August 21, 2009 (Mount Nebo, UT) – Stage 2 of the 2009 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah lived up to its billing as one of the most difficult stages in American racing. Beginning at Lehi’s Thanksgiving Point, the riders skirted the west and south shores of Utah Lake before tackling the 20-mile climb to the summit finish on Mount Nebo.

After an extended neutral start due to road construction the attacks came hot and heavy. While no moves stayed away immediately, the peloton was very active. Several riders crashed but, thankfully were able to rejoin the field and continue the race.

At mile 22 the right mix of riders was able to establish a gap. The break included team mates Ben King and Ben Day (Fly V Australia), Will Duggan (Team Type 1), Jonathan Garcia (BMC), Frank Pipp (Bissell), Bobby Sweeting (Land Rover-Orbea) , Taylor Sheldon (Felt-Holoweski Partners), and Jared Gilyard (Ride Clean). As the break moved through Goshen, for the day’s hot spot sprint, the kids from Goshen Elementary cheered the riders on. The hot spot sprint was taken by Sweeting (Land Rover-Orbea).

At the base of the day’s major climb in Payson, the break had extended its lead to 3:30. As the road tilted upward, the break began to shed riders. Taylor Shelding and Bobby Sweeting were the first to come off the pace, followed by Will Duggan, Jared Gilyard, and finally Frank Pipp. Ben Day, Ben King and Jonathan Garcia soldiered on, only to be swallowed up by the chase group at mile 62.

Once the riders from the days break had been caught, Darren Lill (Team Type 1) showed why he is one of the best climbers in the world by mounting an impressive attack. Marked by Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing), Lill quickly opened up a gap on a cadre of the race’s best climbers who had emerged from the peloton. After dropping Sevilla, Lill was able to hold on to his lead for the last 10 miles and finish with a 22 second margin on the race leader Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing). Mancebo slipped away from the chase group for second place, followed by last year’s overall winner Jeff Louder (BMC), in third.

Results
1. Darren Lill (Team Type1) 3:00:21
2. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Rock Racing) 0:00:22
3. Jeff Louder (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:00:26
4. Patrick McCarty (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis)
5. Matthew Busche (Kelly Benfit Strategies)
6. Anthony Colby (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home)
7. Christopher Baldwin (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:00:42
8. Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) 0:01:09
9. Philip Zajicek (Fly V Australia)
10. Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:02:15
11. Max Jenkins (KFAN Composite Team) 0:02:36
12. Brent Bookwalter (BMC Pro Cycling Team)
13. Bjorn Selander (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG)
14. Alex Howes (Garmin/Felt)
15. Tyler Wren (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home)
16. Alexander Hagman (Ciclismo Racing)
17. Aaron Olsen (KFAN Composite Team)
18. Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benfit Strategies)
19. Chad Beyer (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:02:59
20. Dan Bowman (Kelly Benfit Strategies)
21. Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling)
22. Peter Horn (Team Rio Grande)
23. Steve Bovay (BMC Pro Cycling Team)
24. David Zabriskie (Garmin Slipstream)
25. Matthew Cooke (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:03:18
26. Moises Aldape (Team Type1) 0:05:24
27. Kirk Carlsen (Garmin/Felt) 0:06:05
28. Jim Camut (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF)
29. Rob Britton (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 0:07:07
30. Justin England (California Giant Berry Farms)
31. Nathaniel English (ZteaM)
32. John Hunt (California Giant Berry Farms)
33. Scott Tietzel (KFAN Composite Team)
34. Peter Stetina (Garmin/Felt)
35. Jesse Moore (California Giant Berry Farms)
36. Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing)
37. Bradley White (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis)
38. Jonathan Baker (KFAN Composite Team)
39. Andrew Guptill (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 0:08:18
40. Daniel Vaillancourt (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home)
41. Nate Page (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:08:33
42. Norman Bryner (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:08:38
43. John Eisinger (Ciclismo Racing)
44. Ian Gray (Ciclismo Racing)
45. Floyd Landis (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:09:00
46. Chris Jones (Team Type1) 0:11:03
47. David Clinger (Cole Sport)
48. Benjamin King (Fly V Australia)
49. Jonathan Garcia (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:11:23
50. Reid Mumford (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:11:34
51. Chase Pinkham (Canyon Bicycles All Stars)
52. Erik Slack (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com)
53. James Mattis (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:12:42
54. Ryohei Komori (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 0:12:44
55. Nic Hamilton (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 0:13:25
56. Julian Kyer (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG)
57. Peter Salon (Garmin/Felt)
58. Victor Hugo Pena (Rock Racing)
59. David Glick (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:13:54
60. Bill Demong (Cole Sport) 0:14:11
61. Zack Simons (Cole Sport)
62. Colt Trant (KFAN Composite Team) 0:14:29
63. Justin Laue (ZteaM)
64. Frank Pipp (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:15:16
65. Ian Macgregor (Team Type1)
66. Benjamin Day (Fly V Australia) 0:15:27
67. Brandon Lynch (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com)
68. David Talbott (Team Waste Management)
69. Ian McKissick (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:16:22
70. Corey Collier (Team Rio Grande) 0:17:10
71. Christopher Phipps (ZteaM) 0:17:13
72. David Harward (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:18:31
73. Jared Gilyard (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:19:42
74. Will Dugan (Team Type1) 0:20:08
75. Christopher Hong (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com) 0:20:32
76. David Veilleux (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:22:08
77. Alex Candelario (Kelly Benfit Strategies)
78. Paul Thomas (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:22:34
79. John Murphy (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis)
80. Troy Heithecker (Team Rio Grande)
81. Todd Hageman (Cole Sport)
82. Eric Jeppsen (Cole Sport)
83. Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grande)
84. Jamie Sparling (Trek Red Truck Cycling)
85. Timothy Johnson (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis)
86. Ben King (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG)
87. Chris Barton (BMC Pro Cycling Team)
88. Chris Winn (Team Rio Grande)
89. Stefano Barberi (ZteaM)
90. Scott Stewart (Team Waste Management)
91. Michael Booth (Canyon Bicycles All Stars)
92. Ryan Baumann (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG)
93. Bernie Sulzberger (Fly V Australia)
94. Evan Hyde (Cole Sport)
95. Carter Jones (Team Waste Management)
96. Jose Erique Gutierrez Cataluna (Rock Racing)
97. Michael Telega (California Giant Berry Farms)
98. Jared Barrilleaux (California Giant Berry Farms)
99. Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling)
100. Paul Mach (Bissell Pro Cycling)
101. Evan Elken (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF)
102. Andrew Talansky (KFAN Composite Team)
103. Eric Pardyjak (Canyon Bicycles All Stars)
104. Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling)
105. Alessandro Bazzanna (Fly V Australia)
106. Benjamin Kneller (Ciclismo Racing)
107. Roman Van Uden (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF)
108. James Wingert (ZteaM)
109. Alex Rock (Canyon Bicycles All Stars)
110. Cameron Evans (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis)
111. Daniel Holt (Team Type1)
112. Paul Esposti (Ciclismo Racing)
113. Roman Kilun (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis)
114. Guido Palma (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home)
115. Jesse Gordon (Canyon Bicycles All Stars)
116. Josh Bartlett (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF)
117. Sam Bewley (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG)
118. Kevin Noiles (Trek Red Truck Cycling)
119. Jesse Sergent (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG)
120. Omer Kem (Bissell Pro Cycling)
121. Kiel Reijnen (Team Rio Grande)
122. Will Routley (Trek Red Truck Cycling)
123. Vincent Owens (ZteaM)
124. Kai Applequist (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com) 0:22:46
125. Chris Stuart (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com)
126. Daniel Ramsey (ZteaM) 0:23:04
127. Nick Frey (Ciclismo Racing) 0:29:10
128. Brad Bingham (Team Rio Grande)
129. Taylor Shelden (Garmin/Felt)
130. Raymond Kreder (Garmin/Felt)
131. Walker Savidge (Garmin/Felt)
132. Adam Thuss (Trek Red Truck Cycling)
133. Morgan Schmitt (Bissell Pro Cycling)
134. Dave Vukets (Trek Red Truck Cycling)
135. Sergio Hernandez (Rock Racing)
136. Ryan Anderson (Kelly Benfit Strategies)
137. Aaron Tuckerman (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF)
138. Ivan Dominguez (Rock Racing)
139. Osvaldo Olmos (California Giant Berry Farms)

GC after Stage 2
1. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Rock Racing) 6:31:44
2. Darren Lill (Team Type1) 0:00:35
3. Jeff Louder (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:00:40
4. Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) 0:01:02
5. Patrick McCarty (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis)
6. Matthew Busche (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:01:03
7. Christopher Baldwin (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:01:10
8. Anthony Colby (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 0:01:12
9. Philip Zajicek (Fly V Australia) 0:01:40
10. Brent Bookwalter (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:02:50
11. Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:02:54
12. Tyler Wren (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 0:03:06
13. Alex Howes (Garmin/Felt) 0:03:10
14. Bjorn Selander (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 0:03:12
15. David Zabriskie (Garmin Slipstream) 0:03:15
16. Alexander Hagman (Ciclismo Racing)
17. Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:03:16
18. Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:03:22
19. Dan Bowman (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:03:36
20. Peter Horn (Team Rio Grande)
21. Chad Beyer (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:03:42
22. Matthew Cooke (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:03:55
23. Aaron Olsen (KFAN Composite Team) 0:04:21
24. Max Jenkins (KFAN Composite Team) 0:04:29
25. Steve Bovay (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:04:47
26. Moises Aldape (Team Type1) 0:05:55
27. Jim Camut (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF) 0:06:45
28. Kirk Carlsen (Garmin/Felt) 0:06:46
29. Bradley White (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:07:36
30. Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing)
31. Peter Stetina (Garmin/Felt)
32. Jonathan Baker (KFAN Composite Team) 0:07:41
33. Rob Britton (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 0:07:46
34. Scott Tietzel (KFAN Composite Team)
35. Jesse Moore (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:08:01
36. Justin England (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:08:50
37. Daniel Vaillancourt (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 0:09:03
38. Ian Gray (Ciclismo Racing) 0:09:17
39. John Hunt (California Giant Berry Farms)
40. Floyd Landis (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:09:38
41. Andrew Guptill (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 0:10:11
42. Nate Page (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:10:31
43. John Eisinger (Ciclismo Racing) 0:10:33
44. David Clinger (Cole Sport) 0:11:41
45. Chris Jones (Team Type1) 0:12:51
46. Reid Mumford (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:13:13
47. Chase Pinkham (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:13:23
48. Erik Slack (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com) 0:13:31
49. Julian Kyer (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 0:13:56
50. Victor Hugo Pena (Rock Racing) 0:14:00
51. Nic Hamilton (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 0:15:18
52. Bill Demong (Cole Sport) 0:16:10
53. Jonathan Garcia (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:16:11
54. Peter Salon (Garmin/Felt) 0:16:27
55. Benjamin Day (Fly V Australia) 0:17:07
56. Ian Macgregor (Team Type1) 0:17:08
57. Nathaniel English (ZteaM) 0:17:27
58. Ian McKissick (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:17:46
59. Corey Collier (Team Rio Grande) 0:17:49
60. James Mattis (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:17:56
61. David Glick (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:19:06
62. Justin Laue (ZteaM) 0:19:41
63. Ryohei Komori (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 0:20:59
64. Norman Bryner (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:22:12
65. David Veilleux (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:22:28
66. Benjamin King (Fly V Australia) 0:22:32
67. Colt Trant (KFAN Composite Team) 0:22:33
68. Christopher Hong (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com) 0:22:52
69. Sam Bewley (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 0:22:57
70. Scott Stewart (Team Waste Management) 0:23:06
71. Frank Pipp (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:23:19
72. David Talbott (Team Waste Management) 0:23:31
73. Brandon Lynch (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com) 0:23:35
74. Christopher Phipps (ZteaM) 0:24:00
75. Will Routley (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 0:24:10
76. Timothy Johnson (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:24:13
77. Roman Kilun (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:24:15
78. Carter Jones (Team Waste Management) 0:24:20
79. Bernie Sulzberger (Fly V Australia) 0:24:23
80. Cameron Evans (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:24:25
81. Kevin Noiles (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 0:24:51
82. Jared Gilyard (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:24:59
83. David Harward (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:26:26
84. Alex Candelario (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:27:11
85. Jesse Sergent (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 0:27:15
86. Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:27:17
87. Ben King (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 0:27:30
88. Roman Van Uden (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF)
89. Paul Esposti (Ciclismo Racing) 0:27:34
90. Andrew Talansky (KFAN Composite Team) 0:27:40
91. Chris Winn (Team Rio Grande) 0:27:50
92. Michael Booth (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:27:56
93. Jose Erique Gutierrez Cataluna (Rock Racing) 0:28:06
94. Will Dugan (Team Type1) 0:28:08
95. Paul Mach (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:30:13
96. Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:30:21
97. Jared Barrilleaux (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:30:25
98. Jamie Sparling (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 0:30:31
99. Jesse Gordon (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:30:36
100. Evan Hyde (Cole Sport)
101. Ryan Baumann (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG)
102. Omer Kem (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:30:37
103. Stefano Barberi (ZteaM) 0:30:42
104. Todd Hageman (Cole Sport) 0:30:49
105. Evan Elken (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF) 0:30:51
106. Kiel Reijnen (Team Rio Grande) 0:31:25
107. Guido Palma (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 0:32:51
108. Benjamin Kneller (Ciclismo Racing) 0:32:54
109. Paul Thomas (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:32:59
110. Vincent Owens (ZteaM) 0:33:01
111. Daniel Ramsey (ZteaM) 0:33:33
112. Chris Barton (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:33:35
113. James Wingert (ZteaM) 0:33:57
114. Taylor Shelden (Garmin/Felt) 0:33:58
115. Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grande) 0:34:03
116. Zack Simons (Cole Sport) 0:34:10
117. Josh Bartlett (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF) 0:34:15
118. Ryan Anderson (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:35:31
119. Ivan Dominguez (Rock Racing) 0:35:36
120. Eric Jeppsen (Cole Sport) 0:35:46
121. Kai Applequist (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com) 0:35:49
122. John Murphy (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:35:51
123. Troy Heithecker (Team Rio Grande) 0:36:09
124. Eric Pardyjak (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:36:25
125. Nick Frey (Ciclismo Racing) 0:36:58
126. Dave Vukets (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 0:37:28
127. Daniel Holt (Team Type1) 0:38:32
128. Adam Thuss (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 0:39:42
129. Morgan Schmitt (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:39:45
130. Michael Telega (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:39:57
131. Sergio Hernandez (Rock Racing)
132. Alex Rock (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:40:09
133. Chris Stuart (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com)
134. Aaron Tuckerman (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF) 0:40:31
135. Raymond Kreder (Garmin/Felt) 0:40:32
136. Alessandro Bazzanna (Fly V Australia) 0:42:45
137. Walker Savidge (Garmin/Felt) 0:42:55
138. Brad Bingham (Team Rio Grande) 0:45:19
139. Osvaldo Olmos (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:56:05