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Levi Leipheimer
Statistics
Sport: Cycling, Road
Born: 10/24/1973
Height: 5 foot 7 inches / 171cm
Birthplace: Butte, Montana
Weight: 140 pounds / 63kg
Resides: Santa Rosa, California/Gerona, Spain
Team: Astana
Career Highlights
2001 Vuelta a Espana, Overall - 3rd Place
2002 Route du Sud, Overall - 1st Place
2004 Setmana Catalana, Stage 4, 1st Place
2005 Tour of Germany, 1st Place Overall and Stage Winner
2005 Dauphine Libere, 3rd Overall
2005 Tour of Georgia, 2nd Overall2006 Tour of California Prologue, 1st Place
2006 Dauphine Libere, 1st Overall
2006 Deutschland Tour, 2nd Overall and Stage Winner
2007 Tour of California, 1st Overall and Stage Winner
2007 Tour de France, 3rd Overall and Stage Winner
2007 Deutschland Tour, 2nd Overall
2007 USPRO National Road Race, National Champion2008 Tour of California, 1st Overall and Stage Winner
2008 Dauphine Libere, 3rd Overall and Stage Winner
2008 Cascade Classic, 1st Overall and Stage Winner
2008 Olympic Games, Time Trial Bronze Medalist
Levi Leipheimer's breakthrough performance was during his inaugural Grand Tour in 2001 at the Vuelta a España, where he finished in third place overall. In 2002 and 2004, he was the second-highest American finisher after Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France, taking eighth and ninth place in respective years. In the 2003 Tour, Leipheimer was forced to pull out after the first road stage when he fractured his pelvis in an accident. In 2004, he was chosen to ride for the United States team in the Olympic Road Race.
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