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 California
06 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

Team History

Rabobank, 2000-2001 US Postal Service Team, 1998-1999 Saturn

No. 21 - Levi Leipheimer

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