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Provo, Utah (August 7, 2006) - After a hectic start
to today's mainly flat 105-mile first stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour
of Utah, Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada's Jesse Anthony spent most of the
race in a two-rider breakaway, winning the day's only King of the Mountain
points and taking the lead in the best climber competition.
Shortly after starting out from Provo under near-perfect conditions, riders
encountered crosswinds gusting to over 50mph followed by a section of road
where dust and sand reduced visibility to only a few feet.
"It was the closest thing to Desert Storm that I've ever experienced," said
Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada Operations Manager Kurt Stockton, who piloted
the team car through the tempest.
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Jesse in the KOM jersey
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But by the time the field reached the 25-mile mile
mark, the weather had calmed and Anthony soon found himself off the front
with Clayton Barrows (Team Einstein's Cycling).
For a time, their gap held steady at just over one minute but eventually
grew out to nearly ten minutes by the time they reached the feed zone with
roughly 40 miles left to race.
Over the rest of the course, Anthony easily took both sprint points as well
as the KOM points but by the time that he and Barrows reached the finishing
circuits in downtown Provo, their gap was under a minutes.
After dropping Barrows on the last lap, Anthony held out until the final
mile before Sergey Lagutin (Navigators Insurance) won the bunch sprint.
Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada's Dominique Perras made a rare field sprint
appearance and earned a hard-fought 8th place stage result.
With no KOM points available in tomorrow's flat road race or in Wednesday's
time trial, Anthony will wear the KOM leader's jersey through Thursday's
stage to Mount Nebo.
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