Team Type 1's Chadwick Third Overall At Tour of Utah

Tooele, Utah – Glen Chadwick’s third-place finish overall at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, as well as a third place in the team classification, confirms that Team Type 1 is one of the top stage racing teams in America, said Sport Director Ed Beamon.

Billed as the “America’s Toughest Stage Race,” (the race even owns the copyright on the phrase) Chadwick held onto his podium place with an impressive top 10 finish in Sunday’s final stage, the KJZZ Time Trial at Miller Motor Sports Park in Tooele, Utah.

“I’m really proud of how all the guys rode,” Beamon said. “We were even short-handed for this race, not having Moises (Aldape). So we lost a guy who could have been a real difference-maker.

Aldape competed in the Olympic men’s road race for Mexico, but travel logistics prevented him from making trip back in time for the five-day, five-stage race.

Chadwick also competed in Beijing and brought the form that earned him a spot on New Zealand’s Olympic team to the tour where he had finished second two years ago. This time, he came away with the polka dot jersey as the race’s best climber. At the Tour de Beauce in Canada in June, he did the same while finishing fifth overall.

“I am happy with my finish,” Chadwick said. “Jeff (Louder) was a favorite because this is his state. Two years ago, I probably cost him the race when I towed his teammate (Scott Moninger) to the finish line on the last day.”

Louder (BMC Pro Cycling Team) trailed yellow jersey wearer Blake Caldwell (Garmin-Chipotle) by seen seconds heading into the final 7.5-mile (12 km) time trial. But Louder blazed to the third-fastest time on the day to beat Caldwell by 15 seconds and win the race by fewer than 10 seconds overall.

(Official results for the stage and final individual and team classification were not available at the time of publication of this news release.)

Though Team Type 1 was denied a spot in the Tour of Missouri – one of the three “grand tours” of the United States – the squad did receive an invitation to the Tour of Ireland, which runs Aug. 27-31.

Chadwick was scheduled to fly back to his home in Belgium, where he will spend one week before heading to Ireland. Already this year, Chadwick said he has spent more than 240 hours on airplanes – or the equivalent of 10 days. Particularly grueling was his flight back from Beijing last week after competing in the men’s Olympic road race.

“And I still have to go to Australia later this year,” he said.

Photo: Courtesy Team Type 1