Levi Leipheimer stage 8 Tour of California stage 8 2009

LEVI LEIPHEIMER

Date of birth: 24/10/1973

From: Montana, USA

Team: Retired

Previous teams: Omega Pharma-QuickStep (2012); RadioShack (2010-11); Astana (2008-2009); Discovery Channel (2007); Gerolsteiner (2005-2006); Rabobank (2002-2004); US Postal Service (2000-2001); Saturn (1998-1999)

Levi Leipheimer career profile

Aside from the obvious exceptions of his compatriots, Lance Armstrong and Greg Lemond, Levi Leipheimer is one of the most successful American cyclists ever.

Beginning his career with the Saturn squad in 1998, Leipheimer's breakthrough came in the 2001 Vuelta, where the American finished third overall riding in support of team leader, Roberto Heras, a result that illustrated his potential as a stage racer.

After an amicable break with US Postal, Leipheimer continued to take top ten results in Grand Tours, finishing eighth and ninth in the Tour de France in 2002 and 2004.

A move to Gerolsteiner followed and Leipheimer had one of his best years, winning the Tour of Germany with a dominant performance and riding to sixth overall in the Tour de France.

Leipheimer returned to the Johan Bruyneel's leadership in 2007 at the Discovery Channel team, where he rode to third overall at the Tour de France behind team-mate Alberto Contador and almost snatched the race lead from the Spaniard in the final time trial.

 

Leipheimer stayed with the various Bruyneel-lead set ups of Astana and Radioshack until 2012, during which time he produced victories at Tour de Suisse, Tour of Utah and USA Pro Cycling Challenge. He spent the final year of his professional career at Omega Pharma-QuickStep, but was forced into retirement in October of that year, after revelations about doping in his past were brought to light.

 

Levi Leipheimer results

2012

Tour of San Luis; stage four ITT

Tour of San Luis; overall

2011

Tour de Suisse; overall

Tour of Utah; overall

Tour of California; stage seven

USA Pro Cycling Challenge; stage one

USA Pro Cycling Challenge; stage three

USA Pro Cycling Challenge; overall

2010

Tour of Utah; stage two

Tour of Utah; overall

Tour of the Gila; stage one

Tour of the Gila; overall

2009

Tour de France; stage four TTT

Tour of California; overall

Tour of California; stage six

Vuelta a Castilla y Leon; stage two

Vuelta a Castilla y Leon; overall

Sea Otter; road race

2008

Vuelta a Espana; stage five

Vuelta a Espana; stage 20

Dauphiné Libéré; prologue

Tour of California; overall

Tour of California; stage five

Olympic time trial; bronze medal

Clasica a los Puertos de Guadarrama

Cascade Cycling Classic

2007

Tour de France; stage 19

Tour of California; overall

Tour of California; prologue

Tour of California; stage five

Tour de Georgia; stage five

Tour of Missouri; stage three

National road race championships

USA Cycling Professional Tour

Copperopolis Road Race

2006

Dauphiné Libéré; overall

Tour of Germany; stage five

Tour of California; King of the Mountains

Tour of California; prologue

2005

Tour of Germany; overall

Tour of Germany; King of the Mountains

Tour of Germany; stage four

2004

Setimana Catalana; stage four

2002

Route du Sud; overall

Route du Sud; stage three

2001

Redlands Classic; mountains classification

Redlands Classic; stage six

2000

Circuit Franco-Belge; stage two

1999

Tour de Beauce; overall

Tour de Beauce; stage three

National time trial championships

1998

Tour de Beauce; overall

Tour de Beauce; stage three

Levi Leipheimer photos

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Levi Leipheimer, Tour de France 2010, stage 19 TT

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