Cycling Utah Magazine August 2015 Issue
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AUGUST 2015 cycling utah.com 1 VOLUME 23 NUMBER 6 FREE AUGUST 2015 cycling utah utah • Idaho • WyomIng • nevada • W. Colorado • n. arIzona • montana 2015 UTAH, IDAHO, WYOMING, NEVADA, & WESTERN STATES EVENT CALENDAR INSIDE! ROAD MOUNTAIN FEATURING: •27 plus mtb •IntermountaIn BIKES TRIATHLON LIVEWELL CLUB •ebIkes for PROFILE TOURING TOURING •Crusher In the •fat bIkIng TUSHAR AROUND THE RACING •reCoverIng GREAT SALT LAKE COMMUTING FROM A BIKE •Commuter ACCIDENT COLUMN ADVOCACY •mountaIn bIke •mIllIon mIles MOUNTAIN WEST CYCLING MAGAZINE WEST CYCLING MOUNTAIN TIRE PRESSURE AT MILLER 2 cycling utah.com AUGUST 2015 SPEAKING OF SPOKES The Tour: A Tremendous and Tiresome Race ishers. Who would dominate? With as the sprint victories eluded him. the best-ranked climber. This was a By David Ward Marcel Kittel absent due to injuries, Then there was the question of moment he had dreamed of since he would Mark Cavendish reign as the who the winners of each of the indi- was a kid. The Tour de France is finally sprint king? Would André Greipel vidual stages would be. Each stage Then, of course, there are the 4543 S. 700 E., Suite 200 over. It has been long, hard month, overcome Cavendish’s dominance? is a separate race, and each is excit- tragedies and disappointments. For Salt Lake City, UT 84107 and while it has been exciting, it is Would crowd favorite Peter Sagan ing. Of the 20 individual stage wins us Americans, there was the sudden time to rest and recoup. For me, that end his nearly two year drought of available (one was a team time trial collapse of Tejay Van Garderen on www.cyclingutah.com is. I suppose the riders may be tired, Tour stage wins? won by BMC), there were 16 dif- Stage 16 that result is his withdrawal Phone: (801) 268-2652 Fax: (801) 263-1010 too, but they don’t have it nearly as No, yes and no. Indeed, during the ferent winners. In many of these, from the race while sitting third over- tough as I do, a Tour fanatic. They at first week, Greipel won two sprint the winner was the final survivor of all. He had been looking very strong, Dave Iltis, Editor & Advertising least have a good night’s rest after a finishes in Stages 2 and 5, would a breakaway group. These were all and this turn of events was odd and [email protected] regular work day. go on to win another sprint finish exciting, but the breakaway wins by left me, for one, scratching my head. Meanwhile, I go to work during in Stage 15, and cap that off with a Romain Bardet, Joaquim Rodriguez, There are many such stories, both David R. Ward, Publisher the day, then come home and, after great sprint victory the final day on Reuben Perez, Tony Martin, Simon exhilarating and disappointing, dur- [email protected] doing only the essential household the Champs-Elysées.. With 4 sprint Geschke and Thibaud Pinot had me ing the Tour, and it is a true reality and other duties, sit down at the TV victories, the last one being the jewel particularly on edge as I tensed to show to watch these stories unfold Contributors: Ben Simonson, for several hours to watch the stage win on the Champs-Elysées, Greipel see if they could hold out till the day to day as riders battle for stage Michael Gonzales, Lou recorded earlier that day. Throughout became this year’s sprint king. finish. While pulling for many of wins, the green jersey, the polka dot Melini, Wayne Cottrell, Lukas my work day, I have to make a Sagan, meanwhile, would have these breakaways, I was admittedly jersey, the white jersey (best young Brinkerhoff, Ian Scharine, Davey concerted effort to avoid any news 5 second place finishes but no wins. hoping Sagan would catch Perez, rider) and the yellow jersey. With Davis, Charles Pekow, Phil about that day’s stage, and warn Still, he kept life exciting in sev- American Andrew Talansky would nearly every stage comes such a Sarnoff, David Ward, Dave Iltis, Steven Sheffield, Mel Bashore, friends against spoiler alerts. Then, eral of what might otherwise have catch Geschke, and Quintana would story. Jamie Morningstar, XOTIO.com, after staying up till midnight or later been mundane stages by getting in catch Pinot. But I, with everyone But let’s be honest: In the end, the Chris See, Fahzure Freeride, to watch the coverage, I have to arise the breakaways. There, however, he else, could not help but be moved Tour is about the yellow jersey. But Michael Turner, Rachel Anders, with a couple of hours less than my would often be stymied when every- when Geschke, a veteran with no not just who will have it when arriv- Chris Magerl, Mark Deterline, usual sleep to take on the next day. one else in the breakaway was riding major victory before in his career, ing in Paris. There is also the battle Eric Yelsa, Kenneth Evans, And that is in addition to all the other against him. Though his efforts still could only weep as he tried to answer to see who can snag it for a day or Hunter Heathfield, Steve Cox, normal and usual things I have to left him short of victories, they did journalists’ questions. This was great two or more along the way. It start- Claire Wiley, Jan Drake, Ricky do throughout the month of July. It result in his fourth consecutive green stuff. ed out per tradition with Vincenzo Bangerter, Ravell Call, Sylvia makes for a hard month. jersey (sprint points competition). By There are also the unexpected Nibali as last year’s winner, but was Turner, Scott Filipiak, Cathy So why do I do it? Simple. It is the capturing most of the intermediate stories that inevitably arise from a taken by BMC’s Rohan Dennis who Batten most exciting sporting event around. sprints as a result of being in these month long stage race. For Daniel won the opening individual time trial Sure, as a cyclist, I am biased. But breaks, and by placing high in oth- Teklehaimanot, his Tour participa- with a surprising victory over the Distribution: Dave, Karma, and Marinda Ward, Doug Kartcher, the Tour is about much more than ers and the sprint finishes, Sagan tion alone was a dream come true. favorite, Tony Martin. The next day, David Montgomery who wins. The Tour is a sporting outdistanced Greipel in the battle Hailing from Eritrea in Africa, there it crossed over to that well-known (To add your business to our event with so much happening on so for the green jersey despite Greipel’s were some political machinations veteran, Fabian Cancellara as a result free distribution list, give us a many different levels. And you get fantastic Tour performance. that nearly prevented him from par- of being better placed than Dennis at call)2 to experience it for nearly the entire Meanwhile, though Cavendish ticipation due to his country’s record the end of a wind-swept stage that month of July. did win Stage 7, he fell short of his on alleged human rights violations. split the peloton apart. Administrative Assistant: This year’s Tour exemplifies the and most everyone else’s expecta- And that was only after his team, Cancellara would wear the yellow Autumn Begay complex nature of the Tour with tions. But he gives credit where cred- MTN-Qhubeka, received a some- jersey only one day before withdraw- its many subplots, and it was espe- it is due, to Greipel for instance, and what surprising invitation to even ing from the Tour prior to the start of cycling utah is published eight cially exciting. In typical fashion, never makes excuses for his perfor- participate in the Tour. To top it off, Stage 4 as a result of fractured verte- times a year beginning in March the first week was comprised primar- mances. For this and other reasons, he managed to snag enough early brae received in a spectacular crash and continuing monthly through ily of flat stages that showcased the he is also a crowd favorite, and we all mountain points to earn and wear the (repeatedly replayed the remainder October. sports sprinters’ and short-burst fin- were on edge and then disappointed polka dot jersey for a few days as of the Tour) during the previous day’s Annual Subscription rate: $15 (Send in a check to Stage 3. Who can forget the image our address above) No refunds of Cancellara’s yellow bike flying on Subscriptions. through the air? Meanwhile, Froome Postage paid in Murray, UT donned the yellow jersey, only to lose it to Tony Martin following his Editorial and photographic con- breakaway victory in the final kilo- tributions are welcome. Send meters of Stage 4’s journey across via email to dave@cyclingutah. the cobbles of northern France. This com. Or, send via mail and please was an especially poignant moment include a stamped, self-addressed for Tony Martin who, despite his envelope to return unused mate- illustrious career, had never worn rial. Submission of articles and the yellow jersey. This was made all accompanying artwork to cycling utah is the author’s the more spectacular by the fact that, warranty that the material is in just prior to his bold attack to win the no way an infringement upon the stage and take the yellow jersey, he rights of others and that the mate- had flatted, been given a bike by his rial may be published without teammate, regained the lead group, additional approval.