In day 3 of the Tour of Utah, TREK Factory Racing's Frank Schleck finished 20th in the main bunch, with Logan Owen winning the stage; overall, the Luxembourg cyclist is in 19th position, 14 seconds behind the general classification leader, Kiel Reijnen (United Health Care).
Matthew Busche, Fränk Schleck and TREK Factory Racing stagiaire Leonardo Basso finished with the front peloton after the punishing gradient (9% average, 12% maximum) took its toll in the 159.6km stage 2.
TREK's race director Alain Gallopin explained “Fränk has a saddle sore, and that could become a problem, but he looks good. He was with a few guys ahead on the climb, but afterwards the peloton came back in the downhill. It’s a pity he has a saddle sore, and we will have to see what happens in the coming days."
The Tour of Utah is taking place between 3 - 9 August 2015. Stage 1 was over a 212.4km distance involving two stiff climbs, but was affected by rain and cool temperatures, with Kiel Reijnen winning the sprint for the line. Thursday's 176km Stage 3 involves much more climbing with 4 categorised climbs and is expected to shake up the general classification.
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