Chris Horner didn't wait until the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah starts on Monday to get his adrenalin pumping. On the drive down from his home in Bend, Oregon, Horner nearly met with disaster in his truck-and-trailer combo.
"The connection between the dually and the 15,000 pound RV must not have been working, so the truck brakes overheated on one of the big descents," he told Cyclingnews on Sunday. "I had to miss a couple of turns and shoot it straight. Anyways, everyone survived and everything worked out. It was a little bit of a thriller for a moment, but after that I got everything back under control and back on the road."
Horner is no doubt hoping to get his racing under control and back on the road in Utah. After finishing second to Tom Danielson here in 2013 and 2014, Horner slipped to fifth last year. He says his form was OK, but his health, especially his breathing, knocked him out of contention for the overall win.
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"Last year it was a difficult race here," Horner said. "I had problems with the lungs on the last two crucial stages. I had some power at different moments on the Snowbird climb; when we started the climb I had good power, and then the lungs shut down on me and I had to drop out of the group.
"I slowly opened the power back up and the lungs stayed open," he continued. "If you watch the video, I'm bridging across at the same time when [eventual overall winner Joe Dombrowski] is leaving the group. Power-ise we're doing the same power at that moment. I'm bridging 30 seconds and he's leaving those guys by 30 seconds."
Horner said after that he decided to preserve his fifth-place position rather than trying to attack, risking another lung issue, and possibly slipping to of the top 10. Horner said this year his lungs are good, but he's lacking power to attack the leaders.
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