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Zabriskie ready for Tour of Utah month after crash

The Columbian
Published: August 7, 2011, 5:00pm

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — July’s Tour de France obviously didn’t go the way David Zabriskie had envisioned — not when it ended with him shouting for whiskey in a local hospital instead of sipping champagne in Paris two weeks later with Garmin-Cervelo, which claimed the team prize.

But a month after his crash in France, the Salt Lake City native is literally back in the saddle, mostly healed from his injuries and ready to tackle what is billed as America’s Toughest Stage Race.

The six-day, 409-mile Tour of Utah starts Tuesday in Park City and finishes Sunday at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort.

George Hincapie headlines a BMC Racing Team fresh off the effort that helped Australian Cadel Evans win the Tour de France.

Defending Tour of Utah champ Levi Leipheimer will also race in Utah.

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