Tour of Utah

The last time Levi Leipheimer trained in Utah, he was battling snowy conditions up Little Cottonwood Canyon.

On Sunday in the final stage of the Tour of Utah, the heat was on, what with scorching temperatures and attacks all day from a strong Colombian team.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Colombia's Javier Acevedo won the fourth stage of the Tour of Utah on Saturday in hot conditions, and defending champion Levi Leipheimer retained the overall lead with one day left.

Acevedo, racing for Team Gobernacion Indeportes Antioqia, completed 11 laps on a 7.4-mile loop that started and ended at the state capitol building in 2 hours, 56 minutes, 18 seconds.

Spain's Javier Megias finished second, 5 seconds behind Acevedo. Swiss rider Rubens Bertogliati was third.

PROVO -- New Zealand's Jack Bauer won the second stage of the Tour of Utah of Thursday, while Colombia's Sergio Henao overcame a late crash to retain the overall lead.

Bauer finished the 100.7-mile stage that started in Lehi and wound around Utah Lake in 3 hours, 33 minutes, 43 seconds. Italian rider Elia Viviani was second, and American Jake Keough third.

PARK CITY -- Sergio Henao wasn't racing for a top-ranked team and was hardly a favorite in a country where he's never visited.

Yet the 23-year-old Colombian grabbed the yellow jersey, winning the nasty prologue of Tuesday's ramped-up Tour of Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Mention the Tour de France, and David Zabriskie thinks not about yellow jerseys but bright yellow cycling shoes skidding across the pavement in front of him during a high-speed descent.

And rather than fragrant flowers for stage winners, he remembers the stench of cigarettes on the French doctor who treated him after he crashed July 10 through a guardrail then down a European hillside.

OGDEN -- The North Ogden Divide, closed for major repairs since June 1, was expected to be open for traffic today.