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Petersen takes stage win but Leipheimer leads race

Leipheimer asserts his authority at the Tour of California
by Tony Farrelly
Tue, Feb 17, 2009 09:53
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Normal service resumed at the Tour of California as Levi Leipheimer moved into the overall race lead after stage 2 and set up the possibility of winning the race three year's running.

Yesterday's winner, Francesco Mancebo of Rock Racing came home a over a minute down to surrender his lead in the GC after Leipheimer attacked at just over 20Km out from the finish he caught the remnants of the day's breakaway, including Garmin-Slipstream rider Petersen and towed them to the finish where Petersen then jumped away to take the stage.

The stage was plagued by a number of crashes the biggest of which involved 15 riders, and lead to Andy Jacques-Maynes, abandoning the race and being taken to hospital in another incident Lance Armstrong, who now lies fourth in the GC, collided with a photographer's motorcycle.

Top 10 Tour of California Stage 2
1 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 5.06.20
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.21
4 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana
5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
6 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
7 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
9 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
10 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream

Top 10 Tour of California General Classification after Stage 2
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 9.23.02
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.24
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.28
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0.30
5 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 0.34
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 0.38
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad
8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.39

2009 Tour of California stage 2
2009 Tour of California
Tony Farrelly

road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.

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