Sepp Kuss goes into the final weekend of the Tour of Utah as the leader in the general classification. The 23-year old American finished the fifth stage in Salt Lake City without any problems. He finished tenth in the bunch sprint. Neilson Powless remains second overall.

The stage was characterized by the traditional early breakaway. Team LottoNL-Jumbo controlled the stage all day and never got into any problems. Powless keeps the lead in the youth classification while Daan Olivier remains in the lead in the mountain classification.