Following a podium performance at the Tour of Utah that was built on determination and consistency, Brent Bookwalter will head into next week’s USA Pro Challenge in Colorado and find a wide-open race suited to an all-around rider like himself.
"I’m heading to Colorado as long as our team at the Eneco Tour doesn’t all crash each other out, which happened in the team time trial a couple of years ago, then we’ll be short guys for the Vuelta. But the plan is to go to Colorado after hanging out here in Park City for a few days," a jovial Bookwalter said after finishing third overall in Utah.
Bookwalter won the points jersey in Utah by never finishing outside of the top 10 throughout the seven-day 2.HC race. He finished third from a reduced group in a bunch sprint won by Jure Kocjan (Team SmartStop) on the second day, and he was second to Logan Owen (Axeon) after two laps of a puncheurs’ finishing circuit in Bountiful the next day.
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Bookwalter was fifth in the chaotic uphill sprint won by Optum Pro Cycling fastman Eric Young in Soldier Hollow during stage 4, and he was seventh on the short-but-brutal circuit in Salt Lake City that launched Optum’s Michael Woods onto the top step of the stage podium and into the yellow jersey.
Bookwalter climbed with the best during the Queen stage on the penultimate day, losing 1:54 to stage winner Joe Dombrowski (Cannondale-Garmin), but finishing just 37 seconds behind the rest of the general classification contenders.
Bookwalter climbed with the best again on the final day, losing the stage win in a photo finish with Lachlan Norris after he and the Drapac rider descended away from the GC group off the climb over Empire Pass.
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