USA Cycling Professional Tour Standings: Feb. 23

USA Cycling Professional Tour Standings Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Astana) won the inaugural event on the 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour Calendar, the AMGEN Tour of California. Leipheimer locked up his third consecutive victory in the country's largest road race following the event's stage eight finish in Escondido on Sunday. Click here for complete results from the 2.HC-rated event. With only the first of ten events on the USA Cycling Pro Tour complete, Leipheimer and his Kazakhstanian-based Astana squad take the early lead in the USA Cycling ProTour rankings. The latest version of the USA Cycling Professional Tour standings are as follows: Individual Standings 1. Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Astana) 218 2. David Zabriskie (Salt Lake City, Utah/Garmin-Chipotle) 92 3. Michael Rogers (AUS/Team Columbia-High Road) 62 4. Mark Cavendish (GBR/Team Columbia-High Road) 46 5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/Liquigas) 42 Team Standings 1. Astana 264 2. Team Columbia-High Road 168 3. Garmin-Slipstream 138 4. Team Saxo Bank 112 5. Rock Racing 69   *For complete 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour standings, click here for individual standings and here for team standings. The second event on the USA Cycling Professional Tour, the 1.1-rated U.S. Open of Cycling, is scheduled for May 16 in Providence, Rhode Island.

About the USA Cycling Professional Tour Created in 2006 to recognize and support the growth of professional cycling in the United States, the USA Cycling Professional Tour is a men’s-only, season-long calendar that determines the best professional rider and team on American soil. With 10 races on the 2009 edition, the USA Cycling Professional Tour attracts the best pro cyclists and teams from around the world as they compete in internationally-sanctioned events from coast to coast. Events on the 2009 Tour include seven UCI-sanctioned races and three USA Cycling Professional National Championships (criterium, time trial and road race). Following the completion of the season, the overall Pro Tour standings result in an individual and team champion who are considered the best and most consistent performers in international-caliber races in the United States.  For more information on the USA Cycling Professional Tour, visit www.usacycling.org/protour, or to become a part of the only professional racing series in America, contact USA Cycling National Events Director, Justin Rogers at 719-866-3266 or jrogers@usacycling.org.

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