Astana rider Levi Leipheimer won the second stage of the Vuelta of Castilla and Leon cycling race Tuesday, beating teammate Alberto Contador by 16 seconds.
Leipheimer won the 17-mile time trial Tuesday around the northern town of Palencia in 33 minutes, 17.78 seconds. Garmin-Slipstream rider David Zabriskie was third, 22 seconds behind Leipheimer.
Leipheimer, who won the Tour of California this season, leads Contador in the overall standings by 16 seconds…Â Details
Lance Armstrong says racing in the Giro d’Italia in May is still “very doable†even though his broken collarbone is a bit more serious than first thought.
He says new tests show “multiple pieces†of broken bone. Armstrong will have surgery on Wednesday in Austin, and a metal plate will be inserted to stabilize his collarbone… Details
One of NASCAR’s foremost race teams has a new business partner.
Joe Gibbs Racing is finalizing a broad-based relationship with IMG that will give the NASCAR team access to the agency’s full range of sponsorship sales, measurement and activation capabilities.
The agreement between JGR and IMG will not preclude the race team from working with other agencies and their clients, said JGR president J.D. Gibbs. It simply gives Gibbs Racing the ability to tap into IMG’s resources, most notably the agency’s return-on-investment tools…Â Details