to Andrew Johnson, who worked as the marketing
director for the Tour. “With 10 different host venues,
getting everything and everybody in the right
place at the right time is a logistical masterpiece of
planning, cooperation and collaboration. The number
of moving parts is mind boggling.”
While Jenn would love to have the race visit every
corner of the state, getting riders, teams, busses and
a large caravan of support vehicles from one end
of the state to the other in seven days is beyond
daunting. After riding 120-plus miles at elevation
and in Utah’s August heat, the riders need as much
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time to recover before the next day’s stage as
possible, so the exchanges are kept as short/close
as possible. Venues for the start and finish lines are chosen not only for the
colorful landscapes they offer, b