011 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. The resort has hosted a stage each year of The Tour of Utah, and this is the second year that the Tour has concluded at the Resort. Pro cyclists will climb 11,000 vertical feet, including 3,500 feet over the final six miles in Little Cottonwood Canyon, to the race’s finish line at Entry 2.

Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort opened in December of 1971 with three lifts, the Tram, the Lodge at Snowbird and the Snowbird Center. We average 500 inches of low-density, powder snow annually, and boast one of the longest ski seasons in North America. Today we offer an enlarged Cliff Lodge with a world-class health spa, conference center and the world’s largest privately held collection of oriental rugs.

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STageS

prologue

Tuesday,August9UtahOlympicPark

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Time Trial

length: 5 km (3 mi) Start Time: 2 p.m.finish Time: 4:30 p.m.expo Hours: 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Stage 1

Wednesday,August10OgdenCity

Presented by Miller Lite

road race

length: 187 km (116 mi) Start Time: 11 a.m.finish Time: 3:45-4:30 p.m.expo Hours: Start: 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Stage 2

Thursday,August11XangoHeadquarters(Lehi)toVivintHeadquarters(Provo)

Presented by Adobe

road race

length: 151 km (100 mi)Start Time: 11 a.m.finish Time: 2:45 – 3:30 p.m.expo Hours: 1:30 – 4 p.m.

Stage 3

Friday,August12MillerMotorsportsPark

Presented by UnitedHealthcare

Individual Time Trial

length: 14.5 km (9.6 mi)Start Time: 5 p.m.finish Time: 8 p.m.expo Hours: 5 – 8 p.m.

Stage 4

Saturday,August13

DowntownSaltLakeCity

Presented by University of Utah Health Care

circuit race

length: 132 km (82.0 mi)Start Time: 12 p.m.finish Time: 2:45 – 3:30 p.m.expo Hours: 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Stage overview

Stage 5

Sunday,August14

ParkCitytoSnowbird

Presented by Zions Bank

road race

length: 161 km (100 mi)Start Time: 11 a.m.finish Time: 3 – 4 p.m.expo Hours: 12 – 4 p.m.


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ProloguePresented by KJZZ-TV and 1320 KFAN

tuesday, august 9TimeTrial

Length: 5 km (3 mi)

Starttime: 2 p.m.

Finishtime: 4:30 p.m.

2010Winner: Taylor Phinney

New for 2011 is the olympic park prologue. the utah olympic park was an official venue for the 2002 Winter olympic games. this thriving olympic legacy site will be a challenging start for some of the world’s best riders. this twisting hill climb with an average pitch of 7% over its 5 km length will provide a fitting start to “america’s toughest Stage race.™” though short, this challenging prologue will establish the pecking order heading into the rest of the week’s racing. Expect to see many of the overall race favorites laying it down in order to establish dominance over their rivals.

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STage1Presented by Miller Lite

Wednesday, august 10RoadRace

Length: 187 km (116 mi)

Starttime: 11 a.m.

Finishtime: 3:45 – 4:30 p.m.

2010Winner: David Tanner

for the third consecutive year, ogden city will play host to the first road stage of the larry h. miller tour of utah. With three complete ascents of the infamous North ogden pass road, racers will most certainly not ease in gently to the 2011 tour of utah. in fact, glancing at the course elevation profile one could easily think they were reading an EKg of a cardiac arrest, and the riders are likely to agree! included in the 116 mile, 3-lap road race will be a clockwise tour of the lovely Eden Valley and pineview reservoir. after a gentle descent through ogden canyon the course will take in a quick circuit of downtown ogden affording spectators multiple viewing opportunities before the race once again heads North to confront the nearly 3,000 foot climb out of the valley. Expect to see the peloton expand and contract each lap as riders dropped on the climb chase to regain contact with the leaders to contest the exciting sprint finish in downtown ogden. Whoever claims victory on this day will be a very well-rounded rider possessing both climbing prowess and top-

end power; a truly rare breed.

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STage2Presented by Adobe

thursday, august 11RoadRace

Length: 151 km (100 mi)

Starttime: 11 a.m.

Finishtime: 2:45 – 3:30 p.m.

2010Winner: Levi Leipheimer

Stage 2 of the 2011 tour of utah will stand in stark contrast to the difficult climbs of yesterday’s test in ogden. Starting at Xango headquarters at thanksgiving point, the peloton will roll south on relatively flat terrain, skirting the western shore of utah lake. the challenge of today’s route will likely come in the form of strong crosswinds that in years past have seen the field split into many groups or “echelons.” after reaching the route’s southernmost point in Juab county, the riders will charge North once again to provo where the winner of Stage 2 will be decided on the run-in to Vivint headquarters at the Shops at riverwoods at the mouth of provo canyon. Expect to see a large group sprint to the finish for what may be the tour’s only “bunch kick.”

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STAGE TWO COURSE MAPAugust 6, 2011

America's Toughest One-Day Cycling Adventure™

It’s time to take the Ultimate Challenge, presented by UnitedHealthcare. This grueling, one-day, non-competitive ride will follow the very same Park City-to-Snowbird road course that will lay waste to the world’s top professional bike racers one week later. It’s an epic day of riding that includes nearly 10,880 feet of climb-ing, and o�ers stunning scenery and twisting descents.

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STage3Presented by UnitedHealthcare

friday, august 12IndividualTimeTrial

Length: 14.5 km (9.0 mi)

Starttime:5 p.m.

Finishtime:8 p.m.

2010Winner: Taylor Phinney

a perennial favorite of both riders and fans alike, the miller motorsports park is a truly unique venue in the world of professional cycling. Spectators will get an up-close and personal look at the world’s top cyclists as they warm up for the “race of truth,” and riders will have the opportunity to test themselves and their machines on the twists and turns of one of the best motorsports tracks in the world. at a fraction under 10 miles, it’s possible the day’s champion will blister the course in under 20 minutes! one thing for certain is the winner will be a true thoroughbred for racing against the clock as was the case of last year’s winner and former World champion in the discipline, taylor phinney.

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STage4Presented by University of Utah Health Care

Saturday, august 13CircuitRace

Length: 132 km (82.0 mi)

Starttime: 12 p.m.

Finishtime: 4 p.m.

2010Winner: Jeff Louder

Stage 4 features another new edition to the tour of utah. for the first time, riders and spectators will relish an unbelievably challenging circuit race that will see the peloton confront the sharp climb up East capitol Street no fewer than nine times! the route will afford limitless opportunities for spectators to enjoy the race along with views of the downtown Salt lake city skyline, the university of utah campus, and the Wasatch mountains as the backdrop. on the final leg of the circuit, riders will tuck a scorching descent back into Downtown to finish this demanding circuit, where the finale will most likely be a thrilling dash for the finish.

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STage5Presented by Zions Bank

Sunday, august 14RoadRace,mountaintopfinish

Length:161 km (100 mi)

Starttime:11 a.m.

Finishtime:3 – 4 p.m.

2010Winner: Jai Crawford

Stage 5 kicks off from the Newpark resort in Kimball Junction. rocketing into park city, racers will turn east to race across the ranches and rangeland of Summit county. turning back west, riders enter what seems like another country, the Swiss-inspired town of midway. after briefly skirting Deer creek reservoir, the race plunges down provo canyon, then turns sharply uphill as it passes robert redford’s Sundance resort, where it begins to climb the difficult alpine loop. this legendary utah route ascends through narrow stands of aspen and fir trees, crests a saddle just under the summit of mt. timpanogos, and plunges down a twisty, narrow highway that rivals the alps for sheer beauty and danger. riders descend back into and through suburbia before they have to tackle the deciding 8-12 percent climb up little cottonwood canyon to the creekside center at the Snowbird Ski and Summer resort. the larry h. miller tour of utah will host a non-competitive ride for cycling enthusiasts the Saturday prior, called “the ultimate challenge™.” the challenge course follows the same Stage 5 route that will lay waste to the world’s top professional bike races one week later. www.tourofutah.com/challenge

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TeamS

the teams

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garmin/cervèlo

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Jamis/Sutter homehtc-highroadrealcyclist.com

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Kelly Benefit Strategiesoptum health

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Opening Night Team Presentation EventSunday, august 7Swaner ecocenter in Park city

Be the first to see the riders and teams as they are introduced at this kick-off party that will start the wheels rolling for the 2011 Tour of Utah! We’ll host 16 teams, 120 riders and a whole bunch of fans.

To purchase tickets to a private VIP recep-tion hosted by Miller Lite, Epic Brewing Company, and Café Rio, please visit www.tourofutah.com. Tickets include priority seating at the team introduction!

Closing Night Party(location tBa)

Mingle with cyclists, teams, race staff and fans as we bring the 2011 Tour of Utah to a close. Plan to relax, share your memories of the event, and enjoy some good food and company.

To purchase tickets, please visit www.tourofutah.com

Pace Line PackagesWhether you’re a company looking to en-tertain clients or customers, an über-dedi-cated cycling club, a family of bike fans, or simply an individual veloista, a Tour of Utah Pace Line VIP Club package offers an unparalleled list of “club level” amenities, merchandise, VIP access, and schwag to suit any budget. To purchase a package or learn more about this offer, please go to the VIP Packages tab on the Tour Website.

To purchase individual tickets to VIP hospitality tents at the start and finish lines, please visit the Hospitality Pack-ages tab. Race hospitality is brought to you by EnergySolutions.

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Race Merchandise

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tour of utah activities and Events


Tuesday, august 9 – PrologueExpo Location – Utah Olympic Park - Park City, UtahTime: 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. wednesday, august 10 – Stage 1Expo Location – Ogden, UtahTime: 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Thursday, august 11 – Stage 2Expo Location –Provo, UtahTime: 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.

friday, august 12 – Stage 3Expo Location – Miller Motorsports Park - Tooele, UtahTime: 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday, august 13 – Stage 4Expo Location – Salt Lake City, UtahTime: 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Sunday, august 14 – Stage 5Expo Location – Snowbird, UtahTime: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

exPo

tour of utah Expo

The Tour of Utah is so much more than just a pro bicycle race. It is also a rolling festival of activities to help promote a healthy lifestyle.

the Expo area will include:

• race merchandise• health-focused information• big screen tV to watch the race live

• activities for children • stunt bike demonstrations • product sampling • food/beverage stations

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Kids Events

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The Tour of Utah is proud to present three days of exciting kids events, known as the teamgive Pedal Power Fes-tival. All events are free.

Children can bring their bikes and ride a safety course and learn the rules of the road. They will learn about street signs, bicycle hand signals and general bike safety.

Professional BMX riders will do amazing tricks on a BMX ramp.

Children will feel like pros as they compete in a relay specially designed for little ones.

Kids will decorate their own banana racer and participate in the Tour of the Banana! Bananas are then raced down a track. Picture a Pinewood Derby with bananas!

Kids can get their face painted or a tempo-rary tattoo.

The Utah Jazz Bear and Salt Lake Bees mascot, Bumble, will be on hand to en-courage the kids along and help hand out medals and take photos.

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Documents

Tour of Utah 2011 Program Guide