tour de san luis, stage 4.

levi leipheimer (omega pharma-quickstep) won the individual time trial around san luis, rounding the 19.5km course in 23:17.33.  he finished more than a minute ahead of contador, placing himself in 1st place overall.  vicenzo nibali (liquigas-cannondale) finished in 2nd place with a time of 23:50.01 – stefan schumacher (christina watches-ofone) placed 3rd, 38 seconds behind leipheimer.  it’s still early season and leipheimer is showing strong form: “It’s a new team starting off a new year. I’ve been really happy since I’ve come here. I just wanted to show the team, to show [team manager] Patrick [Lefevre], to show the sponsors that I’m very grateful for them allowing me to be part of it.” (cycling news)

leipheimer currently leads schumacher by 53 seconds in the gc, nibali by 55, and contador by 57 seconds.

photo from velonews.