Stories by Neal Rogers

• Posted: Wed, Aug 20th
  Old doping accusations lead to altercation
  It was over in an instant, but the altercation between a Tour of Utah race staffer and Garmin-Chipotle team doctor Prentice Steffen was years in the making. During the stage 3 criterium in Salt Lake City last Friday, Tour of Utah team liaison Marty Jemison, a former U.S. ...
• Posted: Mon, Aug 18th
  Louder wins Tour of Utah in final stage
  It’s said that racing in the yellow jersey gives a rider wings. It’s also said that there’s no motivation like racing in front of friends and family. Both notions proved true Sunday during the final stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, in which Utah native Jeff ...
• Posted: Sat, Aug 16th
  Louder wins Utah's Queen Stage
  To the cheers of a partisan crowd, BMC’s Jeff Louder won the queen stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Saturday, a grueling slog from Park City to Snowbird Ski Resort that delivered 15,000 feet of climbing and three KOM points over 98.7 miles. At Snowbird Ski Resort ...
• Posted: Sat, Aug 16th
  Toyota-United riders, at the Tour of Utah, react to team's woes
  Before the Tour of Utah's stage 4 twilight criterium began Friday, the start line was buzzing with the news that Toyota-United would not be returning in 2009. “Maybe some guys are more surprised than others, but ...
• Posted: Fri, Aug 15th
  Ricardo Escuela wins the Tour of Utah's twilight criterium
  Disproving critics that downplayed his Successful Living team’s chances of taking victory at the national level in 2008, Argentinean Ricardo Escuela won the stage 3 criterium of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Friday evening in ...
• Posted: Thu, Aug 14th
  Garmin’s Caldwell takes Tour of Utah stage, race lead
  The top stage racers in the country wasted no time Thursday in tearing apart the general classification at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. A select group of 13 riders emerged during the day’s third and final mountain pass as the most likely contenders for overall victory, ...
• Posted: Tue, Aug 12th
  After a year off, the Tour of Utah returns Wednesday
  It’s not often that a domestic event strives for UCI stage-race designation, falls short on sponsorship, is cancelled and then returns the following year as the country’s highest-elevation stage race. But that’s exactly what the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah has gone ...
• Posted: Wed, Jul 30th
  Mr. Rogers' Tour - Evans remains a star ... on YouTube
  A video clip showing Australian Cadel Evans snap at a broadcast journalist following the Tour de France’s stage 10 finish at Hautacam has become a minor YouTube sensation, with ...
• Posted: Sun, Jul 27th
  Stage 21 - By the numbers
  Stage 21 stats Stage 21, Étamps to Paris, 143km WeatherHot and humid with partly cloudy skies and moderate wind, temperatures in the mid 80s Stage winnerQuick Step’s Gert Steegmans salvaged a disappointing Tour for his Belgian team by ...
• Posted: Sat, Jul 26th
  Stage 20 — by the numbers
  Stage 20: Cérilly to Saint-Amand-Montrond, 53km Weather: Hot and humid with partly cloudy skies and moderate wind, temperatures in the mid 80s. Stage winner: Gerolsteiner’s Stefan Schumacher proved he was the strongest time trialist at this Tour, ...
• Posted: Thu, Jul 24th
  Stage 18 - By the numbers
  Stage 18, Bourg-d’Oisans to Saint-Etienne, 196.5km WeatherSunny and warm, clear skies, temperatures in the low 80s. Stage winnerOn a day destined to see a winner come from a breakaway, Columbia’s German Marcus Burghardt took his ...
• Posted: Wed, Jul 23rd
  Who won: Sastre or Evans?
  CSC-Saxo Bank’s Carlos Sastre took both the stage win atop L’Alpe d’Huez and the race lead following Wednesday’s massive 210km queen stage of this year’s Tour — but who was the day’s biggest winner? Following this Tour’s final mountain stage, one minute and 34 ...