“The Levi Effect” – Levi Leipheimer coming soon to a theater near youPro cyclist Levi Leipheimer has raced his way through some of the cycling world’s most celebrated contests including the Tour de France, the Olympics and most recently, the USA Pro Cycling Challenge where he finished third overall. Next, Leipheimer cruises onto the big screen with “The Story of Levi Leipheimer – The Levi Effect” on Tuesday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. local time. Broadcast to select movie theaters across the...Read Full Story

Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team has announced the roster for the AMGEN Tour of California. Levi Leipheimer and Tom Boonen spoke at the race press conference on Friday about the upcoming race, from May 13 through the 20th.“First of all it’s a little special, this race,” Boonen said. “Coming back from a rest period, continuing after the Classics. I have only good memories of this tour. A really nice organization, the parcours is very nice. It’s the perfect race to get started again...Read Full Story

Team RadioShack’s Chris Horner claimed the first-ever mountaintop finish in the Amgen Tour of California. Horner rode away from the opposition to take the stage win on Sierra Road (San Jose). Putting his stamp on the race looked easy for Horner as he motored up the final 5.8km/3.6mi category 1 climb, putting more than one-minute into the rest of the field.  Horner, 39, is no stranger to winning, but today’s victory was the first in this race for him and Team RadioShack. From the start the...Read Full Story

Defending champion Levi Leipheimer took the lead in the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah after finishing second in stage 3, an individual time trial near Salt Lake City. Stage winner was Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad).Leipheimer finished five seconds behind and teammate Jani Brajkovic finished 6th. Race leader Columbian Sergio Luis Henao dropped 1 minute and 15 seconds and lost his yellow jersey to Levi Leipheimer who now leads with 27 seconds to Jani Brajkovic, making it one-two for Team...Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American Chris Horner pulled away from team mate and compatriot Levi Leipheimer with about four kilometers remaining to win the fourth stage of the Tour of California Wednesday and grab the overall lead.Horner, who placed fourth in the event last year, completed the hilly 131.6 kilometer (81.8 mile) road race from Livermore to San Jose in three hours 27 minutes 51 seconds.Twice Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck of Luxembourg finished the stage in second with...Read Full Story