Holender Moreno Hofland (Belkin) wygrał trzeci etap Tour of Utah. Prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej utrzymał Słoweniec Jure Kocjan (Team SmartStop).
22-latek triumfował po raz drugi w tegorocznej edycji, na finiszu pokonując Włocha Lucę Wackermanna (Lampre-Merida) i Amerykanina Erica Younga (Team Optum).
Ucieczkę dnia na etapie z jedną górską premią zawiązali Robin Carpenter (Hincapie Sportswear Development Team), Jacob Rathe (Jelly Belly), Darren Lapthorne (Drapac), Daniel Eaton (Bissel Development Team), Daniel Summerhill (Unitedhealthcare) oraz Tyler Wren (Jamis Hagens Berman).
Szóstka trzymana była na krótkiej smyczy, gdyż peleton dobrze pamiętał czego dokonać udało się Michaelowi Scharowi. Carpenter zgarnął punkty na szczycie podjazdu, po czym odpuścił, a jego koledzy kontynuowali przygodę na drogach stanu Utah.
Przewaga z dwóch minut podskoczyła do czterech (km 100), po czym stopniowo zaczęła spadać. Goniła ekipa Belkin, baner znaczący 20 kilometrów do mety mijając minutę za uciekinierami. Czwórka śmiałków poddała się na 7 kilometrów przed metą, a ostatni atak przypuścił Rathe.
Amerykanina złapano dwa kilometry dalej, a na czoło wyszli kolarze Unitedhealthcare i Belkin. Sprinterzy dopięli tym razem swego, a na ostatnich metrach najszybszy okazał się Hofland, tym razem pokonując Lucę Wackermanna (Lampre-Merida) i Erica Younga (Team Optum).
fot. Team Belkin
Wyniki 3. etapu Tour of Utah 2014 (2.1), Lehi – Miller Motorsports Park (190,2 km):
1 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 4:29:41 2 Andrea Palini (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 4 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 6 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 7 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 8 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 9 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 10 Gavin Mannion (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 11 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 12 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team 13 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 14 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 15 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 16 Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 17 Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre-Merida 18 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 19 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 20 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida 21 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 22 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 23 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 24 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 25 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 26 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 27 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 28 Gregory Obando Brenes (Crc) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 29 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 30 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 31 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 32 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 33 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 34 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 35 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 36 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 37 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 38 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 39 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 40 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 41 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 42 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 43 Christopher Butler (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 44 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 45 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 46 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 47 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) Team Garmin-Sharp 48 Chris Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 49 Luca Dodi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 50 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 51 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 52 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 53 Alex Diniz Correia (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Campos 54 Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre-Merida 55 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 56 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 57 Clement Chevrier (Fra) Trek Factory Racing 58 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 59 Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 60 Andre Almeida (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Campos 61 Brendan Canty (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 62 Ryan Eastman (USA) Trek Factory Racing 63 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team 64 Joshua Berry (USA) Team SmartStop 65 Robbie Squire (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 66 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale 67 Dylan Theuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 68 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Team Garmin-Sharp 69 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 70 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 71 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida 72 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 73 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop 74 Toms Skujins (Lat) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 75 James Oram (NZl) Bissell Development Team 76 Benjamin King (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 77 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 78 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 79 Magno Prado Nazaret (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos C 00:10 80 Andrea Vaccher (Ita) Lampre-Merida 81 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop 00:17 82 Shane Kline (USA) Team SmartStop 00:26 83 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 00:28 84 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 00:45 85 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategie 00:56 86 Thomas Soladay (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 01:10 87 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 01:24 88 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 89 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 01:31 90 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 01:39 91 Michael Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 01:41 92 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 02:05 93 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 02:15 94 Johnathan Freter (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 02:25 95 Pedro Autran Dourado Dutra Nicacio (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao 96 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 02:26 97 Antonio Fernando Prestes Garnero (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-S 03:03 98 Michael Torckler (NZl) Team SmartStop 03:10 99 Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop 100 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 101 Logan Swirbul (USA) Bissell Development Team 102 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 03:29 103 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 104 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 03:46 105 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 106 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 107 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 108 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 05:06 109 Luis Enrique Davila (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 110 Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 111 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 112 Daniel Eaton (USA) Bissell Development Team 113 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 114 Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team SmartStop 115 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 06:13 Klasyfikacja po 3. etapie 1 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 14:23:43 2 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 00:02 3 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 00:08 4 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 00:11 5 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 00:12 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 7 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 8 Tanner Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 9 Alex Howes (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 10 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 00:17 11 Carter Jones (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 12 Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre-Merida 13 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 14 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 15 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Bissell Development Team 16 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 17 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 18 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida 19 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 20 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 21 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 22 Toms Skujins (Lat) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 23 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 24 Dylan Theuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 25 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 26 Alex Diniz Correia (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Campos 27 Luca Dodi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 28 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 29 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 30 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 31 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 32 Jai Crawford (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 33 Clement Chevrier (Fra) Trek Factory Racing 34 Christopher Butler (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 35 Robbie Squire (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 36 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale 37 James Oram (NZl) Bissell Development Team 38 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 39 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Bissell Development Team 40 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida 41 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 42 Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre-Merida 43 Joshua Berry (USA) Team SmartStop 44 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop 00:36 45 Matt Cooke (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 01:02 46 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 04:42 47 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 09:26 48 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team 11:38 49 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 13:25 50 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 13:30 51 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 52 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 53 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) Team Garmin-Sharp 54 Gregory Obando Brenes (Crc) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 55 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 56 Ryan Eastman (USA) Trek Factory Racing 57 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 58 Chris Putt (USA) Bissell Development Team 59 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 60 Brendan Canty (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 61 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 62 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop 13:53 63 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 15:00 64 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 15:15 65 Julian Kyer (USA) Team SmartStop 16:40 66 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 16:46 67 Luis Enrique Davila (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 16:47 68 Magno Prado Nazaret (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos C 17:09 69 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 17:16 70 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 17:53 71 Andrea Palini (Ita) Lampre-Merida 18:03 72 Gavin Mannion (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 18:13 73 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 18:18 74 Alexander Candelario (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 75 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 76 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 77 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 78 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 18:33 79 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 18:36 80 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 81 Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team SmartStop 82 Shane Kline (USA) Team SmartStop 18:39 83 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 19:06 84 Thomas Soladay (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 19:28 85 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 20:30 86 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 20:43 87 David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk 20:44 88 Benjamin King (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 20:45 89 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 20:58 90 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 21:05 91 Michael Torckler (NZl) Team SmartStop 21:28 92 Logan Swirbul (USA) Bissell Development Team 93 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 21:47 94 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 22:04 95 Daniel Eaton (USA) Bissell Development Team 23:21 96 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 23:22 97 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 23:46 98 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 23:55 99 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 100 Andre Almeida (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-Sao Jose Dos Campos 101 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 102 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Team Garmin-Sharp 103 Gregory Daniel (USA) Bissell Development Team 104 Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 24:17 105 Andrea Vaccher (Ita) Lampre-Merida 25:08 106 Michael Friedman (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 25:36 107 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 25:38 108 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 26:15 109 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategie 26:44 110 Antonio Fernando Prestes Garnero (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest-S 26:58 111 Johnathan Freter (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 27:36 112 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 27:41 113 Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home 29:01 114 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 30:08 115 Pedro Autran Dourado Dutra Nicacio (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest 30:26