Crusher in the TusharRacingGravel RacingMountain Bike RacingNewsPhotosRoad Racing 2019 Crusher in the Tushar Gallery by Steven Sheffield By Steven Sheffield - July 24, 2019 0 2065 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsAppLinkedinReddItEmail Cycling West presents a photo gallery by Steven L. Sheffield of the 2019 Crusher in the Tushar, held in Beaver, Utah on July 13, 2019. LeRoy Popowski (Juwi Solar) on the early climb towards Betenson Flat. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. Noah Granigan (Floyd’s Pro Cycling) on the early climb. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield The Pro men’s field split into several small groups on the Highway 153 descent into Junction. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield The Pro men’s field split into several small groups on the Highway 153 descent into Junction. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield Jamey Driscoll (DNA Cycling-Mavic) leads Alex Grant (Gear Rush) down the Highway 153 descent. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield Alex Grant (Gear Rush) on the descent. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. Erik Harrington (#319), leader of the Mens 40-44 group leads Matthew Turner, racing in the Pro/Open field, down the Highway 153 descent. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. Alex Grant (Gear Rush) on Big Flat, as he soloes towards the finish. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. Alex Grant looks surprised as he initially comes up the wrong side of the finish chute fencing. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. After making a U-turn to get back on the right side of the fencing, a tired Alex Grant finally crosses the line … Photo: Steven L. Sheffield … and raises an arm in a victory salute. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield Something about the Crusher causes people’s tongues to hang out. Eddie Anderson (Axeon-Hagens Berman) crosses the line in second place. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. Alex Howes (EF Education First) decides to paperboy the last few meters to cross the line in third place. First a swing to the left … Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. … and then back to the ri-i-i-ight … Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. Howes then throws his bike in a lunge across the line to win the sprint against the altitude demons … Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. Once across the line, Howes goes back to delivering newspapers. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. Jamey Driscoll (DNA Cycling-Mavic) crosses the line in 4th place. This is his 7th consecutive top-5 finish in 8 attempts. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. Race announcer Ali Goulet grabs a selfie with 6th place finisher TJ Eisenhart after the finish. Photo: Steven L. Sheffield. (Visited 572 times, 1 visits today)