Subject: Levi Leipheimer

• Tour of California Explained: Norse Gods and Mountain Goats

  Part II of our explainer of California's new favorite bike race. For Part I, click here. Q: What could beat seeing ballerina-thin American demi-gods Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer prance weightlessly up mountain passes in pursuit of victory in a week-long endurance contest? A: Seeing an actual muscle-bound Norwegian God storm toward the finish line at 40mph, while hacking at his rivals with his elbows, in pursuit of a sprint-finish victory likely to be measured in miliseconds. In bicycle st

  February 17, 2009

• We're Good Sports

  February 4, 2009

• Round and Round

  August 27, 2008

• Shake-down Tour

  February 28, 2007

• Lance Armstrong's Derriere Exposed, Now That He's Lost His Levi

  Levi LeipheimerLevi Leipheimer, the petite, bald-headed San Rafael resident who until Thursday was considered a possible dark horse to win the Tour de France, dropped out Friday with a wrist fracture suffered in a crash during Wednesday's stage, according to press reports.Though Leipheimer's Astana teammates, Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador, were garnering the lion's share of the Tour's media attention, Leipheimer had quietly positioned himself for a possible overall Tour win, sitting in fo

  July 17, 2009