Levi Leipheimer

Levi Leipheimer

Leipheimer at the 2009 Tour of California
Personal information
Full name	Levi Leipheimer
Born	(1973-10-24) October 24, 1973 (age 43) Butte, Montana, U.S.
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
1995	F.S. Maestro – Frigas
1996	Einstein
Professional team(s)
1997	Comptel – Colorado Cyclist
1998–1999	Saturn
2000–2001	U.S. Postal Service
2002–2004	Rabobank
2005–2006	Gerolsteiner
2007	Discovery Channel
2008–2009	Astana
2010–2011	Team RadioShack
2012	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France TTT (2009) Vuelta a España 2 individual stages (2008) Stage races Tour of California (2007, 2008, 2009) Tour de Suisse (2011) Tour de San Luis (2012) Tour of Utah (2010, 2011) USA Pro Cycling Challenge (2011) Vuelta a Castilla y León (2009) Tour of the Gila (2009), (2010) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Champion (2007) National Time Trial Champion (1999) Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama (2008)
Medal record Representing  United States Road bicycle racing Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Men's Road Time Trial

Grand Tours

Stage races

One-day races and Classics

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 with his Canadian wife Odessa Gunn. 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 5th 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 Saturn, 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 July 29, 2007. Leipheimer committed a previous doping violation in 1996.