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Michael Rogers leads USA Cycling professional tour after Amgen Tour of California win

  • By Steve Frothingham
  • Published May. 31, 2010

Following the second event of the 2010 USA Cycling Professional Tour, HTC-Columbia’s Michael Rogers leads the series’ individual standings.

Rogers won the Amgen Tour of California, the second race in the eight-race series, following the Tour of the Battenkill in April.

Individual Standings

  • 1. Michael Rogers (Australia/Team HTC-Columbia) – 192 points
  • 2. Dave Zabriskie (Los Angeles, Calif./Garmin-Transitions) – 128 points
  • 3. Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Team Radioshack) – 74 points
  • 4. Peter Sagan (SLO/Liquigas-Doimo) – 71 points
  • 5. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/Garmin-Transitions) – 55 points

Team Standings

  • 1. Team HTC-Columbia – 260 points
  • 2. Garmin-Transitions – 197 points
  • 3. Teaem Radioshack – 131 points
  • 4. Liquigas-Doimo – 91 points
  • 5. Team Saxo Bank – 64 points

The USA Cycling Professional Tour includes the UCI-sanctioned professional races held in the U.S. this year:

  • Tour of the Battenkill Cambridge, NY
  • Amgen Tour of California
  • TD Bank Philadelphia International Championship
  • Tour de New York
  • USA Cycling Professional Criterium Championships, Glencoe, Ill
  • Univest Grand Prix, Souderton, Penn.
  • USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championship, Greenville, S.C.
  • USA Cycling Professional Road Race  Championship, Greenville, S.C.

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Steve Frothingham

Steve Frothingham

VeloNews.com editor Steve Frothingham joined the gang in bike-crazy Boulder in early 2008. He is the former executive editor of the trade magazine Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. He also was a reporter and editor for The Associated Press, where he covered three presidential primaries in politics-crazy New Hampshire. His racing career began on a BMX track in 1980 and reached its zenith with several miserable road races as a category 2 in the early 90s. He subsequently retreated to cat. 3, where he has had a consistently mediocre (at best) record ever since, in road, mountain bike and cyclocross events. Follow him on Twitter at @steve_froth