# 2018 Tour of Utah

The 2018 Tour of Utah was a seven-stage road cycling race held from August 6 to August 12, 2018, and the 14th edition of the Tour of Utah. It was rated as a 2.HC on the 2018 UCI America Tour.

## Teams

Seventeen teams entered the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:
UCI WorldTeams
* BMC Racing Team
* LottoNL–Jumbo
* Trek–Segafredo
* EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
* Mitchelton–Scott
UCI Professional Continental teams
* Hagens Berman Axeon
* Israel Cycling Academy
* Rally Cycling
* Holowesko Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources
* Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini
* UnitedHealthcare
UCI Continental teams
* 303Project
* Elevate–KHS Pro Cycling
* Mobius–BridgeLane
* Aevolo
* Jelly Belly–Maxxis
* Silber Pro Cycling Team

## Route

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner |
| P | August 6 | St. George | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) | Individual time trial | Tejay van Garderen (USA) |
| 1 | August 7 | Cedar City to Cedar City | 162.5 km (101.0 mi) | Mountain stage | Travis McCabe (USA) |
| 2 | August 8 | Payson to Payson | 142.6 km (88.6 mi) | Mountain stage | Sepp Kuss (USA) |
| 3 | August 9 | Antelope Island to Layton | 167.4 km (104.0 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Travis McCabe (USA) |
| 4 | August 10 | Salt Lake City to Salt Lake City | 110.1 km (68.4 mi) | Hilly stage | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) |
| 5 | August 11 | Canyons Resort to Snowbird | 152.6 km (94.8 mi) | Mountain stage | Sepp Kuss (USA) |
| 6 | August 12 | Park City to Park City | 123.4 km (76.7 mi) | Mountain stage | Sepp Kuss (USA) |

## General Classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Sepp Kuss (USA) | LottoNL–Jumbo | 21h 41' 12" |
| 2 | Ben Hermans (BEL) | Israel Cycling Academy | + 2' 09" |
| 3 | Jack Haig (AUS) | Mitchelton–Scott | + 2' 21" |
| 4 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) | BMC Racing Team | + 2' 39" |
| 5 | Hugh Carthy (GBR) | EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale | + 2' 42" |
| 6 | Joe Dombrowski (USA) | EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale | + 2' 58" |
| 7 | Keegan Swirbul (USA) | Jelly Belly–Maxxis | + 3' 39" |
| 8 | Luis Villalobos (MEX) | Aevolo | + 3' 57" |
| 9 | Michael Woods (CAN) | EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale | + 4' 38" |
| 10 | Peter Stetina (USA) | Trek–Segafredo | + 5' 50" |

## Classification leadership

| Stage | Winner | General classification | Sprints Classification | Mountains Classification | Young Rider Classification | Most Aggressive Classification | Team Classification |
| P | Tejay van Garderen | Tejay van Garderen | Tejay van Garderen | not awarded | Neilson Powless | Pascal Eenkhoorn | BMC Racing Team |
| 1 | Travis McCabe | Tejay van Garderen | Travis McCabe | Daan Olivier | Neilson Powless | Evan Huffman | BMC Racing Team |
| 2 | Sepp Kuss | Sepp Kuss | Travis McCabe | Daan Olivier | Neilson Powless | Griffin Easter | EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale |
| 3 | Travis McCabe | Sepp Kuss | Travis McCabe | Daan Olivier | Neilson Powless | Rob Britton | EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale |
| 4 | Jasper Philipsen | Sepp Kuss | Travis McCabe | Daan Olivier | Neilson Powless | Jonathan Clarke | EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale |
| 5 | Sepp Kuss | Sepp Kuss | Travis McCabe | Sepp Kuss | Luis Villalobos | Kilian Frankiny | EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale |
| 6 | Sepp Kuss | Sepp Kuss | Travis McCabe | Sepp Kuss | Luis Villalobos | Nathan Brown | EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale |
| Final | Final | Sepp Kuss | Travis McCabe | Sepp Kuss | Luis Villalobos | Nathan Brown | EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale |