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Historic Overview Levi Leipheimer

Rider

Overall Rank164
NameLevi LEIPHEIMER
Country
  United States
Date of birth24-Oct-1973 - Butte (Montana)

Biography

Levi Leipheimer

Levi Leipheimer (born October 24, 1973) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He was twice US national champion, winning the time trial title in 1999 and the road race in 2007, and is an Olympic medalist. Leipheimer was born and raised in Butte, Montana and resides in Santa Rosa, California. He is the patron of the widely attended King Ridge GranFondo, a mass participation ride in Sonoma County.

Leipheimer's major career accomplishments include winning the 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2011 Tour de Suisse and the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge. His Grand Tour results include 2nd in the 2008 Vuelta a España, and 4th in the 2009 Giro d'Italia. Leipheimer won the bronze medal in the time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced in October 2012 that Leipheimer would be suspended for his involvement in doping while riding for U.S. Postal Service, Rabobank, Gerolsteiner and Astana. Leipheimer accepted a 6-month ban from September 1, 2012, to March 1, 2013, and was stripped of all race results from June 1, 1999, to July 30, 2006, and July 7 to 29, 2007. (This included his third-place finish in the 2007 Tour.)

In May 2013, Leipheimer confirmed his retirement from professional cycling following the termination of his contract with Omega Pharma-Quickstep.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Dauphiné Libéré 2006
Deutschland Rundfahrt 2005
Route du Sud 2002
Tour de Suisse 2011
Tour of California 2007, 2008, 2009
USA Pro Challenge 2011
Vuelta a Castilla y León 2009
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 2008 (1)
Deutschland Rundfahrt - stages 2005 (1), 2006 (1)
Route du Sud - stages 2002 (1)
Setmana Catalana - stages 2004 (1)
Tour de France - stages 2007 (1)
Tour de l'Eurométropole / Circuit Franco-Belge - stages 2000 (1)
Tour of California - stages 2006 (1), 2007 (2), 2008 (1), 2009 (1), 2011 (1)
USA Pro Challenge - stages 2011 (2)
Vuelta a Castilla y León - stages 2009 (1)
Vuelta a España - stages 2008 (2)
More results

Seasons

Levi Leipheimer - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1995 F.S. Maestro - Frigas 8 912
2. 1997 Comptel Data Systems - Colorado Cyclist 35 628
3. 1998 Saturn 42 613
4. 1999 Saturn Cycling Team 139 392
5. 2000 US Postal Service 170 367
6. 2001 US Postal Service 1585 21
7. 2002 Rabobank 866 64
8. 2003 Rabobank 672 102
9. 2004 Rabobank 1268 37
10. 2005 Gerolsteiner 1701 20
11. 2006 Gerolsteiner 1383 28
12. 2007 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1893 18
13. 2008 Astana 2660 5
14. 2009 Astana 1273 33
15. 2010 Team RadioShack 1082 44
16. 2011 Team RadioShack 1189 44
17. 2012 Omega Pharma - Quickstep 515 154
Overall: 16481 164