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Leipheimer leaving Gerolsteiner for Discovery
Published: Jul. 26, 2006
Levi Leipheimer will join Discovery Channel next season, the American cycling team confirmed Wednesday.
Leipheimer had finished 13th overall and claimed second place in one of the Pyrenees stages of this year's Tour de France with German team Gerolsteiner. "I am very excited about riding for this team," said the winner of the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré.
According to a release issued by Specialized, the bike sponsor of Leipheimer’s current team, the American notified the company that he was leaving at the end of the year.
"My best results, wins at the Tour of Germany and Dauphiné Libéré, happened on my S-Works Tarmac SL, but Discovery made me an offer I could not refuse," he was quoted as saying in a release issued by Specialized.
