Nebraska Cycling News

Austria’s Eisel Wins Commerce Bank Lancaster Classic

Colorado Springs, Colo. - The inaugural USA Cycling Professional Tour continued on Sunday as Austria’s Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile) won the Commerce Bank Lancaster Classic in Pennsylvania.  Eisel outsprinted Uzbekistan’s Sergey Lagutin (Navigators) to win the fourth event on the 13-race calendar and move his German-based T-Mobile squad into third place overall in the team standings.

Current USA Cycling Professional Tour leader Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Discovery Channel) retained his lead in the overall standings despite not competing in Lancaster.  His earlier overall victory at the Amgen Tour of California and 12th place finish at the Tour de Georgia, as well as four stage wins in those events, have netted him 285 points. His Discovery Channel teammate Janez Brajkovic (SLO) remains in second place overall with 136 points, followed by Jens Voigt (Team CSC) of Germany with 104.

In the team standings, The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team kept its lead with 515 points over Team CSC (380), T-Mobile (161) and Symmetrics Cycling (120).  

The 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour continues with the Commerce Bank Reading Classic in Pennsylvania on Thursday and the Commerce Bank International Championships in Philadelphia on Sunday.

2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour

Current Standings after 4 events

Individual Standings

1. Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif.) 285

2. Janez Brajkovic (SLO) 136

3. Jens Voigt (GER) 104

4. Christian Vande Velde (Boulder, Colo.) 101

5. Svein Tuft (CAN) 100

Team Standings

1. Discovery Channel (USA) 515

2. Team CSC (DEN) 380

3. T-Mobile (GER) 161

4. Symmetrics Cycling (CAN) 120

5. Saunier Duval-Prodir (ESP) 112

About USA Cycling
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