Tour of California

Martin wins seventh stage in Tour of California

Tony Martin won the seventh stage of the Tour of California on Saturday, but Australian Michael Rogers extended his overall lead by finishing second in the 33.6km time-trial on the streets of Los Angeles.

Rogers finished 22 seconds behind his German Columbia teammate, and stretched his narrow lead in the overall standings over American David Zabriskie.

Zabriskie, who started the day four seconds back overall, lost more ground with only the 134.4km final stage in the western Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks remaining on Sunday.

He finished third on Saturday to fall nine seconds off Rogers' lead. Three-time defending champion Levi Leipheimer was fourth to move up to third in the overall standings, 25 seconds adrift.

Martin, winner of time trials in last year's Criterium International and Bayern Rundfahrt clocked 41:41 on the course that skirted such landmarks as Los Angeles City Hall and Memorial Coliseum.

Floyd Landis, whose admission of doping and accusations against others - including Lance Armstrong - created a furore this week, was in attendance.

He spent time in the tent of Ouch team sponsor and longtime Landis backer Brent Kay, but didn't speak to reporters.

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