The 2018 Tour of Utah was a seven-stage road cycling race held from August 6 to August 12, 2018, and the 14th edition of the Tour of Utah. It was rated as a 2.HC on the 2018 UCI America Tour.[2]

2018 Tour of Utah
2018 UCI America Tour
Race details
DatesAugust 6–12, 2018
Stages6 + Prologue
Distance863.9[1] km (536.8 mi)
Winning time21h 41' 12"
Results
  Winner  Sepp Kuss (USA) (LottoNL–Jumbo)
  Second  Ben Hermans (BEL) (Israel Cycling Academy)
  Third  Jack Haig (AUS) (Mitchelton–Scott)

  Points  Travis McCabe (USA) (UnitedHealthcare)
  Mountains  Sepp Kuss (USA) (LottoNL–Jumbo)
  Youth  Luis Villalobos (MEX) (Aevolo)
  Team EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
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Teams edit

Seventeen teams entered the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:[3]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI Professional Continental teams

UCI Continental teams

Route edit

Stage characteristics and winners[2][4]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Stage winner
P August 6 St. George 5.3 km (3.3 mi)   Individual time trial   Tejay van Garderen (USA)
1 August 7 Cedar City to Cedar City 162.5 km (101.0 mi)   Mountain stage   Travis McCabe (USA)
2 August 8 Payson to Payson 142.6 km (88.6 mi)   Mountain stage   Sepp Kuss (USA)
3 August 9 Antelope Island to Layton 167.4 km (104.0 mi)   Medium mountain stage   Travis McCabe (USA)
4 August 10 Salt Lake City to Salt Lake City 110.1 km (68.4 mi)   Hilly stage   Jasper Philipsen (BEL)
5 August 11 Canyons Resort to Snowbird 152.6 km (94.8 mi)   Mountain stage   Sepp Kuss (USA)
6 August 12 Park City to Park City 123.4 km (76.7 mi)   Mountain stage   Sepp Kuss (USA)

General Classification edit

Final general classification[5][6][7]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Sepp Kuss (USA)     LottoNL–Jumbo 21h 41' 12"
2   Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 2' 09"
3   Jack Haig (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 2' 21"
4   Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team + 2' 39"
5   Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale + 2' 42"
6   Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale + 2' 58"
7   Keegan Swirbul (USA) Jelly Belly–Maxxis + 3' 39"
8   Luis Villalobos (MEX)   Aevolo + 3' 57"
9   Michael Woods (CAN) EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale + 4' 38"
10   Peter Stetina (USA) Trek–Segafredo + 5' 50"

Classification leadership edit

Stage Winner General classification
 
Sprints Classification
 
Mountains Classification
 
Young Rider Classification
 
Most Aggressive Classification
 
Team Classification
P Tejay van Garderen Tejay van Garderen Tejay van Garderen not awarded Neilson Powless Pascal Eenkhoorn BMC Racing Team
1 Travis McCabe Travis McCabe Daan Olivier Evan Huffman
2 Sepp Kuss Sepp Kuss Griffin Easter EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
3 Travis McCabe Rob Britton
4 Jasper Philipsen Jonathan Clarke
5 Sepp Kuss Sepp Kuss Luis Villalobos Kilian Frankiny
6 Sepp Kuss Nathan Brown
Final Sepp Kuss Travis McCabe Sepp Kuss Luis Villalobos Nathan Brown EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale

References edit

  1. ^ "Tour of Utah (HC), USA". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Tour of Utah 2018". Cycling News. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. ^ "2018 The Larry H. Millar Tour of Utah". FirstCycling. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. ^ "2018 Tour of Utah (HC), USA". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  5. ^ "2018 Tour of Utah (HC), USA". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 The Larry H. Millar Tour of Utah". FirstCycling. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. ^ Malach, Pat (12 August 2018). "Kuss wins 2018 Tour of Utah". Cycling News. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

External links edit