Levi Leipheimer

One of the best GC riders of Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt’s era joins the show. 

Anyone who has already registered for the event will have their entry honored next year.

Event organized by former road pro Laurens Ten Dam drew more than 650 participants and saw riders around the globe grinding in tribute to Dirty Kanza.

We already miss this American stage race, which drew a top-tier field, since 2006.

We wrap up the key stories you need to know about from the past week.

Levi Leipheimer says his three Amgen Tour of California wins had a greater impact on his career—and his life after cycling—than any other results.

The Amgen Tour of California's best battles involved riders on U.S. domestic teams as they battled against the sport's biggest stars.

The retired pro cyclist lost his house in the devastating wildfires that have burned through California's wine country.

Spain's Alto de l'Angliru climb has produced some of pro cycling's best YouTube clips. Here, we rank them.

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Testimony from Michael Rasmussen and Levi Leipheimer paints a clear picture of systematic doping at Rabobank

Testimony implicates Mario Zorzoli, the UCI’s chief medical officer, as having been complicit to doping during the sport’s darkest period

Some who confessed to doping have been accepted back into the sport, others have not. What's the difference?

Levi Leipheimer talks to VeloNews about his doping past and his current relationship with cycling

Some who confessed to doping have been accepted back into the sport, others have not. What's the difference?

VeloNews editor in chief Neal Rogers spoke with Levi Leipheimer, to find out where he sits with his controversial past, and what lies ahead in his future

Given USADA's reasoned decision, America's national championship results from 2006 to 2009 are strange at best

Cycling need not perish from a thousand self-inflicted cuts. A truth commission could nurse our wounded sport back to health

The 69-mile race in the mountains of Beaver County, Utah is scheduled for July 13

Leipheimer says he will now concentrate on his Gran Fondo, a fund-raising ride in Northern California

47-year-old raced from 1986-2002 and won several races and grand tour stages, along with an Olympic silver medal

Six-month bans for Garmin riders and Leipheimer expired on Friday

A south-to-north route, Mt. Diablo and a Golden Gate Bridge crossing highlight the eight-day, 750-mile race

Leipheimer says he's done the event before, adding that his suspension doesn't bar him "from training and staying fit"

American says his California, Colorado results came cleanly and he's proud of them

Leipheimer addresses former coach's confession, though the pair haven't spoken much in years

Famed collegiate coach admits his role in doping athletes including Levi Leipheimer, but claims he never pushed PEDs on student-athletes

Garmin-Sharp manager and AIGCP president talks openly about Bruyneel, Leipheimer, Tygart, Change Cycling Now and other topics

Travis Tygart believes fans want sport, not for-profit entertainment, from cycling, questions why athletes wouldn't want an amnesty restart

Matthew Beaudin hops in the Omega Pharma-Quick Step car at the Tour of Utah for a look inside a day with sport director Brian Holm

USADA boss Travis Tygart says cycling's code of silence caused Levi Leipheimer's firing and that those who love cycling should take over

Physiologist Allen Lim says he tried to talk Levi Leipheimer and Floyd Landis out of doping and that he never worked for Landis

Belgian squad fires American over his doping admission in the Armstrong case

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday painted a picture of an Armstrong career marked by intimidation and secrecy

Lefevere says Leipheimer only informed him of his role in USADA's Armstrong case an hour before the agency published its report on Wednesday

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has laid its overwhelming cards on the table in the Armstrong case. What does it mean for those involved?

Levi Leipheimer says he helped USADA because the agency had enough evidence to achieve change, not blacklist single riders

U.S. officials have not received notification from USADA regarding suspensions for Danielson, Leipheimer, Vande Velde or Zabriskie

Levi Leipheimer was worried about Flagstaff Mountain at the 2012 USA Pro Challenge

Rory Sutherland scored a career-defining win on what many called the biggest day in U.S. cycling history

One pivotal attack and the USA Pro Challenge will go down to the wire in Denver

A tough day for Levi, seems the rest of the peloton has learned from his strategy in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in years past

The USA Pro Challenge leader thinks defending champ Levi Leipheimer is the man to watch

Defending Pro Challenge champ sees a difficult road to another Colorado overall win

The American leaps away on Empire Pass, but the race leader hangs tough to take the overall

Leipheimer sees overall chance ride away on the auto track under the blazing desert sun

With the usual favorites coming off injury and the Olympics, the overall at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah is wide open; Jens doesn't want dirty laundry aired

It's been a long, disappointing season for the American rider, who hopes to defend his titles in Utah and Colorado

Leipheimer: "I don't know if I've suffered that much, ever before"

Seventeen teams from around the globe, including seven competing at the Tour de France, have accepted invitations to the UCI 2.1 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, held August 7-12.

Andrew Hood supplies a daily notebook from the 2012 Tour de France

Much has been made of what five former teammates' testimony means to the USADA case against Armstrong, but what will it mean for them?

Tour brass, UCI haven't acted on new Armstrong report and plan to leave the four Americans named as Armstrong witnesses in the Tour

Andrew Hood contributes a daily notebook from the 2012 Tour de France

Omega Pharma rider hopes to make the most out of Tour's long time trials

From Evans to Sanchez, Wiggins to Menchov, we run down the favorites for the 2012 Tour de France

Lefevre selects balanced roster aimed at stage wins and the overall

Schleck tries to seize the lead in finale, but runs out of road as Kangert claims stage win

Late move by Fränk Schleck and Levi Leipheimer put the two into second and third overall

Defending champ hoping to regain top form for Tour, talks about the human condition and the sweetness of victory through struggle

Gesink and Valverde are among the Tour hopefuls taking aim at top form in Switzerland starting Saturday

In a look at our archives, Wiggins and Leipheimer revive 2011 Tour hopes with strategic stage race victories

Defending Colorado and Utah titles top goals for summer after broken leg

Tech editor Nick Legan gives advice on building ice socks, choosing and aligning the perfect saddle and replacing derailleur pulleys

Levi Leipheimer tells VeloNews that he is setting small goals at the Amgen Tour of California and says Garmin is riding to land the jersey in Bakersfield

With Leipheimer claiming he's not a factor and Horner suspicious, the opening stage of the Amgen Tour was a tactical grudge match

Levi Leipheimer tells VeloNews that, knowing he would not content for the overall, he told the GC favorites that Omega Pharma would not pull on stage 1 of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California

Omega Pharma champ will start the Tour of California with limited expectations following car-bike crash in April

From a cautiously optimistic Horner to an on-form Talansky and on-fire Nibali, there is no single favorite for the seventh Amgen Tour

In the pre-race press conference, three-time Amgen Tour champ Levi Leipheimer said that his hopes are gone for the overall in this year's race

Neal Rogers examines the 2009 Amgen Tour of California and whether the race can survive, or even thrive, with a new May date

If Levi Leipheimer spends 1% of his life racing, what does he do with the other 99%?

Three-time Amgen Tour champ continues to recover from car/bike crash ahead of California

In the first episode of the USA Pro Challenge's "Spotlight" series, Citizen Pictures profiles Levi Leipheimer at home in Santa Rosa, California

Levi Leipheimer said Wednesday that starting the Tour of California next month would be a success following broken leg

American should not require surgery, looks to Tour de France and Olympics