Talk:Levi Leipheimer

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Due to his name I'm curious as to if he is jewish perhaps? Mathmo 17:08, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Most likely he is. Levi is a common jewish name too.

Contents 1 Departure to Discovery 2 2007 3 Early Years 4 Weight convertion wrong 5 Just curious

[edit] Departure to Discovery

Do we really need to mention the departure to Discovery in the 2006 section? It's already in the intro and seems redundant. This is the second time I'm removing it. --Serge 04:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2007

There are some problems with this paragraph which I'm reproducing here before I edit.

In his first season riding with Discovery, Leipheimer was the team leader in the 2007 Tour of California. From a strong performance in the opening prologue to the final circuit stage he wore the yellow jersey. His team helped him defend the jersey on more than one occasion. On stage 6 fellow teammate George Hincapie crashed and broke his wrist. Upon receiving the news via the radio, Leipheimer called for time-out in order to let those involved have a chance to catch up with the peloton. During the halt, a pack of nine riders broke from the peloton and threatened Levi's lead time. However, the peloton, led by Hincapie and Leipheimer, diminished the gap towards the end of the stage to help Leipheimer keep the yellow jersey, thus giving him the best overall time for the Tour.

1. strong performance in the opening prologue - he won. I'd call that more than a strong performance.
2. the stage 6 incident, although it made for exciting racing, is really not all that unusual or significant to merit inclusion in an article about Leipheimer, but might be mentioned in the Tour of California article.
3. Hincapie crashed and broke his wrist: the break wasn't diagnosed until after the stage so that wasn't the news that Leipheimer receieved.
4. time-out: there are no time-outs in road races!
5. halt: though I didn't watch the stage, I'm sure they didn't come to a complete stop.
6. Levi: use last names in Wikipedia

RosinDebow 02:53, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Early Years

"Levi moonlighted as a male erotic dancer to make ends meet during his high school years, biking is expensive."

Is there any reference confirming this claim? 68.105.13.50 22:32, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Weight convertion wrong

The weight conversion is wrong, there is 14 lb in a stone (st) so he is 10 st not 9.8 st. As with other conversions on sports people on Wiki these are wrong, height metres to feet. 86.167.29.39 (talk) 02:27, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Just curious

how do you pronunciate "Leipheimer"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.4.106.112 (talk) 16:47, 30 May 2008 (UTC)