6 Mar 2009

Henderson takes lead in Tour of Murcia

11:51 am on 6 March 2009

The New Zealand cyclist Greg Henderson has won the second stage of the Tour of Murcia in Spain.

Henderson, riding for Team Columbia, won in a sprint finish with another New Zealander Julian Dean third.

The stage was reduced in lenght because of high winds on one of the hill passes.

Henderson, a former world scratch race champion on the track, has also taken over the lead in general classification.