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First Posted: 8/26/2012 
BOULDER, Colo. &amp;#8212; Defending champion Levi Leipheimer opened a 9-second lead Saturday in the USA Pro Challenge overall standings, while Australia's Rory Sutherland won the uphill sixth stage. 
Leipheimer, the Omega Pharma-Quickstep rider based in Santa Rosa, Calif., began the day in fourth place &amp;#8212; 8 seconds back. He was fourth in the stage, 26 seconds behind Sutherland. 
The second-year race will end Sunday with a 9.5-mile time trial in Denver. 
Sutherland, who competes for U.S.-based UnitedHealthcare, completed the 102.8-mile stage from Golden, the last mountain stage of the weeklong race, in 4 hours, 6 minutes, 12 seconds for his second win of the season. 
 
 
<hl2 class="subhead" style="subhead">Valverde wins 8th stage</hl2>
 
COLLADO VIALBA, Andorra &amp;#8212; Alejandro Valverde overtook overall leader Joaquin Rodriguez and Alberto Contador on the final climb to win the eighth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Saturday. 
Valverde surged past the pair after the last turn to cap a grueling climb over the closing miles in a winning time of 4 hours, 6 minutes, 39 seconds. 
Contador struggled in the Andorran Pyrenees before giving way to finish in the same time. Christopher Froome couldn't keep up with the Spanish trio and finished 15 seconds behind in fourth.

Leipheimer takes lead in Colorado