Leipheimer retains Tour of Utah title

Snowbird Utah — Levi Leipheimer successfully defended his Tour of Utah title Sunday, locking onto Colombian Sergio Henao's back wheel on the final climb up Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Henao took the final stage from Park City to Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort and finished second overall, while Leipheimer's Radioshack teammate, Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia, took third.

Leipheimer grabbed the overall lead after four days of racing and just needed to hang close to Henao on the final vertical climb.

It helped that Leipheimer, who had a disappointing Tour de France after winning the Tour of Switzerland in June, had a 23-second advantage over the Colombian coming into the final day.

"It was vicious out there," said Leipheimer, who is from Montana but attended in college in Utah. "One moment Janez and I (were battling) five or six of them. It was a little daunting out there."

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