No. 21 - Levi Leipheimer
 | Team: Team DSC Country: USA DOB: 10/24/1973 | Age: 33 Hometown: Butte, Montana Residence: Santa Rosa, California Height: 5' 7 | Weight: 140 Hobbies: His animal refuge Freedom Hill, movies, mtn Website: www.levileipheimer.net Pro Since: 1997 NRC Rank: 26th & Points: 585 UCI Rank: 16th & Points: 114 Specialty: All Around, Time Trialist |
Career Summary
With world-class talent and a passion for his home state of California, Levi Leipheimer brought true excitement to the inaugural Amgen Tour of California.He kicked off the event with a winning prologue performance and made his presence known on theclimbs, eventually winning the KOM competition.A strong time trialist and able climber, Leipheimer is one of the most consistent stage racers in the sport. He has won the Tour of Germany, the Dauphine Libere, finished second in the Tour of Georgia, and third in the Vuelta a Espana. He has also finished the Tour de France in the top ten three times.
A new member of Discovery, Leipheimer will be riding for the overall title at the 2007 Amgen race.
Events
07 Amgen Tour of California06 Tour de Georgia
05 Tour de Georgia
Individual Results
- 2006 1st Prologue, 1st mountains classification, 4th stage 2, 6th overall Amgen Tour of California; 1st overall, 3rd stages 3 and 4 (Mont Ventoux), 4th stage 6, Dauphine Libere; 2nd USA Cycling National Road Championships; 2nd overall, 1st stage 5, 2nd stage 6, 5th stage 7 Tour of Germany; 2nd stage 11, 13th overall Tour de France
- 2005 7th overall UCI ProTour ranking; 1st overall, 1st stage 4, 3rd stage 8 time trial Tour of Germany; 2nd overall, 2nd stage 5, 6th stages 2, 3 Tour of Georgia; 3rd overall, 2nd Prologue, 2nd stage 3 time trial Dauphine Libere; 6th overall, 5th stage 14, 6th stage 10, 8th stage 11 Tour de France
- 2004 1st stage 4 Setmana Catalana; 5th overall Vuelta a Pais Vasco; 5th stage 8 Paris-Nice; 5th stage 17, 9th overall Tour de France; US Olympic Road Team member
- 2003 6th overall Dauphine Libere
- 2002 1st overall Route du Sud; 8th overall Tour de France
- 2001 4th World Time Trial Championships; 3rd overall Vuelta a Espana; 1st stage 1 Sea Otter Classic; 2nd overall Vuelta a Castilla-Leon; 5th overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1999 1st US National Time Trial Championships
