SALT LAKE CITY – August 17, 2010 – Team Trek-LIVESTRONG came out swinging in the Tour of Utah Prologue , presented by the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau, with Taylor Phinney and Alex Dowsett taking the top two positions. The course followed a 2.8 mile out and back course finishing near the steps of the state capitol.

The seventh rider to start, Robert (Bobby) Lea of ON THE RIVET presented by Ion Sports Nutrition, posted up the time to beat early on in the day with a time of 6:15.07. One hundred riders would go by before Dowsett would finish taking the lead with 6:05.45. It wasn’t long before Phinney came in beating last year’s course record of 6:12, previously held by Brent Bookwalter of Team BMC, today’s third place finisher, by ten seconds.

“Taylor Phinney is fast,” said Bob Roll famed racer turned commentator.

George Hincapie of BMC Racing, Levi Leipheimer of Mellow Johnny’s, Rory Southerland of UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling presented Maxxis, and defending Tour of Utah Champion Francisco Mancebo of Canyon Bicycles all had strong showings. But at the end of the day, only two racers pulled on winner’s jerseys. Phinney will start tomorrow in the yellow AT&T Leader’s Jersey, Jeff Louder, previous tour winner of team BMC, will start in the red Siegfried & Jensen Best Utah Rider Jersey.

“Honestly with the race being so hard it has become a race people train for,” continued Roll, “Terry McGinnis had the right idea. Create a great race and the riders and sponsors will follow.”

Tonight’s Prologue was dedicated to McGinnis, the Tour of Utah’s executive director during the 2008 and 2009 races. McGinnis died of cancer in October 2009.

Tomorrow’s stage, the University of Utah Health Care Ogden to Research Park road race, will set the precedent for the rest of the difficult Tour with two category one and two European style climbs starting the Utah Toyota Dealers Association King of the Mountains competition and 86 miles through Utah’s Wasatch Mountains.

Best Utah Rider
1. 23 Jeff LOUDER BMC Racing Team BMC USA .06’17″
2. 173 Darren LILL V Australia VAU RSA .06’26″ 9″
3. 47 Tyler WREN Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita JAM USA .06’36″ 19″
4. 74 Jonathan MUMFORD Kelly Benefit Strategies KBS USA .06’37″ 20″
5. 154 Chase PINKHAM Trek-LIVESTRONG TLS USA .06’37″ …
6. 186 Robbie SQUIRE Team Holowesko Partners THP USA .06’39″ 22″
7. 95 Burke SWINDLEHURST KFAN Composite p/b teamgive KFA USA .06’41″ 24″
8. 6 Tyler RIEDESEL Canyon Bicycles CAN USA .06’43″ 26″
9. 114 Evan HYDE On The Rivet p/b Ion Sports Nutrition OTR USA .06’44″ 27″
10. 55 Bryson PERRY Cole Sport COL USA .06’46″ 29″

Best Young Rider
1. 156 Taylor PHINNEY Trek-LIVESTRONG TLS USA .06’02″
2. 151 Alex DOWSETT Trek-LIVESTRONG TLS GBR .06’05″ 3″
3. 184 Lachlan MORTON Team Holowesko Partners THP AUS .06’26″ 24″
4. 24 Larry WARBASSE BMC Racing Team BMC USA .06’26″ …
5. 153 Julian KYER Trek-LIVESTRONG TLS USA .06’27″ 25″
6. 155 Tim ROE Trek-LIVESTRONG TLS AUS .06’30″ 28″
7. 187 Danny SUMMERHILL Team Holowesko Partners THP USA .06’31″ 29″
8. 180 Andrew BARKER Team Holowesko Partners THP USA .06’32″ 30″
9. 183 Andrei KRASILNIKAY Team Holowesko Partners THP BEL .06’32″ …
10. 94 Carter JONES KFAN Composite p/b teamgive KFA USA .06’33″ 31″

General
1. 156 Taylor PHINNEY Trek-LIVESTRONG TLS USA .06’02″
2. 151 Alex DOWSETT Trek-LIVESTRONG TLS GBR .06’05″ 3″
3. 21 Brent BOOKWALTER BMC Racing Team BMC USA .06’13″ 11″
4. 166 Rory SUTHERLAND UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis UHC AUS .06’14″ 12″
5. 115 Robert (Bobby) LEA On The Rivet p/b Ion Sports Nutrition OTR USA .06’15″ 13″
6. 14 Benjamin JACQUES-MAYNES BISSELL Pro Cycling Team BIS USA .06’16″ 14″
7. 23 Jeff LOUDER BMC Racing Team BMC USA .06’17″ 15″
8. 22 George HINCAPIE BMC Racing Team BMC USA .06’18″ 16″
9. 18 Jeremy VENNELL BISSELL Pro Cycling Team BIS NZL .06’18″ …
10. 190 Levi LEIPHEIMER Mellow Johnny’s MJS USA .06’20″ 18″
11. 175 David TANNER V Australia VAU AUS .06’20″ …
12. 15 Peter LATHAM BISSELL Pro Cycling Team BIS NZL .06’21″ 19″
13. 1 Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ Canyon Bicycles CAN ESP .06’21″ …
14. 131 Jason DONALD Team Rio Grande TRG USA .06’23″ 21″
15. 112 Cesar GRAJALES On The Rivet p/b Ion Sports Nutrition OTR COL .06’23″ …
16. 13 Robert BRITTON BISSELL Pro Cycling Team BIS CAN .06’24″ 22″
17. 16 Paul MACH BISSELL Pro Cycling Team BIS USA .06’25″ 23″
18. 160 Christopher BALDWIN UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis UHC USA .06’25″ …
19. 17 K Frank PIPP BISSELL Pro Cycling Team BIS USA .06’25″ …
20. 185 Taylor SHELDON Team Holowesko Partners THP USA .06’26″ 24″
21. 184 Lachlan MORTON Team Holowesko Partners THP AUS .06’26″ …
22. 46 Luis ROMERO AMARAN Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita JAM CUB .06’26″ …
23. 24 Larry WARBASSE BMC Racing Team BMC USA .06’26″ …
24. 173 Darren LILL V Australia VAU RSA .06’26″ …
25. 177 Philip ZAJICEK V Australia VAU USA .06’26″ …
26. 182 Caleb FAIRLY Team Holowesko Partners THP USA .06’26″ …
27. 172 Aaron KEMPS V Australia VAU AUS .06’26″ …
28. 153 Julian KYER Trek-LIVESTRONG TLS USA .06’27″ 25″
29. 136 Jonathan MCCARTY Team Rio Grande TRG USA .06’27″ …
30. 5 Mike OLHEISER Canyon Bicycles CAN USA .06’27″ …
31. 141 Davide FRATTINI Team Type 1 TT1 ITA .06’27″ …
32. 147 Scott STEWART Team Type 1 TT1 USA .06’29″ 27″
33. 176 Jay THOMPSON V Australia VAU RSA .06’30″ 28″
34. 155 Tim ROE Trek-LIVESTRONG TLS AUS .06’30″ …
35. 167 Brad WHITE UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis UHC USA .06’30″ …
36. 111 Corey COLLIER On The Rivet p/b Ion Sports Nutrition OTR USA .06’30″ …
37. 174 Darren ROLFE V Australia VAU AUS .06’30″ …
38. 187 Danny SUMMERHILL Team Holowesko Partners THP USA .06’31″ 29″
39. 20 Chad BEYER BMC Racing Team BMC USA .06’31″ …
40. 70 Zach BELL Kelly Benefit Strategies KBS CAN .06’31″ …
41. 144 Javier MEGIAS LEAL Team Type 1 TT1 ESP .06’31″ …
42. 180 Andrew BARKER Team Holowesko Partners THP USA .06’32″ 30″
43. 33 Phil MOONEY California Giant Berry Farms CAL USA .06’32″ …
44. 183 Andrei KRASILNIKAY Team Holowesko Partners THP BEL .06’32″ …
45. 165 Morgan SCHMITT UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis UHC USA .06’33″ 31″
46. 45 Andres Ignacio PEREYRA Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita JAM ARG .06’33″ …
47. 40 Anibal BORRAJO Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita JAM ARG .06’33″ …
48. 94 Carter JONES KFAN Composite p/b teamgive KFA USA .06’33″ …
49. 92 Mike FRIEDMAN KFAN Composite p/b teamgive KFA USA .06’34″ 32″
50. 164 Adrian HEGYVARY UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis UHC USA .06’34″ …
51. 42 James DRISCOLL Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita JAM USA .06’34″ …
52. 181 Max DURTSCHI Team Holowesko Partners THP USA .06’34″ …
53. 142 Christopher JONES Team Type 1 TT1 USA .06’34″ …
54. 133 Ian GRAY Team Rio Grande TRG USA .06’34″ …
55. 80 Jonathan BAKER KENDA Pro Cycling Team p/b GEARGRINDER KEN USA .06’35″ 33″
56. 163 Timothy JOHNSON UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis UHC USA .06’35″ …
57. 152 Benjamin KING Trek-LIVESTRONG TLS AUS .06’35″ …
58. 47 Tyler WREN Jamis/Sutter Home p/b Colavita JAM USA .06’36″ 34″
59. 74 Jonathan MUMFORD Kelly Benefit Strategies KBS USA .06’37″ 35″
60. 154 Chase PINKHAM Trek-LIVESTRONG TLS USA .06’37″ …
61. 113 Alex HAGMAN On The Rivet p/b Ion Sports Nutrition OTR USA .06’37″ …
62. 132 Jonathan GARCIA Team Rio Grande TRG USA .06’37″ …
63. 71 Dan BOWMAN Kelly Benefit Strategies KBS USA .06’37″ …