USA Junior Team's Adam Leibovitz Wins Prologue

USA Junior Team's Adam Leibovitz Wins Prologue
Borlo, Belgium Junior National Team member Adam Leibovitz (Indianapolis, Ind./Nuvo Cultural Trail) won Friday’s prologue of the Ster Van Zuid-Limburg stage race in Belgium, clocking a winning time of 6 minutes, 21 seconds over the five-kilometer course.

One of 34 Americans participating in USA Cycling’s national team program in Europe this month, Leibovitz is one of six juniors competing in the four-day event. Teammate Jacob Rathe (Portland, Ore./CMG Racing) also scored a top-ten finish, placing seventh.

Three others: Lawson Craddock (Houston, Texas/Hot Tubes), Nathan Brown (Covington, Tenn./Hot Tubes) and Alex Battles-Wood (Tulsa, Ok./Power Train) – finished in the top 20 of the 186-rider field, placing 11th, 19th and 20th respectively. The squad’s sixth member, Connor O’Leary (Salt Lake City, Utah/FFKR Architects/SportsBaseOnline) was 30th.The six 17- and 18-year-old athletes are currently joined by 14 U23 riders and 14 women competing throughout Western Europe this month.

Leibovitz will wear the yellow leader’s jersey in stage 1 on Saturday, a 119-kilometer race from Borlo to Alt-Hoeselt.

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