For the second year in a row, Chris Horner finished second behind Tom Danielson in the Tour of Utah. Having come into the race with a bit of illness, the American was pleased to finally have recovered for the final day of the race.

Going into the Touf Utah, Chris Horner didn't know what to expect. Having come down with illness during the Tour de France, he made it clear that he would abandon prematurely to focus on the Vuelta if he didn't feel 100%.

However, the American battled through the race and even though he was still affected by his health issues, he finished the race in second overall for the second consecutive year. To make things even better, his teammate Winner Anacona moved into third in yesterday's final, very hard stage and Lampre topped the teams classification.

In yesterday's stage, Horner seemed to be in trouble when Anacona and race leader Tom Danielson had dropped him on the Empire Pass but the Vuelta champion showed his class when he bridged the gap with a short acceleration. Having finished fourth on the stage, he claimed that it was the first day he felt back at 100%.

"I kind of covered the moves from behind and let the gap grow a little bit," Horner said. "I knew I was going across, but it was just a matter of finding a good time and a good point to go across as they were playing little games back there. I got a little gap and jumped across, and of course it's my teammate up there, so he's going to wait for me.

“Today’s stage, I really wasn’t affected by [the chest infection]. It stayed dry all day, so I had the best legs today; I didn’t seem to be affected by the breathing at all. Today was the first day I felt normal, more or less.”

Horner was impressed by stage winner Cadel Evans.

"His tactics in the last two corners caught us all off guard," said the Lampre-Merida leader. "It was beautiful to watch – and painful at the same time."