2018 Tour of Utah

The 2018 Tour of Utah was a seven-stage road cycling race held from August 6 to August 12, 2018, and the 14th edition of the Tour of Utah. It was rated as a 2.HC on the 2018 UCI America Tour.^[2]

2018 Tour of Utah

2018 UCI America Tour
Race details
Dates	August 6–12, 2018
Stages	6 + Prologue
Distance	863.9[1] km (536.8 mi)
Winning time	21h 41' 12"
Results
Winner  Sepp Kuss (USA) (LottoNL–Jumbo)   Second  Ben Hermans (BEL) (Israel Cycling Academy)   Third  Jack Haig (AUS) (Mitchelton–Scott)   Points  Travis McCabe (USA) (UnitedHealthcare)   Mountains  Sepp Kuss (USA) (LottoNL–Jumbo)   Youth  Luis Villalobos (MEX) (Aevolo)   Team EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
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Teams

Seventeen teams entered the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:^[3]

UCI WorldTeams

• BMC Racing Team
• LottoNL–Jumbo
• Trek–Segafredo
• EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
• Mitchelton–Scott

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Hagens Berman Axeon
• Israel Cycling Academy
• Rally Cycling
• Holowesko Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
• Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini
• UnitedHealthcare

UCI Continental teams

• 303Project
• Elevate–KHS Pro Cycling
• Mobius–BridgeLane
• Aevolo
• Jelly Belly–Maxxis
• Silber Pro Cycling Team

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2][4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
P	August 6	St. George	5.3 km (3.3 mi)		Individual time trial	Tejay van Garderen (USA)
1	August 7	Cedar City to Cedar City	162.5 km (101.0 mi)		Mountain stage	Travis McCabe (USA)
2	August 8	Payson to Payson	142.6 km (88.6 mi)		Mountain stage	Sepp Kuss (USA)
3	August 9	Antelope Island to Layton	167.4 km (104.0 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Travis McCabe (USA)
4	August 10	Salt Lake City to Salt Lake City	110.1 km (68.4 mi)		Hilly stage	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)
5	August 11	Canyons Resort to Snowbird	152.6 km (94.8 mi)		Mountain stage	Sepp Kuss (USA)
6	August 12	Park City to Park City	123.4 km (76.7 mi)		Mountain stage	Sepp Kuss (USA)

General Classification

Final general classification[5][6][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL–Jumbo 21h 41' 12" 2  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 2' 09" 3  Jack Haig (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 2' 21" 4  Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team + 2' 39" 5  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale + 2' 42" 6  Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale + 2' 58" 7  Keegan Swirbul (USA) Jelly Belly–Maxxis + 3' 39" 8  Luis Villalobos (MEX) Aevolo + 3' 57" 9  Michael Woods (CAN) EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale + 4' 38" 10  Peter Stetina (USA) Trek–Segafredo + 5' 50"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Sprints Classification	Mountains Classification	Young Rider Classification	Most Aggressive Classification	Team Classification
P	Tejay van Garderen	Tejay van Garderen	Tejay van Garderen	not awarded	Neilson Powless	Pascal Eenkhoorn	BMC Racing Team
1	Travis McCabe		Travis McCabe	Daan Olivier		Evan Huffman
2	Sepp Kuss	Sepp Kuss				Griffin Easter	EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
3	Travis McCabe					Rob Britton
4	Jasper Philipsen					Jonathan Clarke
5	Sepp Kuss			Sepp Kuss	Luis Villalobos	Kilian Frankiny
6	Sepp Kuss					Nathan Brown
Final		Sepp Kuss	Travis McCabe	Sepp Kuss	Luis Villalobos	Nathan Brown	EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale