2012 Tour of Utah teams and preliminary start list

Utah scenery varies from desert-like rock to tree-covered mountains

[updated 7/31/2012]

The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah will host 17 teams in the 2012 edition of the six-day event. ProVéloPassion will update the list of riders expected to start on August 7th in Ogden as information becomes available through public and other resources. This list is subject to change with the final list to come from the race organization.

Riders with an * have been announced by the race organization as participating, from an early press release.

Riders who are Colorado or Utah residents have (CO) or (UT) respectively following their names.

Get familiar with the six days of racing by reading the overview.

World Tour Teams

• Cadel Evans [a maybe since Olympics TT withdrawal]
• Brent Bookwalter
• Mathias Frank
• Ivan Santaromita
• Michael Schar
• Johann Tschopp
• Lawrence Warbasse
• Mathias Flueckiger

Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda (USA)

• Peter Stetina
• Nathan Haas
• Tom Danielson (CO)
• Tyler Farrar
• Jacob Rathe
• Christian Vande Velde
• David Zabriskie
• Lachlan Morton

Liquigas-Cannondale (ITA)

• Timmy Duggan(CO)
• Ted King
• Valerio Agnoli
• Damiano Caruso
• Paolo Longo Borghini
• Marco Benfatto

Omega Pharma-QuickStep (BEL)

• Levi Leipheimer*
• Martin Velits
• Peter Velits
• Matthew Brammeier
• Jeroen Hoorne
• Francesco Chicchi

Rabobank Cycling Team (NED)

• Wilco Kelderman
• Jetse Bol
• Steven Kruijswijk
• Thomas Leezer
• Michael Matthews
• Tom Jelte Slagter
• Dennis Van Winden
• Marc Goos

RadioShack-Nissan-Trek (LUX)

• Chris Horner
• George Bennett
• Ben King
• Joost Posthuma
• Matthew Busche
• Thomas Rohregger
• Jens Voigt
• Oliver Zaugg

Professional Continental Teams

Champion System Pro Cycling Team (CHN)

• Craig Lewis (CO)
• Chris Butler
• William Clarke
• Pengda Jiao
• Biao Liu
• Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman
• Cameron Wurf
• Gang Xu

Team Argos-Shimano (NED)

• Patrick Gretsch
• Ronan Van Zandbeek
• Tom Stamsnijder
• Yann Huguet
• Thomas Bonnin
• Matthieu Sprick
• Dominic Klemme
• Jonas Aslstrand

Team NetApp (GER)

• Bartosz Huzarski
• Leopold Koenig
• Andreas Schillinger
• Cesare Benedetti
• Marcel Wyss
• Andreas Dietziker
• Reto Hollenstein
• Matthias Brandle

Team SpiderTech powered by C10 (CAN)

• Lucas Euser (CO)
• Hugo Houle
• David Boily
• Flavio de Luna
• Caleb Fairly
• Ryan Roth
• Will Routley
• Brian Vandborg

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (USA)

• Rory Sutherland (CO)
• Hilton Clarke
• Ben Day (CO)
• Philip Deignan
• Robert Forster
• Jake Keough
• Christopher Jones
• Jeffry Louder (UT)

Continental Teams

Bissell Pro Cycling (USA)

• Ben Jacques-Maynes
• Joe Schmalz
• Julian Kyer (CO)
• Jeremy Vennell
• Carter Jones
• Chris Baldwin (CO)
• Chris Barton
• Alex Vanias

Bontrager Livestrong Team (USA)

• Josh Atkins
• Ian Boswell
• Lawson Craddock
• Joe Dombrowski
• Ryan Eastman
• Connor O’Leary (UT)
• James Oram
• Jasper Stuyven

Competitive Cyclist Racing Team (USA)

• Francisco Mancebo
• Ian Burnett
• Thomas Rabou
• Chad Beyer
• Max Jenkins
• Mike Olheiser
• Taylor Shelden (CO)
• David Williams

EPM-UNE (COL)

• Rafael Infantino Abreu
• Giovanni Manuel Baez Alvarez
• Francisco Jarley Colorado Hernandez
• Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales
• Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola
• Freddy Orlando Piamonte Rodriguez
• Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez
• Javier Eduardo Gomez Pineda

Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies (USA)

• Jesse Anthony
• Alex Candelario
• Marsh Cooper
• Scott Zwizanski
• Mike Creed (CO)
• Sebastian Salas
• Andrew Bajadali (CO)
• Reid Mumford (UT)

Team Exergy (USA)

• Freddie Rodriguez
• Matt Cooke (CO)
• Andres Diaz
• Morgan Schmitt
• Sam Johnson
• Serge Tvetcov
• Noe Gianetti
• Kirk Carlsen