After five of the six stages of the Tour of Utah, Bowden sits 12th overall for his BridgeLane team, 4:50 off the lead.

The race is also producing plenty of success for the 24-year-old's regular Hobart training partner Nathan Earle whose Israel Cycling Academy teammate Ben Hermans, of Belgium, is leading.

In his second race back from a broken leg sustained in Spain in April, Earle, 31, has consistently finished stages in the mid-40s and heading into the 126-kilometre final leg beginning and ending in Park City, is 42nd overall, 24:30 behind Hermans.

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Meanwhile, Richie Porte has been named in the Trek-Segafredo team to contest the Deutschland Tour.

The 34-year-old Launceston rider's first competitive outing since finishing 11^th in the Tour de France will consist of four lengthy road stages beginning in Hannover on August 29.

Overlooked for the Australian team for September's road world championships in the English county of Yorkshire, Porte is yet to lock in his remaining races for 2019 but may also return to North America where he finished the Tour of California in fifth place in May.

Jake Birtwhistle's focus will return to the World Triathlon Series after sitting out the mixed relay race at the Tokyo Olympic test event on Sunday.

In the Launceston 24-year-old's absence, the team of Emma Jeffcoat, Ryan Fisher, Ashleigh Gentle and Matt Hauser finished fifth as France won a sprint finish from GB with the US third.

Birtwhistle was the leading Australian in Friday's individual event, finishing 11^th ahead of Fisher (18th), Luke Willian (21st), Hauser (30th) and Aaron Royle (38th).

Birtwhistle will resume training ahead of the pivotal WTS grand final in the Swiss city of Lausanne at the end of August.

Having finished third last year, the reigning Tasmanian athlete of the year is ranked fifth on 3255 points behind Vincent Luis, of France (4180), and Spaniards Mario Mola (3783), Javier Gomez (3687) and Fernando Alarza (3325).

Birtwhistle is ranked third in the world by the ITU.

Stewart McSweyn was taking another shot at reducing his 1500-metres personal best in the early hours of Monday morning.

The 24-year-old Melbourne-based King Islander was due to compete at the second last Diamond League meeting of the season in Birmingham, England.

Lining up alongside regular national rival Ryan Gregson, McSweyn was among a glut of Australian athletes looking to peak for the IAAF World Championships in September.

McSweyn set his 1500m PB of 3:31.81 just a month ago in Monaco.

A fortnight earlier he established a new benchmark of 8:16.28 over two miles in Palo Alto, California, and has already achieved qualifying times for the world champs in Doha.