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Levi Leipheimer Information

Levi Leipheimer
Personal information
Full nameLevi Leipheimer
Date of birthOctober 24, 1973 (1973-10-24) (age 34)
CountryFlag of the United States United States
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (136.7 lb/9.8 st)
Team information
Current teamAstana
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional team(s)
1998–1999
2000–2001
2002–2004
2005–2006
2007
2008–
Saturn
U.S. Postal Service
Rabobank
Gerolsteiner
Discovery Channel
Astana
Major wins
1 stage, Tour de France (2007)
1 stage, Vuelta a España (2008)
Tour of California (2007,2008)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (2006)
Deutschland Tour (2005)
Route du Sud (2002)
Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the United States United States
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Bronze2008 BeijingMen's Road Time Trial

Levi Leipheimer (born October 24, 1973 in Butte, Montana) is an American professional road bicycle racer who rides with UCI ProTeam Team Astana. He previously rode for the American team Discovery Channel, the ancestral German cycling team Gerolsteiner, and the Dutch team Rabobank. .

His major results to date are 1st overall in the 2008 Tour of California (winning the Stage 5 time trial), 2007 Tour of California (winning the Prologue and Stage 5 time trials), 1st overall in the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré, 1st overall in the 2005 Deutschland Tour, 3rd overall in the 2001 Vuelta a España, and four top-ten finishes in the Tour de France general classification, including 3rd overall in the 2007 race. He currently resides in Santa Rosa, California, with his wife Odessa Gunn. Leipheimer won the 2007 USA National Road Race Championships, finishing 1:11 seconds ahead of Discovery team mate and defending U.S. champion George Hincapie.

Leipheimer won the Bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the Men's Road Time Trial.





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Levi Leipheimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Levi Leipheimer (born October 24, 1973 in Butte, Montana) is an American professional cyclist who just finished his last race riding for the German cycling team Gerolsteiner. For the 2007 season ...

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Discovery Channel Pro Cyclist Levi Leipheimer Official Website - News

macromedia flash required _ Levi wins the 2007 Tour of California! Check out the pictures from the Tour of California in the images sections . (March 02, 2007)

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Prologue | Amgen Tour of California

Discovery Channel's Levi Leipheimer won his second consecutive Tour of California Prologue in dramatic fashion today. The time trial, which raced along the Embarcadero and finished atop Telegraph Hill ...

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Levi Leipheimer · Velorant

where phil and paul left off ... i hate to have every post be about doping, or have a subtext about doping, but frank is correct ...

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Levi Leipheimer

Levi Leipheimer There’s only one race that everyone wants to be in and it allows room for only 21 teams and 189 of the best riders from around the globe.

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