After eight challenging days of cycling through 650-miles of scenic California highways, roadways and coastline drives, Levi Leipheimer (USA) of Astana was crowned as champion of the 2008 Amgen Tour of California for the second consecutive year, with a weeklong total time of 29 hours, 24 minutes and 32 seconds of cycling across California.
A resident of Santa Rosa, CA, Leipheimer battled against the best field ever assembled to compete in the United States, which included Olympic medalists and World Champions, among others.
George Hincapie (USA) of High Road claimed the Stage 7 win.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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