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Clear blue water: The Levi Leipheimer diary 2005
Levi Leipheimer shot to prominence when he made the podium at the 2001 Vuelta while riding for US Postal. He spent three years at Rabobank before joining the German Gerolsteiner team for 2005, where he is one of the team's main men for stage race general classifications.
Leipheimer has twice finished in the top ten at the Tour de France, and this year will aim higher if his form allows. "We'll have to wait and see," he says. Follow Levi's progress to the Tour and beyond on Cyclingnews.
July 8, 2005
Fair Deutschland!
Hi everyone,
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I went to Germany today but I didn't have time for sight seeing. The crowds were crazy. Every time the tour passes into Germany it's like that. I guess that's why I have a great job on a German team!
Speaking of Germans, I asked the T Mobile rider with the number 13 (his race number) why he has the three backwards and he told me it's to reverse the luck. Who knew? I hope it works for him.
I think it worked today since I'm fairly certain he didn't go down in any of the crashes.
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In terms of difficulty, today wasn't so bad thanks to my teammate Fabian, who was off the front all day. He was in a good position on the climb so he went for the mountain points and found himself alone and decided to go for it.
He was out there for a long time which was cool for the German fans that came out in groups of millions. The weather was pretty bad but it wasn't cold and it could always have been worse.
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I saw on TV on the way to the hotel that they're saying the mountains start tomorrow. It's true we finish on a category 2 climb but that's not really mountains. The real mountains are still looming and basically sitting there laughing at how they're planning to break legs and hearts, by just sitting there.
We'll be there soon enough, but not soon enough for some of us.
See you back here tomorrow, and thanks for riding along with me,
Levi
2005 diary entries
Tour of Germany
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August 22: Huge rabbits and a huge win
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Tour de France
- July 25: Another Tour chapter closed
- July 22: Legs do the talking
- July 21: Running naked
- July 20: Another day of punishment
- July 19: Great guy, true professional
- July 17: Just surviving
- July 16: A really tough day
- July 15: Impressive Horner - & more traffic woes
- July 14: A special French day
- July 13: Taking on the Galibier
- July 12: School's back in
- July 10: Waiting for the real race
- July 9: A strange day
- July 8: Fair Deutschland!
- July 7: Not another flat stage!
- July 6: A bad joke...
- July 5: Goliath takes the day
- July 4: Fast, furious and nervous
- July 3: Slightly controlled confusion and stress
- July 2: Not great, but not catastrophic
- July 1: Standing on the edge of another Tour
Tour de Georgia
- April 24: On the midnight plane to Girona
- April 23: Raw power
- April 22: Dodgeball
- April 21: The Raining of Rome
- April 20: Peter's March
- April 19: Aliens racing in Tour de Georgia
- April 18: Back in the USA
Cyclingnews interviews with Levi Leipheimer
February 2005
September 2003
May 2003
November 2002
January 2002
