[tour of utah]
Mitchell Clinton
The Wiener Schnitzel sneak: Alex Howes (above right) rides comfortably in a seven-man breakaway in the final miles of the fourth stage in the Tour of Utah. Howes stayed with the break until the beginning of the final climb toward the stage’s mountaintop finish, where he broke away with a sneak attack (left). “I put in a teaser attack; this guy was handing out hot dogs, I took a bite of one and jumped and kept going,” said Howes. “I think they thought I was joking around. Once I got a gap, I kept going.” Burke Swindlehurst—who was a favorite for the day—and the rest of the group were caught off guard by the attack. Mitchell Clinton
“When he did that and then he attacked, I thought, ‘All right, well, that’s pretty funny.’ And I started laughing, and I thought, ‘Well, that means he’s going to be done with his race and going to sit up.’ And then he kept going and I realized, ‘Wow, the kid’s going.’” Howes won the stage with a 37-second advantage over Swindlehurst.
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