USA Cycling Professional Tour Standings: Feb. 23

Feb. 23, 2009 - 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.