VOLUME 13 NUMBER 6 FREE AUGUST 2005 cycling utah SUMMER RIDES SUMMER FUN! •Calendar of Events - p. 12 •Tour de France Perspectives - p. 2 •Utah State Open Championships - p. 8 DIRT •Brian Head Trail of the Month - p. 4 •Lou and Julie’s Big Tour - p. 3 PAVEMENT •Results - p. 14 ADVOCACY • 12 Hours of Endurance - p. 16 RACING •Industry Buzz - p. 5 •Enhancement Spending - p. 6 TOURING •MS 150 Wrap - p. 13 MOUNTAIN WEST CYCLING JOURNAL 2 cycling utah.com AUGUST 2005 TOUR DE FRANCE thinking, 'oh crap, I have a hun- I arrived in France at the begin- dred more to go...' I hold cycling ning of the Tour, but opted to take cycling utah A New Perspective of the Tour de very dear to my heart as I am a some time for ourselves to be P.O. Box 57980 fan first and fore most. It's an tourists as it was our first time in Murray, UT 84157-0980 France incredible sport and has brought Europe. We primarily stayed in www.cyclingutah.com me to where I am today, a coach northern France and didn't drop You can reach us by phone: By Tommy Murphy the Tour de France. The story of with Carmichael Training down to the Tour until the moun- (801) 268-2652 Fabio Casartelli, Lance Systems. tains. Being our first Tour, neither Our Fax number: one of us new what to expect When looking back in life, I Armstrong's Motorola teammate, I have been very fortunate to (801) 263-1010 other than what we were told by would have to say my fascination and his death on the Col du Portet work with Chris and the crew at CTS for the past three years, and friends and colleagues. with cycling came at a young age, d'Aspet in the 15th stage of the when the opportunity arose to go Our first day at the Tour was but it wasn't until high school 1995 Tour de France. That article to the Tour de France this year, I just amazing. It was stage 14 with when my eyes were truly opened brought me to the sport as my jumped. What began only as a the mountain top finish on Ax-3 to the sport and the Tour de interest in cycling went from rides simple conversation with a friend Domaines. Tyler and I had differ- to Grandma's to racing. France. I remember the days as a and colleague of mine, Tyler ent objectives at the Tour with It wasn't until my freshman child watching my older brother Wilhelmsen, turned into an oppor- mine being more team/media year in college that I purchased a pull his blue Schwinn ten speed tunity of a lifetime as I soon found related. Each stage we made dif- road bike. As a student at Utah out of the garage to go ride with myself in Paris. The Tour is an ferent game plans and on stage 14, Dave Iltis, Editor & friends. It all began with the fami- State University, the only thing incredible event. I've had the Tyler opted to ride the Port de ly tradition of riding our bikes to cyclists talk about in Logan is the opportunity to attend and work the Pailhères while I did the final Advertising Grandma's. It was always a high- LOTOJA this and the LOTOJA biggest races in the U.S. as a climb of the day, Ax-3 Domaines. [email protected] light to go visit Grandma especial- that. With a longest ride of 70 coach and team director, so I was- The climbs throughout the ly when Mom and Dad gave us miles and only 3 months of expe- n't really sure what to expect of Pyrenees and Alps are amazing. David R. Ward, Publisher the go ahead to ride there. As a rience on a road bike, the thought the Tour. I guess you could say I They're beautiful and the scenery [email protected] youngster on a bmx bike those 10 of LOTOJA was far fetched, but was going into the Tour like Chris is just incredible, but nothing I miles to Grandma's seemed liked needless to say, a challenge that Horner, totally blind. Here in the haven't seen before in terms of dif- Contributors: Greg Overton, an eternity, but in turn, some of had to be taken. I hold that first states, it's really not that hard to ficulty. The climbs are, of course Neal Skorpen, Gregg Bromka, the best miles I have ever logged. LOTOJA dear to my heart as it get those coveted team/media cre- tough, but not ridiculous. I've rid- Ben Simonson, Michael I had no real knowledge of cycling challenged me not only physically dentials for races that everyone den worse here in the west. I think Gonzales, Lou Melini, Charles Pekow, Joaquim Hailer, Todd and the Tour de France as a child but mentally and emotionally. It seeks, but I soon found out that I the toughest thing about the as media coverage of the sport was a ten hour and twenty-four mountains in France is the heat. Tanner, Jason Bultman, Tommy was playing with a whole new ball Murphy, Kevin Day, Brittany was next to none. It wasn't until minute ride of truth. I remember The mountains are relatively low of fire when applying for my Tour Clarke high school that my fascination for hitting that 100 mile mark outside credentials. Needless to say, after in altitude compared to the moun- tains found here in the west, so the Tour began to grow. I remem- of Soda Springs and thinking to months of applications, emails and Distribution: Michael ber that day reading Sports myself, 'holy crap, I just rode a letters I was finally awarded that temperatures don't drop as dramat- Gonzales, Rachel Gonzales, Illustrated and their coverage of 100 miles,' then 2 seconds later 'golden' pass to the Tour. Tyler and ically as you gain elevation. On David Montgomery, Doug Stage 14, when I rode Ax-3 Kartcher Domaines it was 102 degrees. It (To add your business to our reminded me of climbs such as free distribution, give us a Little Cottonwood and North call) Ogden Divide where there's little shade coverage on the road, total Administrative Assistant: exposure to the sun, with the Lindsay Ross steepness of Millcreek Canyon. The climb in itself isn't too diffi- cycling utah is published cult; it was just the raw heat that eight times a year beginning made things hard. On Ax-3 in March and continuing Domaines, Lance Armstrong and I monthly through October. shared one thing in common and it wasn't how fast we rode the climb. Annual Subscription rate: It took me over an hour to get to $12 the top while Lance and company (Send in a check to covered the climb in around 30 our P.O. Box) minutes. What we had in common Postage paid in Murray, UT was we both drank three bottles on that ascent. While watching the Editorial and photographic con- Tour on TV, you rarely see how tributions are welcome. Send via much these guys truly eat and email to [email protected]. drink. On that day Lance probably Or, send via mail and please went through twelve or more bot- include a stamped, self- tles in route to the finish on Ax-3 addressed envelope to return Domaines. unused material. Submission of Over the years watching and articles and accompanying art- reading about the Tour, the Tour work to cycling utah is the has become mystical in a way to author’s warranty that the mater- ial is in no way an infringement me. I've always had this impres- upon the rights of others and that sion that the Tour is on another the material may be published level and of the incredible caliber without additional approval. of riders that are needed to partake Permission is required to reprint in its running. After following the any of the contents of this publi- Tour and being around the teams cation. and riders for two weeks, I have a Cycling Utah is free, limit one whole new understanding of the copy per person. race. It's an incredible event but © 2005 cycling utah when you really look at the riders, Pick up a copy of we're only talking about the same cycling utah at your 30 or 40 guys day in and day out. favorite bike shop! There's another 160 riders in the race who are just like many of the riders racing on our national cir- cuit here in the U.S. This year 21 teams partook in the Tour of which 20 of the teams were Pro Tour teams. The only non-Pro Cover Photo: Cyndi Schwandt Tour team was the French AG2r continental team. Of the 21 teams, at the 12 Hours of the E100. 5 of the teams were French based teams. This year nine Americans Photo: Joaquim Hailer See the article on page 16. Continued on page 7 AUGUST 2005 cycling utah.com 3 TOURING tail winds, enabling us to enter The next two days we rode just “young” is interesting, I have a Jackson, Wyoming after 2 _ days. over 60 miles a day through Teton journal entry from my 1975 trip in We again did 80 miles on day 2, and into Yellowstone National which I describe an older cyclist but in 1_- hours quicker.