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For 2014's Crusher in the Tushar, a 70-mile gravel race that extends through some of Utah's highest road elevation, Levi Leipheimer edged Jamey Driscoll to take the top step on the podium. This year's race brought even more cyclocross names to the front, including Allen Krughoff, Tim Johnson and Jonathan Page. Use the slider below the race introduction for both race reports as well as the top ten results in both the Men's and Women's Fields.

Photo gallery of winners and the race coming soon.

by Steven L. Sheffield

In the small southwestern Utah town of Beaver, a town originally settled by Mormon pioneers in 1856 just west of the Tushar mountains, also known as the birthplace of both the notorious outlaw Butch Cassidy and inventor of the television Philo T. Farnsworth, a beautifully crisp and cool morning greeted the field the roughly 600 riders choosing to brave the course designed by former road professional Burke Swindlehurst in the Fifth Annual Beaver County Travel Council Crusher in the Tushar, presented by DNA Cycling.

The Col de Crusher begins with a paved section, then the real suffering begins. Driscoll's spare tire rattled off on the rough descent, and he wrapped it Merckx-style around his shoulders, and he began the Col de Crusher out in front. "Jamie Driscoll had a helluva ride today. Wow! This is definitely the best I've ever seen him," said Swindlehurst. "He's climbing incredibly well and, as always, showed he's an ace at bike handling." Jamey Driscoll returned to the Crusher in the Tushar and took another second-place finish. Tim Johnson, Allen Krughoff and Jonathan Page were the other cyclocross racers that raced. Photo: Christopher See.

In attendance were riders from 23 US states and 3 countries, on a wide variety of bikes, ranging from cyclocross bikes to both rigid and full-suspension mountain bikes, geared and singlespeed, with flat bars, drop bars, riser bars or mustache-bars, and even a couple of tandems, ready to tackle an event that never dipped below 5900’ in elevation.

The 69-mile course through the remote wilderness areas of Utah’s little-known Tushar Mountains and Fishlake National Forest features a near-perfect 50/50 split of paved and dirt roads spanning two counties and approximately 10,000 vertical feet of climbing, before finishing at Eagle Point Ski Resort, with a summit just under 10,400’.

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2015 Crusher in the Tushar Men's Race

RankNameTimeTeam
1ROBERT SQUIRE4:09:59HINCAPIE RACING
2JAMES DRISCOLL4:22:33RALEIGH/CLEMENT
3LEROY POPOWSKI4:24:41GROOVE SUBARU/EXCEL SPORTS
4ALEX GRANT4:26:25RIDEBIKER/CANNONDALE/GEAR RUSH
5JAKE WELLS4:28:40FORM ATTAINMENT STUDIO
6NEIL SHIRLEY4:30:28ROAD BIKE ACTION
7DANNY PATE4:30:28TEAM SKY
8BENJAMIN BLAUGRUND4:33:42JUWI SOLAR
9ANDY DORAIS4:36:03FFKR/CONTENDER BICYCLES
10TIM JOHNSON4:39:37VOLKSWAGEN/CANNONDALE

2015 Crusher in the Tushar Women's Race

RankNameTimeTeam
1ROBIN FARINA5:01:48REALWHEELSBIKE.COM
2MINDY CARUSO5:03:24NERO VELOCE P/B MICHAEL THOMAS COFF
3MELINDA MCCUTCHEON5:10:14CANYON BICYCLES
4ANNE PERRY5:24:47DNA CYCLING P/B K4 RACING
5KELLI EMMETT5:26:06JULIANA-SRAM PRO TEAM
6LYNE BESSETTE5:33:09
7JILL CEDERHOLM5:51:50KUHL
8RACHEL CIESLEWICZ5:59:43DNA-801
9MEGHAN SHERIDAN6:01:47UTAHMOUNTAINBIKING.COM
10JACKIE BAKER6:14:30DNA CYCLING/HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION

Full results for all categories are available at georesults.racemine.com.

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