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Article: Haedo Wins Stage One of Amgen Tour of California.
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- February 21, 2006
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Leipheimer Retains Lead in Front of Hometown Crowd in Santa Rosa
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A crowd of more than 130,000 from Sausalito to Santa Rosa watched the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California, won by Argentinean sprinter Juan Jose Haedo of the Toyota-United Pro cycling team. Santa Rosa resident Levi Leipheimer (USA) kept his lead in the inaugural international professional cycling race throughout California from February 19-26.
On a stage that saw Leipheimer's Gerolsteiner team set tempo for most of the day's 81.5 miles -- from the first climb out of Sausalito through the Muir Woods National Monument until the sprinters' ...