le tour of utah

cleft-chinned and exceedingly handsome PR specialist,
George Hincapie warms up for the prologue stage

One year ago, I did a fairly commendable job of completely missing out on the Tour of Utah, despite feeling genuinely interested when it rolled through town (and literally past my doorstep). Perhaps I was too busy being a totally radical bicycle messenger, or simply couldn't be arsed to follow a non-UCI event. However, now that it is officially sanctioned, I am officially out of excuses. Doesn't hurt that the company for whom I am employed, was one of the tour's main sponsors, as well as one of the major contending teams in the race. This made it much easier to stick my camera in the faces of certain riders, with the protection of a VIP badge, hanging from my neck. Now that I've let more than a few days (re; a few weeks) elapse, I'd be more than remiss for not posting anything at all. So here's the Picassa album with the rest of my ToU favorites.

2011 Tour of Utah

Enjoy.

le tour recovery

The Tour of Utah came to its spectacular conclusion today atop Snowbird Resort in the Little Cottonwood Canyon. Somewhere between the last week of zipping between waypoints, and swinging cowbells, I managed to sneak in a photograph or two thousand. Some of beautiful bicycles, some of suffering on climbs, and some of podium elation. But rather than sift through and post any number of the potential hundreds of favorites, it was a snapshot amidst the post-stage chaos that really stood out...

...when Salt Lake favorite, and BMC rider Jeff Louder shared a quiet moment with his wife and newborn son shortly after nabbing the "Best Local Rider" jersey for his stellar time trial performance that evening. This little guy is going to grow up with one hell of a cycling coach. Maybe even swoop that jersey from dad in a few years.

Hope to have another blurb or a few more photos up on Picasa soonish, but I wouldn't recommend holding your breath. This sunburn isn't going to treat itself.