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They came, they saw, they got crushed (and crushed in return). When I first found out that Burke Swindlehurst was putting together the Crusher in the Tushar, a half-road, half-dirt climbing sufferfest at altitude, I knew immediately that this was going to be an event in which I had to be involved. I’ve written in [...] After 25 years, the current economic status means that New Mexico’s Tour of the Gila is in danger of extinction, unless a title sponsor can be found for 2012 and beyond. With mountains on tap every stage, there’s no such thing as an easy day at the Gila, and yet, this race is [...] Burke Swindlehurst’s new event, the Crusher in the Tushar, will be having its inaugural running this summer on July 16. The 79 mile course starts in quiet downtown Beaver, Utah and finishes at Utah’s newest ski resort, Eagle Point, and will feature a nearly perfect 50/50 split between pavement and dirt fire-road sectors, allowing riders [...] Levi Leipheimer and Jai Crawford on the final climb to Snowbird Francisco Mancebo finished 3rd on the day Darren Lill finishes as the Best Utah Rider Burke Swindlehurst during what is likely his final professional road race. More photos available on Flickr. [...] A few photos from Thursday’s second stage of the Tour of Utah, from Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, finishing on the summit of Mt. Nebo above Payson, Santaquin and Nephi, Utah (depending on which approach is taken). The riders came up the southern slope from Nephi, climing 4500 vertical feet over the last 15 miles. Unfortunately, [...] I still have to go through them all, but figured I should at least post a couple photos from today’s prologue stage. George Hincapie, Tour of Utah prologue Burke Swindlehurst (TeamGive p/b Blackbottoms), Tour of Utah Prologue Additional original, uncropped/unedited images can be found on Flickr [...] A few photos from today’s Sugarhouse Criterium race.
John Iltis on the attack in the Cat 3 race
Burke Swindlehurst leading the main pack
Burke Swindlehurst leading through the S-curves
Utah Cycling Association points leader (and Utah Criterium Champion) Dave Harward
Top of the Start/Finish climb [...] View Ascent activity on 10-Apr-10 at 02:11PM in a larger map Headed out this afternoon shortly after 2:00 with a plan to climb Emigration Canyon again, but as I was heading up Sunnyside towards the Zoo, I knew that my lungs were not going to be up for it today, so turned up Wasatch to [...] Burke Swindlehurst racing at Callville Bay Classic. Photo copyright © Brian Hodes/VeloImages, linked from VeloNews.com After a long career on the road, facing all the ups and downs that come with riding for a professional cycling team, Burke Swindlehurst has now entered a new phase … as a privateer both on the road and [...] A few images from Stage 4 of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, presented by Zion’s Bank.
Alex Howes moments before winning the Tour of Utah’s 4th stage to Snowbird Burke Swindlehurst is about to take 2nd place Mancebo finishing third and wraps up the yellow jersey. Darren Lill takes [...] |
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