Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »

Thu 04 Apr 2007Contrini maintains his leadCYCLING:Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) won the second stage of the Tour de Georgia yesterday, jumping clear on the final climb of Clocktower Hill and hitting the line two seconds ahead of Juan José Haedo (Team CSC) and Freddy Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto), reports Shane Stokes.Irish road race champion David McCann (Colavita/Sutter Home) came home in the big bunch five seconds later, placing 61st, while compatriot Ciarán Power (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team) was 64th, 21 seconds behind Stevic.