Levi Leipheimer (born 1973) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, born and raised in Butte, Montana. He was twice US national champion, taking the time trial title in 1999 and the road race in 2007, and he won the bronze medal in the time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. His career results include the Tour of California in 2007, 2008 and 2009, the 2011 Tour de Suisse and the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, second place in the 2008 Vuelta a España and fourth in the 2009 Giro d'Italia. In 2012 the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced his involvement in doping and he accepted a six-month ban. He is the patron of the King Ridge GranFondo in Sonoma County.
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(born October 24, 1973)
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He was twice US national champion, winning the time trial title in 1999 and the road race in 2007
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is an American former professional road racing cyclist
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Riding with Astana in the 2009 Tour de France, Leipheimer broke a wrist in a crash near the end of stage 12
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