The Discovery Channel pro cycling team took the stage and overall lead at the Tour de Georgia on Thursday, perhaps setting up a battle later on with Team CSC.
Levi Leipheimer won the 18.9-mile Stage 4 individual time trial from Chickamauga to Lookout Mountain in 44:51.
Although he finished more than 2 minutes later, teammate Janez Brajkovic's 47:28 was good enough to take the yellow jersey from the shoulders of David Canada from Saunier Duval-Prodir.
That slower time by Brajkovic was enough to win the overall lead because he was among the 13 cyclists who sustained a 29-minute breakaway from the rest of the peloton, which included Leipheimer and most of the other favorites at the start of the Tour.
Sitting in second overall is US cyclist Christian Vandevelde of Team CSC. This could set up a battle for the yellow jersey in the remaining stages between the two teams, but not between the expected favorites.
Finishing second in Thursday's time trial was US's David Zabriskie (Team CSC) at 41 seconds behind Leipheimer; Health Net's Nathan O'Neill finished third at 1:18 behind.
Full results at CyclingNews or VeloNews.
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