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Leipheimer, Levi
- Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Men’s Road Race
- 2001 Vuelta a Espana, Overall - 3rd Place
- 2001 World Championships, Time Trial - 4th Place
- 2002 Route du Sud, Overall - 1st Place
- 2004 Setmana Catalana, Stage 4, 1st Place
- Highest American finisher in the 2002 Tour de France after Lance Armstrong; Levi finished eighth
- Began cycling in 1987 to train for downhill ski racing
- A competitive skier from age 12-19
- He and his wife, Odessa, live in their home in Santa Rosa, Calif. with their six cats
- Auctioned off several of his Tour de France jerseys in 2002. The proceeds went to the Ross Dillon Fund, which helps pay the medical expenses of a cyclist who was hit by a car, and to a local cat rescue center
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Height: 5-7
Born: October 24, 1973
Hometown: Butte, Mont.
Resides: Santa Rosa, Calif.
Sport: Cycling
Event: Men's Road Race
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