Leipheimer maintains lead in individual standings going into final two ProTour events

Dave Zabriskie (Salt Lake City, Utah/Garmin-Chipotle) grabbed the win in the fifth event of The USA Cycling Professional Tour when he won his fourth straight time trial national title at the USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championship on Saturday. Click here for the race report.

On Sunday, George Hincapie (Greenville, S.C./Team Columbia - High Road) won the sixth event on the eight-race USA Cycling Professional Tour by outsprinting Andrew Bajadali (Boulder, Colo./Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Jeff Louder (Salt Lake City, Utah/BMC) for the national title at the USA Cycling Professional Road Race Championship. Click here for the complete event report.

With two events remaining on the 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour, Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Astana) leads the individual standings while the Team Columbia-High Road squad is on top in the team category. The latest version of the USA Cycling Professional Tour standings is as follows:

Individual Standings
1. Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Astana) 218
2. David Zabriskie (Salt Lake City, Utah/Garmin-Chipotle) 192
3. George Hincapie (Greenville, S.C./Team Columbia-High Road) 125
4. Ben Kersten (Australia/Fly V Australia) 80
5. Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) 74

Team Standings
1. Team Columbia-High Road 403
2. Astana 264
3. Garmin-Slipstream 258
4. Kelly Benefit Strategies 205
5. Bissell Pro Cycling 141

*For complete 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour standings, click here for individual standings and here for team standings.

The next event on the USA Cycling Professional Tour will be the Tour of Missouri which takes place Sept. 7-13. Click here for the event Web site.