Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Forum Competition

Ah, how can anyone ignore the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah with its fantastic scenery and all those WorldTour teams and all those climbs? Not me! 😀 So, here we go. Another Forum competition in the Copa Orli series! 🙂 For those who can’t live with only one race going on! 🙂

The Tour of Utah runs for 7 days. Stages 4 and 6 are the mountain stages and those are the only ones that will be scored in this competition. Yes, you read right, only Stages 4 and 6 will be scored in this competition.

The Tour starts tomorrow Monday Aug 4 and runs through Sunday Aug 10, 2014.

Here’s the race profiles link:

http://www.tourofutah.com/stages/stage-4/
http://www.tourofutah.com/stages/stage-6/

Here’s the start list on PCS:

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/The_Larry_HMiller_Tour_of_Utah_2014-Startlist

Here’s the official Tour of Utah Twitter feed:
Tweets by theTourofUtah

The rules:

1. Pick 9 riders from the list below using the special rule.

Yes. There is a special rule, of course. How can there not be one? 😀 And here it is. You must have 4 riders valued at 3.0 on your team. The other riders can be of any value you wish, of course. Keep in mind the stages that are being scored are the mountain stages of the Tour, Stages 4 and 6, only.

2. Enter your team before the start of Stage 4. Stage 4 starts at 11:10am local time Thursday August 7 (7:10 PM – 19:00 CET).

3. You will be allowed two transfers for Stage 6. The special rule will still apply to your team for Stage 6.

4. No person will be allowed to enter more than 1 team. That includes the organizer of the competition, of course. 😀

Hope you like it. 😀

Notes:
1. The budget is irrelevant in this competition, of course. You will still be expected to have 4 3.0 riders on your team. Any team that does not comply will, of course, be given the opportunity to change the team before the start of the competition. If any team does not seem particularly built for a mountain stage, that team will also be given the opportunity to change the team before the start of the competition.

2. The GC, PC and KOM jerseys will be honored and so will the Lanterne Rouge. If the Young Rider jersey is awarded, that classification will be honored, too. If there are any Sprint or KOM points along the way, these points will be awarded. If there are no Sprint points along the way those riders in the break of the day will receive 5 points for being in the break. More or less, that will apply to groups of riders that make a break stick and lasts either until the finish line or until the peloton catches the group that has been away for the majority of the race. If there’s any confusion, the race organizer will determine what constitutes the ‘break of the day’ 😀

3. If you want to use a rider not listed, let me know. In most cases if they are not listed they will probably be a 3.0 credit rider.

The riders

START LIST SORTED BY RIDER VALUE

Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 28.9
Wilco Kelderman Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 23.9
Chris Horner Lampre-Merida 16.9
Janier Alexis Acevedo Garmin Sharp 13.1
Thomas Danielson Garmin Sharp 12.5
Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team 12.2
Jens Voigt Trek Factory Racing 10.8
Ivan Basso Cannondale 10.3
Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team 10.1
Michael Schar BMC Racing Team 10.1
Maarten Tjallingii Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 9.9
Luca Wackermann Lampre-Merida 9.3
Robert Wagner Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 9.1
Andrea Palini Lampre-Merida 8.7
George Bennett Cannondale 8.2
Matej Mohoric Cannondale 8.0
Alex Howes Garmin Sharp 7.5
Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team 7.2
Winner Anacona Lampre-Merida 7.2
Matthew Busche Trek Factory Racing 6.8
Rick Zabel BMC Racing Team 6.7
Valerio Conti Lampre-Merida 6.7
Benjamin King Garmin Sharp 6.3
Juraj Sagan Cannondale 5.9
Cameron Wurf Cannondale 5.5
Alan Marangoni Cannondale 5.1
Yannick Eijssen BMC Racing Team 4.9
Riccardo Zoidl Trek Factory Racing 4.9
Hayden Roulston Trek Factory Racing 4.7
Cristiano Salerno Cannondale 3.7
Luca Dodi Lampre-Merida 3.2
Jetse Bol Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 3.0
Martijn Keizer Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 3.0
Dennis Van Winden Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 3.0
Martijn Tusveld Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 3.0
Tanner Putt Bissell Development Team 3.0
Gregory Daniel Bissell Development Team 3.0
Daniel Eaton Bissell Development Team 3.0
Tao Geoghegan Hart Bissell Development Team 3.0
James Oram Bissell Development Team 3.0
Christopher Putt Bissell Development Team 3.0
Keegan Swirbul Bissell Development Team 3.0
Ruben Zepuntke Bissell Development Team 3.0
Dylan Teuns BMC Racing Team 3.0
Brendan Canty Drapac Professional Cyc… 3.0
Jai Crawford Drapac Professional Cyc… 3.0
Robbie Hucker Drapac Professional Cyc… 3.0
Darren Lapthorne Drapac Professional Cyc… 3.0
Lachlan Norris Drapac Professional Cyc… 3.0
Adam Phelan Drapac Professional Cyc… 3.0
Bernard Sulzberger Drapac Professional Cyc… 3.0
Wesley Sulzberger Drapac Professional Cyc… 3.0
Magno Prado Funvic – Pindamonhangaba 3.0
André De Souza Almeida Funvic – Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Carlos Manarelli Funvic – Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Pedro Autran Dourado Dutra Nicacio Funvic – Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Alex Diniz Funvic – Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Antonio Garnero Funvic – Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Ramiro Rincon Funvic – Pindamonhangaba 3.0
Phillip Gaimon Garmin Sharp 3.0
Thomas Dekker Garmin Sharp 3.0
Gavin Mannion Garmin Sharp 3.0
Toms Skujiņš Hincapie Sportswear Dev… 3.0
Oscar Clark Hincapie Sportswear Dev… 3.0
Joey Rosskopf Hincapie Sportswear Dev… 3.0
Robin Carpenter Hincapie Sportswear Dev… 3.0
Dion Smith Hincapie Sportswear Dev… 3.0
Joe Lewis Hincapie Sportswear Dev… 3.0
Chris Butler Hincapie Sportswear Dev… 3.0
Joseph Schmalz Hincapie Sportswear Dev… 3.0
Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Jamis – Hagens Berman 3.0
Gregory Brenes Jamis – Hagens Berman 3.0
Benjamin Jacques-Maynes Jamis – Hagens Berman 3.0
Luis Romero Amaran Jamis – Hagens Berman 3.0
Tyler Wren Jamis – Hagens Berman 3.0
Rob Squire Jamis – Hagens Berman 3.0
Matt Cooke Jamis – Hagens Berman 3.0
Stephen Leece Jamis – Hagens Berman 3.0
Serghei Tvetcov Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Fred Rodriguez Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Ian Burnett Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Jonathan Freter Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Kirk Carlsen Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Jacob Rathe Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Matthew Lloyd Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Luis Lemus Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 3.0
Ilia Koshevoy Lampre-Merida 3.0
Andrea Vaccher Lampre-Merida 3.0
Carter Jones Optum p/b Kelly Benefit… 3.0
Alex Candelario Optum p/b Kelly Benefit… 3.0
Michael Friedman Optum p/b Kelly Benefit… 3.0
Jesse Anthony Optum p/b Kelly Benefit… 3.0
Thomas Soladay Optum p/b Kelly Benefit… 3.0
Eric Young Optum p/b Kelly Benefit… 3.0
Bjorn Selander Optum p/b Kelly Benefit… 3.0
Charles Bradley Huff Optum p/b Kelly Benefit… 3.0
Javier Mejias Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
David Lozano Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
Joonas Henttala Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
Charles Planet Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
Aaron Perry Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
Benjamin Dilley Team Novo Nordisk 3.0
Rob Britton Team SmartStop 3.0
Jure Kocjan Team SmartStop 3.0
Michael Torckler Team SmartStop 3.0
Shane Kline Team SmartStop 3.0
Flavio De Luna Team SmartStop 3.0
Travis Mccabe Team SmartStop 3.0
Joshua Berry Team SmartStop 3.0
Julian Kyer Team SmartStop 3.0
Ryan Eastman Trek Factory Racing 3.0
Clément Chevrier Trek Factory Racing 3.0
Calvin Watson Trek Factory Racing 3.0
Alex Kirsch Trek Factory Racing 3.0
Isaac Bolivar UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Kiel Reijnen UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Lucas Euser UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Ken Hanson UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Jeff Louder UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Benjamin Day UnitedHealthcare 3.0
Daniel Summerhill UnitedHealthcare 3.0