At more than six minutes down in the general classification, Lupus Racing’s Chris Horner has a long road ahead if he wants to climb into the top 10 of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah during this weekend’s final two stages.
Horner is currentl in 22nd, 6:07down on overall leader Lachlan Morton (Jelly Belly-Maxxis). In the past three years he’s finished second twice in 2013 and 2014 and fifth last year. The 44-year-old told Cyclingnews after Friday’s stage to Bountiful that how far he can climb up the GC ladder over the next two stages is simply a roll of the dice.
“It’s whatever the lungs are doing,” he said.
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For the past two seasons, Horner has been suffering on and off from bronchial issues that have hampered his abilities and his results.
“Like today, all of the sudden they were pretty decent. And so we’re doing 460 watts up the climb, my size, bigger guys of course are probably 550-600, but my size. So they were breathing pretty good. They weren’t shutting down. So maybe, there is some luck, who knows. But it’s a roll of the dice, I can’t even control it.”
In this week’s only other major climbing stage so far, the stage 3 ascent over Mt. Nebo, Horner finished 28th. He was 25th Friday in Bountiful on a course that included a category 2 climb and three category 3s, the last two of which came on the difficult and technical finishing circuits.
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