Feb 21, 2009 5:50 pm US/Pacific
Tour Of California Comes To L.A., Levi Holds Lead
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ―
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Levi Leipheimer of the USA and riding for Astana races to first place in the Individual Time Trial on Stage 6 of the AMGEN Tour of California on February 20, 2009 in Solvang, Calif.
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Rinaldo Nocentini of Italy has lunged ahead of New Zealand's Hayden Roulston at the finish line to win Stage 7 of the Tour of California.
American Levi Leipheimer of Astana retained his overall lead Saturday after the 88.9-mile leg from Santa Clarita to Pasadena's historic Rose Bowl.
Nocentini of AG2R La Mondiale won by less than a bike length, finishing in 3 hours, 24.44 seconds. Rabobank's Pieter Weening of the Netherlands was third in the three-man sprint to the finish.
Lance Armstrong, who began a comeback last month, wasn't among the stage leaders as he rode in support of Leipheimer, his Astana teammate.
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