2018 Tour of Utah

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2018 Tour of Utah

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size =

| series = 2018 UCI America Tour

| race_no =

| season_no =

| date = August 6–12, 2018

| stages = 6 + Prologue

| distance = 863.9{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/Utah/utah-tour.html|title=Tour of Utah (HC), USA|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=4 March 2019}}

| unit = km

| time = 21h 41' 12"

| first = Sepp Kuss

| first_nat = USA

| first_team = {{UCI team code|TLJ|2018}}

| second = Ben Hermans

| second_nat = BEL

| second_team = {{UCI team code|ICA|2018}}

| third = Jack Haig

| third_nat = AUS

| third_team = {{UCI team code|MTS men|2018}}

| points = Travis McCabe

| points_nat = USA

| points_team = {{UCI team code|UHC|2018}}

| mountains = Sepp Kuss

| mountains_nat = USA

| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|TLJ|2018}}

| youth = Luis Villalobos

| youth_nat = MEX

| youth_team = {{UCI team code|AEV|2018}}

| team = {{UCI team code|EFD|2018}}

| previous = 2017

| next = 2019

}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-utah-2018/|title=Tour of Utah 2018|work=Cycling News|accessdate=4 March 2019}}

Teams

Seventeen teams entered the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=119&y=2018&k=start|title=2018 The Larry H. Millar Tour of Utah|work=FirstCycling|accessdate=4 March 2019}}

{{cyclingteamlist|year=2018|title=UCI WorldTeams|BMC|TLJ|TFS|EFD|ORS}}

{{cyclingteamlist|year=2018|title=UCI Professional Continental teams|HBA|ICA|RLY|HCA|NIP|UHC}}

{{cyclingteamlist|year=2018|title=UCI Continental teams|3O3|ELV|BLN|AEV|WGC|SPC}}

Route

class="wikitable" \|+Stage characteristics and winners{{cite web\|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/Utah/2018-utah-tour.html\|title=2018 Tour of Utah (HC), USA\|work=BikeRaceInfo\|accessdate=4 March 2019}}
scope="col" \| Stage ! scope="col" \| Date ! scope="col" \| Course ! scope="col" \| Distance ! scope="col" colspan="2" \| Type ! scope="col" \| Stage winner
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| P \| style="text-align:center;" \| August 6 \| St. George \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{convert\|5.3\|km\|abbr=on}} \| File:Time Trial.svg \| Individual time trial \| {{flagathlete\|Tejay van Garderen\|USA}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| 1 \| style="text-align:center;" \| August 7 \| Cedar City to Cedar City \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{convert\|162.5\|km\|abbr=on}} \| File:Mountainstage.svg \| Mountain stage \| {{flagathlete\|Travis McCabe\|USA}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| 2 \| style="text-align:center;" \| August 8 \| Payson to Payson \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{convert\|142.6\|km\|abbr=on}} \| File:Mountainstage.svg \| Mountain stage \| {{flagathlete\|Sepp Kuss\|USA}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| 3 \| style="text-align:center;" \| August 9 \| Antelope Island to Layton \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{convert\|167.4\|km\|abbr=on}} \| File:Mediummountainstage.svg \| Medium mountain stage \| {{flagathlete\|Travis McCabe\|USA}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| 4 \| style="text-align:center;" \| August 10 \| Salt Lake City to Salt Lake City \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{convert\|110.1\|km\|abbr=on}} \| File:Hillystage.svg \| Hilly stage \| {{flagathlete\|Jasper Philipsen\|BEL}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| 5 \| style="text-align:center;" \| August 11 \| Canyons Resort to Snowbird \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{convert\|152.6\|km\|abbr=on}} \| File:Mountainstage.svg \| Mountain stage \| {{flagathlete\|Sepp Kuss\|USA}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| 6 \| style="text-align:center;" \| August 12 \| Park City to Park City \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{convert\|123.4\|km\|abbr=on}} \| File:Mountainstage.svg \| Mountain stage \| {{flagathlete\|Sepp Kuss\|USA}}

class="wikitable"

|+Stage characteristics and winners{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/Utah/2018-utah-tour.html|title=2018 Tour of Utah (HC), USA|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=4 March 2019}}

scope="col" | Stage

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Course

! scope="col" | Distance

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type

! scope="col" | Stage winner

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | P

| style="text-align:center;" | August 6

| St. George

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|5.3|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Time Trial.svg

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Tejay van Garderen|USA}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | August 7

| Cedar City to Cedar City

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|162.5|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

| {{flagathlete|Travis McCabe|USA}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | August 8

| Payson to Payson

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|142.6|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

| {{flagathlete|Sepp Kuss|USA}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | August 9

| Antelope Island to Layton

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|167.4|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Mediummountainstage.svg

| Medium mountain stage

| {{flagathlete|Travis McCabe|USA}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4

| style="text-align:center;" | August 10

| Salt Lake City to Salt Lake City

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|110.1|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Hillystage.svg

| Hilly stage

| {{flagathlete|Jasper Philipsen|BEL}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5

| style="text-align:center;" | August 11

| Canyons Resort to Snowbird

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|152.6|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

| {{flagathlete|Sepp Kuss|USA}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6

| style="text-align:center;" | August 12

| Park City to Park City

| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|123.4|km|abbr=on}}

| File:Mountainstage.svg

| Mountain stage

| {{flagathlete|Sepp Kuss|USA}}

General Classification

Final general classification{{cite news\|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/Utah/2018-utah-tour.html\|title=2018 Tour of Utah (HC), USA\|work=BikeRaceInfo\|accessdate=4 March 2018}}{{cite web\|url=https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=119&y=2018\|title=2018 The Larry H. Millar Tour of Utah\|work=FirstCycling\|accessdate=4 March 2018}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-utah-2018/stage-6/results/\|title=Kuss wins 2018 Tour of Utah\|work=Cycling News\|first=Pat\|last=Malach\|date=12 August 2018\|accessdate=4 March 2019}} {\| class="wikitable"
scope="col" \| Rank ! scope="col" \| Rider ! scope="col" \| Team ! scope="col" \| Time
style="text-align:center;" \| 1 \| {{flagathlete\|Sepp Kuss\|USA}} 20px 20px \| {{UCI team code\|TLJ\|2018}} \| style="text-align:right;" \| {{nowrap\|21h 41' 12"}}
style="text-align:center;" \| 2 \| {{flagathlete\|Ben Hermans\|BEL}} \| {{UCI team code\|ICA\|2018}} \| style="text-align:right;" \| + 2' 09"
style="text-align:center;" \| 3 \| {{flagathlete\|Jack Haig\|AUS}} \| {{UCI team code\|ORS\|2018}} \| style="text-align:right;" \| + 2' 21"
style="text-align:center;" \| 4 \| {{flagathlete\|Brent Bookwalter\|USA}} \| {{UCI team code\|BMC\|2018}} \| style="text-align:right;" \| + 2' 39"
style="text-align:center;" \| 5 \| {{flagathlete\|Hugh Carthy\|GBR}} \| {{UCI team code\|EFD\|2018}} \| style="text-align:right;" \| + 2' 42"
style="text-align:center;" \| 6 \| {{flagathlete\|Joe Dombrowski\|USA}} \| {{UCI team code\|EFD\|2018}} \| style="text-align:right;" \| + 2' 58"
style="text-align:center;" \| 7 \| {{flagathlete\|Keegan Swirbul\|USA}} \| {{UCI team code\|WGC\|2018}} \| style="text-align:right;" \| + 3' 39"
style="text-align:center;" \| 8 \| {{flagathlete\|Luis Villalobos\|MEX}} 20px \| {{UCI team code\|AEV\|2018}} \| style="text-align:right;" \| + 3' 57"
style="text-align:center;" \| 9 \| {{flagathlete\|Michael Woods\|CAN}} \| {{UCI team code\|EFD\|2018}} \| style="text-align:right;" \| + 4' 38"
style="text-align:center;" \| 10 \| {{flagathlete\|Peter Stetina\|USA}} \| {{UCI team code\|TFS\|2018}} \| style="text-align:right;" \| + 5' 50"

Final general classification{{cite news|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/Utah/2018-utah-tour.html|title=2018 Tour of Utah (HC), USA|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=4 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=119&y=2018|title=2018 The Larry H. Millar Tour of Utah|work=FirstCycling|accessdate=4 March 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-utah-2018/stage-6/results/|title=Kuss wins 2018 Tour of Utah|work=Cycling News|first=Pat|last=Malach|date=12 August 2018|accessdate=4 March 2019}}

{| class="wikitable"

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Time

style="text-align:center;" | 1

| {{flagathlete|Sepp Kuss|USA}} 20px 20px

| {{UCI team code|TLJ|2018}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|21h 41' 12"}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2

| {{flagathlete|Ben Hermans|BEL}}

| {{UCI team code|ICA|2018}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 09"

style="text-align:center;" | 3

| {{flagathlete|Jack Haig|AUS}}

| {{UCI team code|ORS|2018}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 21"

style="text-align:center;" | 4

| {{flagathlete|Brent Bookwalter|USA}}

| {{UCI team code|BMC|2018}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 39"

style="text-align:center;" | 5

| {{flagathlete|Hugh Carthy|GBR}}

| {{UCI team code|EFD|2018}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 42"

style="text-align:center;" | 6

| {{flagathlete|Joe Dombrowski|USA}}

| {{UCI team code|EFD|2018}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 58"

style="text-align:center;" | 7

| {{flagathlete|Keegan Swirbul|USA}}

| {{UCI team code|WGC|2018}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 3' 39"

style="text-align:center;" | 8

| {{flagathlete|Luis Villalobos|MEX}} 20px

| {{UCI team code|AEV|2018}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 3' 57"

style="text-align:center;" | 9

| {{flagathlete|Michael Woods|CAN}}

| {{UCI team code|EFD|2018}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 4' 38"

style="text-align:center;" | 10

| {{flagathlete|Peter Stetina|USA}}

| {{UCI team code|TFS|2018}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 5' 50"

Classification leadership

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"
style="background:#efefef;" ! style="width:1%;"\|Stage ! style="width:12%;"\|Winner ! style="width:12%;"\|General classification 25px ! style="width:12%;"\|Sprints Classification 25px ! style="width:12%;"\|Mountains Classification 25px ! style="width:12%;"\|Young Rider Classification 25px ! style="width:12%;"\|Most Aggressive Classification 25px ! style="width:12%;"\|Team Classification
P \| Tejay van Garderen \|style="background:#FFEA66;" rowspan=2\| Tejay van Garderen \|style="background:offwhite;"\| Tejay van Garderen \|style="background:LightCyan;"\| not awarded \|style="background:lightblue;" rowspan=5\| Neilson Powless \|style="background:orange;"\| Pascal Eenkhoorn \| rowspan=2\| {{UCI team code\|BMC\|2018}}
1 \| Travis McCabe \|style="background:offwhite;" rowspan=6\| Travis McCabe \|style="background:LightCyan;" rowspan=4\| Daan Olivier \|style="background:orange;"\| Evan Huffman
2 \| Sepp Kuss \|style="background:#FFEA66;" rowspan=5\| Sepp Kuss \|style="background:orange;"\| Griffin Easter \| rowspan=5\| {{UCI team code\|EFD\|2018}}
3 \| Travis McCabe \|style="background:orange;"\| Rob Britton
4 \| Jasper Philipsen \|style="background:orange;"\| Jonathan Clarke
5 \| Sepp Kuss \|style="background:LightCyan;" rowspan=2\| Sepp Kuss \|style="background:lightblue;" rowspan=2\| Luis Villalobos \|style="background:orange;"\| Kilian Frankiny
6 \| Sepp Kuss \|style="background:orange;"\| Nathan Brown
colspan=2\| Final ! style="background:gold"\| Sepp Kuss ! style="background:white"\| Travis McCabe ! style="background:cyan"\| Sepp Kuss ! style="background:dodgerblue"\| Luis Villalobos ! style="background:darkorange"\| Nathan Brown ! rowspan=5\| {{UCI team code\|EFD\|2018}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"

style="background:#efefef;"

! style="width:1%;"|Stage

! style="width:12%;"|Winner

! style="width:12%;"|General classification
25px

! style="width:12%;"|Sprints Classification
25px

! style="width:12%;"|Mountains Classification
25px

! style="width:12%;"|Young Rider Classification
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! style="width:12%;"|Most Aggressive Classification
25px

! style="width:12%;"|Team Classification

| Tejay van Garderen

|style="background:#FFEA66;" rowspan=2| Tejay van Garderen