James Piccoli pulls on Tour of Utah’s first yellow jersey after prologue victory
Elevate-KHS's Canadian continues fine season
Canada’s James Piccoli rocked Monday’s hilly prologue of the 15th Larry H.Miller Tour of Utah to grab the seven day race’s first yellow jersey. The Elevate-KHS rider rolled the 5.3-km course at Snowbird resort in 8:37, six seconds faster than three riders including Romanian Pro Continental/Continental mainstay Sergei Tvetcov.
Congrats to James Piccoli for winning the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies “Yellow Jersey” @LHM @ElevateKHSPro pic.twitter.com/LvujUDSo44
— The Tour of Utah (@TourofUtah) August 12, 2019
Out of the 5.3 km, 2.5 km was climbing.
The opening stage of #TOU2019 is officially underway. Watch the prologue live here ? https://t.co/ss2GdKurMi pic.twitter.com/wdtc0FhSbU
— EF Pro Cycling (@EFprocycling) August 12, 2019
Piccoli knocked Lawson Craddock off the hot seat to earn his third stage triumph of the season.
Piccoli has been on fire this year, with a 2019 palmares boasting the Tour of the Gila title and three runner-up spots, including one the Tour de Beauce.
James Piccoli (Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling) set the fastest time at finish. He has had very strong season in stage races.
Tour de Taiwan – 2
Joe Martin Stage Race – 2
Tour of the Gila – 1
Tour de Beauce – 2#TOU2019 pic.twitter.com/4nnN5VUny0— ammattipyöräily (@ammattipyoraily) August 12, 2019
Guillaume Boivin was the eighth fastest rider at 8:52 and 2017 champ Rob Britton was 14th as the last man to ride.
2017 TOU Champion Rob Britton @RallyUHCcycling is our last rider on course! pic.twitter.com/F50WqGR2vW
— The Tour of Utah (@TourofUtah) August 12, 2019
The Tour of Utah continues Tuesday with six categorized climbs including a 1.2 km, 8.1 percent ascent on each of the five finishing circuits in North Logan.
2019 Tour of Utah Prologue
1) James Piccoli (Canada/Elevate-KHS) 8:37
2) Lawson Craddock (USA/EF Education First) +0:06
3) Sergei Tvetcov (Romania/Floyd’s Pro Cycling) s.t.