Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott) came to the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah with the goal of preparing for the Vuelta a Espana after finishing 21st in the Spanish Grand Tour last year. The 24-year-old Australian slowly climbed up the Utah general classification until he was sitting fifth going into the final stage - the Park City loop that ended with the 12.4km climb up Empire Pass and a technical 8.8km descent in the rain to the finish. Haig launched an attack on the lower slopes of Empire Pass that only race leader Sepp Kuss (LottoNL-Jumbo) could follow, then held on when Kuss rode away from him, finishing third on the stage and climbing to third overall behind Kuss and Ben Hermans (Israel Cycling Academy).ADVERTISEMENT `Sort of following the form of all the previous stages, I knew that the big differences were made down at the lower altitudes of all the climbs,` Haig said. `So today I tried to make a difference at the bottom of the final climb.` Haig dispatched all but Kuss with his accelerations, and then the pair went after Nathan Brown (EF Education First-Drapac) - the lone survivor from the early breakaway. But once the duo had Brown in their sights, Kuss jumped away from Haig, caught and passed Brown and then soloed into Park City for his third stage win of the race. Haig, meanwhile, fell back into the first chasing group that also included Hermans, Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing), Hugh Carthy and Joe Dombrowski (EF Education First-Drapac) and Keegan Swirbul (Jelly Belly-Maxxis).
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