tour of utah - stage 3

The third stage of the Tour of Utah took place at 6:30 p.m. Friday night at Miller Motorsports Park in Erda/Tooele.  We got out there faster than we expected so we stopped in for a pre-race beer at the Tracks Sports Bar in Tooele, not something I would necessarily recommend.  I mean, I like dive bars but this wasn't a dive: it was kind of skanky, but not in a having-character way.  Still, beer.

Miller Motorsports Park is a huge and (apparently - what do I know from race tracks) sophisticated racing facility.  We wandered around the garage bays for quite some time, checking out the emaciated cyclists and their really expensive bikes. 

Levi's time trial bike

This stage was a time trial: a twisty, turny, flat 9.2 mile course. Although there is a grandstand overlooking the track, we couldn't find spots at the rail and instead opted to sit trackside, just beyond the finish line where we could see the cyclists coming.  My friend Jody from work and her husband, both avid road cyclists, met us there and we watched the race together.

Stage 3 jerseys: Ian Boswell (young rider), Paco Mancebo (KOM),

Darren Lill (Utah rider), Levi (overall), David Tanner (sprinter)

Young cyclist-to-watch Taylor Phinney won the time trial, giving him the stage win; Levi came in just two seconds behind him - pretty good for having 16 years on Taylor.