Levi Leipheimer News

The very day the route for Stage 2 of the seventh annual Tour of California was announced, professional cyclist Ben Jacques-Maynes was out riding it.

The first stage of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California will follow much of the main route of the popular King Ridge Gran Fondo, organizers announced today.

The 2011 Amgen Tour of California GC podium was all-American: Levi Leipheimer , Chris Horner and Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cerv AEG Sports, organisers of the 7th Amgen Tour of California , announced today the details of the 2012 route which goes higher and could prove far more difficult than any edition to date.

Defending champion Chris Horner and three-time winner Levi Leipheimer are expected to be in the field for the 2012 Amgen Tour of California , which will include a 130-mile fourth stage that will make for the race's longest day.

My epiphany arrived 75 miles into Levi Leipheimer's GranFondo century ride, the Pacific Coast Highway behind me and most of a 1,100-foot hill looming above me.

This morning's announcement that Alberto Contador has been stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title raises all kinds of questions, but the one most people are asking is: if the allegations are true, then how long had he been doping? On hearing the news I immediately thought of this video , shot in 2009 and posted to YouTube, of Team Astana ... (more)

As he awaits the Court of Arbitration for Sport's verdict on whether he should be banned following his positive test for clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France, Alberto Contador has admitted that his career has not followed a smooth path since he was affected by a life-threatening brain injury in 2004.

There are some big guns lining up for this year's Paris-Nice, set to be the first major stage-race dogfight of the season.

The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah revealed the cities and venues of the 2012 edition.

A decision in the long-running doping case of Alberto Contador has been delayed yet again, this time for another week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Monday.

Alberto Contador won his first race of the year in the mountain stage of the Tour de San Luis i n Argentina.

After struggling near the foot of the WorldTour rankings for much of last season, Omega Pharma-Quick Step begins 2012 with a significantly bolstered line-up. While Tom Boonen will again lead Patrick Lefevere's squad at the classics, the team has made a significant investment in stage racing talent, snapping up Levi Leipheimer, Peter Velits and Tony ... (more)

Some of the biggest stars in cycling will be presented for the 6th Tour de San Luis in Argentina today, with Saxo Bank's Alberto Contador , Tom Boonen and Levi Leipheimer of Omega Pharma-Quickstep and Vincenzo Nibali amongst the starters for the UCI 2.1 race.

Congratulations to Nora Radtke, 23, who won Tyler Farrar's Cervlo R3 bike in the Cyclingnews reader poll.