Talansky Wins Tour Of Utah Stage Six

Last updated : 07 August 2016 By CNS Sport

Andrew Talansky has won the sixth stage of the Tour Of Utah.

A 183.4km stage from Snowbasin Resort to Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort saw King, Zabel, Fumeaux, Reijnen, Smith, Eaton, Powless, Carpenter, Bassett, Amaran, Beyer, Oronte and Dahl in the stage's break

They had a lead of 4.45 with 130kms left and it was down to 3.20 when Chad Beyer attacked out of the front group on the Guardsman Pass climb.

The Lupus Racing rider was joined by King, Eaton and Oronte and they stayed away until being caught and TJ Eisenhart took over on the climb up to Snowbird.

With the rain, having ended, Eisenhart was joined on the climb by the likes of Andrew Talansky and Darwin Atapuma of BMC who led with 3kms left.

Andrew Talansky went away and he took the win and the overall lead in the race going into the final stage.