Among the riders gathered in a Utah State University auditorium for the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah pre-race press conference on Sunday, one name was conspicuously absent.
Rob Britton, the Rally Cycling rider who was fifth last year and is the highest 2016 finisher in this year's race, was back in the dorms with his teammates enjoying some down time.
Operating out of the spotlight is not new for Britton, who at 32 has evolved into one of the top stage racers in North America but is often left out of conversations that focus on the up-and-coming riders Britton regularly beats.
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Britton excelled at the Tour of California in May, but his herculean efforts in the breakaways at the WorldTour race contributed to victories for teammate Evan Huffman. After missing the crucial breakaway on stage 2 and watching his general classification aspirations disappear up the road, Britton joined Huffman and three other riders in sticking a breakaway two days later to the finish in Santa Clarita, where Huffman took the win and Britton followed him in for second.
Britton was active again on the Queen stage, jumping away from the select lead group on the penultimate climb, dropping Team Sky's Peter Kennaugh and then holding off the GC group until the early slopes of the final climb up Mt. Baldy.
The very next day, Britton was in the break again with Huffman, supplying the power to keep the move away and set up Huffman's second stage win of the race.
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