Szwajcar Michael Schar (BMC) po całodniowej ucieczce wygrał drugi etap Tour of Utah.
Drugie miejsce zajął Słoweniec Jure Kocjan (Team SmartStop), a trzecie Rumun Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly).
Schar dzięki swojej akcji awansował na pozycję wicelidera imprezy. W klasyfikacji generalnej prowadzi Kocjan, który na prowadzeniu zmienił wczorajszego triumfatora – Moreno Hoflanda (Belkin).
Darren Lapthorne (Drapac), Joey Rosskopf (Hincapie Sportswear Development Team), Schar, Jens Voigt (Trek Factory Racing), Benjamin Day (Unitedhealthcare) i Ramiro Rincon (Funvic) uformowali ucieczkę dnia, która etap z czterema górskimi premiami w końcówce, rozpoczęła niemal 3 minuty przed zasadniczą grupą.
Maksymalna przewaga zanotowana przez sędziów to 6:45 po 58 kilometrach.
Ucieczka rozsypała się na trzecim podjeździe – na czele zostali Schar i Rosskopf, ostatnie 60 kilometrów rozpoczynając tylko z trzema minutami przewagi nad peletonem. Szwajcar zachował więcej sił na ostatnią wspinaczkę i zdołał oprzeć się pogoni.
30 kilometrów zjazdów w kierunku mety pozwoliło mu na utrzymanie niewielkiej przewagi nad resztkami peletonu i goniącym dzielnie Rosskopfem.
27-latek na ostatnie 4 kilometry wjechał 25 sekundy przed pościgiem i mimo zmęczenia trzymał się dzielnie. Peleton prowadzony przez kolarzy SmartStop widział uciekiniera na ostatniej prostej, ale nie zdołał go dogonić. Finisz z grupy rozegrany został tuż za plecami triumfującego Szwajcara.
Wyniki 2. etapu Tour of Utah 2014 (2.1), Panguitch – Torrey (210,3 km):
1 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 5:03:00 2 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 00:02 3 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 4 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 5 Toms Skujins (Lat) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 7 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 8 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 9 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 10 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 11 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 12 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 13 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida 14 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 15 Dylan Theuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 16 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 17 Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre-Merida 18 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 19 Alex Diniz Correia (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Campos 20 Robbie Squire (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 21 Clement Chevrier (Fra) Trek Factory Racing 22 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 23 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 24 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 25 Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre-Merida 26 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 27 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 28 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 29 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter 30 Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 31 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team 32 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 33/tJames Oram (NZl) Bissell Development Team 34 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 35 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale 36 Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 37 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 38 Christopher Butler (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 39 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 40 Luca Dodi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 41 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 42 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida 43 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 44 Joshua Berry (USA) Team SmartStop 45 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop 00:21 46 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 00:56 47 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 48 Luis Enrique Davila (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 49 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 11:28 50 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team 51 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 52 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 53 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 54 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 55 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 56 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 57 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 58 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 59 Brendan Canty (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 60 Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop 61 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 62 Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team SmartStop 63 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) Team Garmin-Sharp 64 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 65 Gregory Obando Brenes (Crc) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 66 Chris Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 67 Ryan Eastman (USA) Trek Factory Racing 68 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop 13:21 69 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 70 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 71 Magno Prado Nazaret (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Campos 72 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 73 Daniel Eaton (USA) Bissell Development Team 74 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 75 Thomas Soladay (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 76 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 77 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 78 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 79 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 80 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 81 Andrea Palini (Ita) Lampre-Merida 82 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 83 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 84 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 85 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 86 Gavin Mannion (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 87 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 88 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 89 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 90 Shane Kline (USA) Team SmartStop 91 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 92 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 93 Benjamin King (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 94 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 95 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 96 Michael Torckler (NZl) Team SmartStop 97 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 98 Logan Swirbul (USA) Bissell Development Team 99 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Team Garmin-Sharp 100 Michael Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 101 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 102 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 103 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 104 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 105 Andre Almeida (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Campos 106 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 107 Pedro Autran Dourado Dutra Nicacio (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose 108 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 109 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 110 Antonio Fernando Prestes Garnero (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose D 111 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 112 Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 113 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 114 Andrea Vaccher (Ita) Lampre-Merida 115 Johnathan Freter (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis DNF Aaron Perry (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk DNF Benjamin Dilley (USA) Team Novo Nordisk DNF Bjorn Selander (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies DNF Ian Burnett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis DNF Carlos Alexandre Manarelli (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Cam DNF Ramiro Rincon Diaz (Col) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Campos DNS Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling Klasyfikacja po 2. etapie 1 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 09:54:02 2 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 00:02 3 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 00:08 4 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 00:12 5 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 7 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 8 Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 9 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Te 00:14 10 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:17 11 Toms Skujins (Lat) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 12 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 13 Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre-Merida 14 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 15 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 16 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 17 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 18 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter 19 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 20 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 21 Dylan Theuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 22 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida 23 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 24 Alex Diniz Correia (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Campos 25 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 26 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 27 Luca Dodi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 28 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 29 James Oram (NZl) Bissell Development Team 30 Robbie Squire (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 31 Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 32 Clement Chevrier (Fra) Trek Factory Racing 33 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale 34 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 35 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 36 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 37 Christopher Butler (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 38 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida 39 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 40 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team 41 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 42 Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre-Merida 43 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 44 Joshua Berry (USA) Team SmartStop 45 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop 00:36 46 Luis Enrique Davila (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 01:11 47 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 01:31 48 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 05:57 49 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team 11:38 50 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 51 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) Team Garmin-Sharp 11:43 52 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 53 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 54 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 55 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 56 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 57 Ryan Eastman (USA) Trek Factory Racing 58 Gregory Obando Brenes (Crc) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 59 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 60 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 61 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 62 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 63 Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop 64 Chris Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 65 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 66 Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team SmartStop 67 Brendan Canty (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 68 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 13:21 69 Andrea Palini (Ita) Lampre-Merida 13:27 70 Gavin Mannion (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 13:31 71 Shane Kline (USA) Team SmartStop 72 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 73 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 13:34 74 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop 13:36 75 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 76 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 77 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 78 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 79 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 80 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 81 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 82 Thomas Soladay (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 83 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 84 Magno Prado Nazaret (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Campos 85 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 86 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 87 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 88 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 89 Daniel Eaton (USA) Bissell Development Team 90 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 91 Michael Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 92 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 93 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 94 Michael Torckler (NZl) Team SmartStop 95 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 96 Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 97 Andre Almeida (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Campos 98 Logan Swirbul (USA) Bissell Development Team 99 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 100 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Team Garmin-Sharp 101 Antonio Fernando Prestes Garnero (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose D 102 Johnathan Freter (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 103 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 13:51 104 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 13:54 105 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 13:56 106 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 107 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 13:58 108 Andrea Vaccher (Ita) Lampre-Merida 14:39 109 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 14:52 110 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 111 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strat 15:29 112 Benjamin King (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 16:03 113 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 17:10 114 Pedro Autran Dourado Dutra Nicacio (Bra) Funvic Brasilin 17:42 115 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 18:23