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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Cyclists "See Rock City"


Stage Four of the Tour de Georgia ended Thursday afternoon on Lookout Mountain with another Discovery Channel Team victory.

The cyclists still in the race sped through the Civil War battlefields of Chickamauga up Lookout Mountain in a different route from Wednesday's climb in Dade County.

The 18.9 mile time trial was over for most riders in under an hour as they flew into Rock City's Enchanted Gardens, one by one.

United States cyclist Levi Leipheimer won the stage with a time of 44:51. His victory, combined with teammate Gianni Meersman's win Wednesday in Stage Three, gave the race lead for the first time to fellow team member Janez Brajkovic.

Whether or not Brajkovic can hold on to the yellow jersey is debatable. But the chances of the eventual Tour winner coming from the Discovery team seem very high.

On Friday the Tour leaves Dalton and ends on top of Brasstown Bald, the highest point in Georgia. The towering climb is expected to narrow the field of potential winners even more.

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