UnitedHealthcare's Travis McCabe won stage 5 of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah on Friday, sprinting to victory ahead of Marco Canola (Nippo-Vini Fantini) and Logan Owen (Axeon Hagens Berman).
A pair of late third-category climbs spurred attacks at the business end of the race, but things came together in the closing kilometres to set up the sprint in Bountiful. BMC Racing's Joey Rosskopf pulled the reduced peloton into the finale with teammate Brent Bookwalter on his wheel, but as the fast finishers wound up to speed, Holowesko-Citadel's Robin Carpenter quickly powered into the lead.
McCabe stayed patient, however, finally hitting out with around 250 metres to go. He surged to the front and held on to take the victory, with Canola pipping Owen for second and Carpenter settling for fourth.
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Race leader Rob Britton (Rally Cycling) finished safely the bunch to maintain his grip on the race leader's jersey.
McCabe said he nearly quit three times coming up the final climb, but he persevered to take the win.
"Coming into the climb it was hot with a bit of a tailwind, and that just makes that climb that much harder," McCabe said. "Coming over the op on the last bit, I came off with about 200 metres to go with Logan. Fortunately I had Jonny Clark there to pace me back on. Him and Neilson Powless (Axon Hagens Berman) pretty much did the grunt work to bring Logan and I back on, and that was really hard.
How it unfolded
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