August 23, 2009 (Snowbird, UT) – Stage 5 on the 2009 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah was a showcase for the best sprinters and their teams. The race was held on a 1.5 km rectangular course encompassing Library and Washington Squares in downtown Salt Lake City. Bernie Sulzberger (Fly V Australia) took home the days honors followed closely by US Professional Criterium champion John Murphy (OUCH), and Chris Barton (BMC).

Early rains gave way to overcast skies in time for the day’s stage. The course was warmed up by local amateur races, as well as kids participating in the Shimano youth series races. It was a rare opportunity to compete on the same course as the professionals.

The crowds were electrified by an early break away featuring local favorite David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream). Zabriskie was joined by David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit Strategies), Brent Bookwalter (BMC), and Amateur national Criterium champion Justin England (California Giant Strawberry).

Zabriskie drove the break to a maximum lead of 30 seconds in front of his home town crowd. Rock Racing kept the pace high to discourage attacks in defense of overall race leader Francisco Mancebo. Ouch-Maxxis put in some impressive work to bring the break back and set up the sprint for Murphy.

The break was brought back by the midway point and OUCH-Maxxis fired up their lead out train to set up their sprinter. In the finale Sulzberger played the spoiler as he launched his sprint off of the OUCH-Maxxis train and held on for the win.

The Teamgive.org Leader’s Jersey saw no changes, as Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) retained the overall race victory, with Darren Lill (Team Type 1) in second and Jeff Louder (BMC) in third. Louder also secured the 1st Endurance Best Utah Rider Jersey.

Veilleux’s efforts on the day vaulted him from fourth to first place to win the Larry H. Miller Sprinter Jersey. Alex Howes won both the Vitamin Water Best Young Riders Jersey and the Zions Bank King of the Mountains Jersey.

Results

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

Final GC

1. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Rock Racing) 12:28:35
2. Darren Lill (Team Type1) 0:00:46
3. Jeff Louder (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:01:29
4. Alex Howes (Garmin/Felt) 0:01:54
5. Philip Zajicek (Fly V Australia) 0:02:03
6. Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:02:18
7. Matthew Busche (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:02:36
8. Patrick McCarty (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:03:05
9. Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) 0:04:14
10. Brent Bookwalter (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:04:18
11. Dan Bowman (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:05:38
12. Matthew Cooke (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:07:24
13. Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing) 0:08:44
14. Peter Stetina (Garmin/Felt) 0:08:47
15. Max Jenkins (KFAN Composite Team) 0:09:02
16. Tyler Wren (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 0:09:25
17. Scott Tietzel (KFAN Composite Team) 0:10:20
18. Bradley White (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:10:32
19. Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:10:48
20. Peter Horn (Team Rio Grande) 0:10:57
21. Rob Britton (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 0:12:42
22. Andrew Guptill (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 0:14:26
23. Alexander Hagman (Ciclismo Racing) 0:14:32
24. Floyd Landis (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:15:44
25. Aaron Olsen (KFAN Composite Team) 0:17:29
26. Bjorn Selander (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 0:21:14
27. Christopher Baldwin (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:21:35
28. Chad Beyer (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:21:55
29. John Hunt (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:22:22
30. Zach Watson (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com) 0:23:26
31. Steve Bovay (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:25:12
32. Benjamin King (Fly V Australia) 0:26:50
33. Ian McKissick (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:26:53
34. Chris Jones (Team Type1) 0:26:54
35. Nathaniel English (ZteaM) 0:28:02
36. Nate Page (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:28:41
37. Daniel Vaillancourt (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home) 0:28:50
38. Jesse Moore (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:29:26
39. John Eisinger (Ciclismo Racing) 0:30:03
40. Peter Salon (Garmin/Felt) 0:30:23
41. David Clinger (Cole Sport) 0:30:53
42. Ian Macgregor (Team Type1) 0:31:48
43. Reid Mumford (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:31:56
44. Timothy Johnson (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:32:20
45. Chase Pinkham (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:32:23
46. Jim Camut (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF) 0:34:28
47. Bill Demong (Cole Sport) 0:34:29
48. Nic Hamilton (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 0:34:45
49. Erik Slack (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com) 0:34:55
50. Justin England (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:36:44
51. Jonathan Garcia (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:37:15
52. Justin Laue (ZteaM) 0:38:20
53. Victor Hugo Pena (Rock Racing) 0:39:05
54. David Glick (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:39:27
55. Ryohei Komori (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 0:41:21
56. Benjamin Day (Fly V Australia)
57. Colt Trant (KFAN Composite Team) 0:41:28
58. Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:41:33
59. David Veilleux (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:41:34
60. Frank Pipp (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:42:51
61. Jose Erique Gutierrez Cataluna (Rock Racing) 0:43:14
62. James Mattis (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:44:11
63. Christopher Hong (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com) 0:45:05
64. Christopher Phipps (ZteaM) 0:45:50
65. Paul Esposti (Ciclismo Racing) 0:45:59
66. Chris Winn (Team Rio Grande) 0:46:30
67. Alex Candelario (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:46:53
68. Andrew Talansky (KFAN Composite Team) 0:47:32
69. Bernie Sulzberger (Fly V Australia) 0:47:39
70. Will Dugan (Team Type1) 0:48:23
71. Jesse Sergent (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 0:48:24
72. Scott Stewart (Team Waste Management) 0:50:21
73. Chris Barton (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:50:56
74. Brandon Lynch (Team Bobs-Bicycles.com) 0:51:30
75. Taylor Shelden (Garmin/Felt) 0:51:41
76. Evan Hyde (Cole Sport) 0:51:58
77. Ben King (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 0:52:19
78. Roman Van Uden (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF) 0:52:56
79. Paul Mach (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:53:41
80. Zack Simons (Cole Sport) 0:56:15
81. David Talbott (Team Waste Management) 0:56:48
82. Norman Bryner (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:57:25
83. Stefano Barberi (ZteaM) 0:57:28
84. Jared Barrilleaux (California Giant Berry Farms) 0:57:49
85. Evan Elken (Land Rover-Orbea b/f the LAF) 0:58:08
86. Roman Kilun (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:58:22
87. Todd Hageman (Cole Sport) 0:58:45
88. John Murphy (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:58:58
89. David Harward (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 0:59:54
90. Morgan Schmitt (Bissell Pro Cycling) 1:00:48
91. Will Routley (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 1:01:42
92. Kiel Reijnen (Team Rio Grande) 1:02:13
93. Allen Krughoff (Team Rio Grande) 1:02:35
94. Kevin Noiles (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 1:03:17
95. Ryan Baumann (U23 Trek-LIVESTRONG) 1:04:17
96. Jesse Gordon (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 1:04:29
97. Troy Heithecker (Team Rio Grande) 1:07:14
98. Alessandro Bazzanna (Fly V Australia) 1:09:13
99. Vincent Owens (ZteaM) 1:09:22
100. Eric Pardyjak (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 1:11:51
101. James Wingert (ZteaM) 1:13:30
102. Adam Thuss (Trek Red Truck Cycling) 1:15:13
103. Eric Jeppsen (Cole Sport) 1:15:37
104. Alex Rock (Canyon Bicycles All Stars) 1:17:11
105. Michael Telega (California Giant Berry Farms) 1:18:11
106. Osvaldo Olmos (California Giant Berry Farms) 1:35:48