• Matthews wins 3rd stage in Utah: Michael Matthews won the third stage of the Tour of Utah on Thursday in Salt Lake City, and Christian Vande Velde retained the overall lead. Matthews broke away from the pack twice, emerging first from the peloton in the final sprint over the last six miles. He finished the 85.7-mile stage from Ogden that featured 8,542 feet of vertical climbs in 3 hours, 24 minutes, 7 seconds. Swiss rider Michael Schar was second, and Brent Bookwalter finished third for the second time in three days. Bend’s Chris Horner, riding for RadioShack-Nissan-Trek, finished 40th in Thursday’s stage with the same time as Matthews and is eighth overall, trailing Vande Velde by 38 seconds.
