Discovery Cycling Team

Levi Leipheimer Signed With the Cycling of Astana of Equipe

Levi Leipheimer gave its first steps in the return cycling in 1985 when it was 12-old years as a competitive skier; in 1987 it began inducing for while descending the skiing running; later on to become a professional cyclist in 1997. In 1998 began as a road cyclist subsidized by Saturn and could win the Time of National American essay Championship in 1999, after this success it joined the American Post going to bicycle the team.

His first international experience was in the Vuelta an Espaa±a in 2001 to finish in the third place, it was invited to join the Rabobank of Dutch team as the leader and during his appearance in the Turn of France it became eighth in the general classification. This year it resigns of the team of Chain of Discovery (old American Postal) and the finished third in the last one Turned France.

Because of the scandals doping in the cycling disciplines the team of Chain of Discovery that was the stop of principal sponsor subsidizing them. The fact to find a new sponsor became very strong not to say impossible for a such big team therefore it was decided to dissolve the team of here the end of this yearaeŠ because of the position all the members had the new discovery teams.

Several team members of Chain of Discovery have are recruited by Astana; among them the Portuguese Sergio Paulihno, the Junior Spaniard Noval, Janez Brajikovic of Slovenia, last Turned France conqueror Spanish Alberto Contador and team of guiding Discovery Johan Bruyneel preceding that helped Arsmtrong of Lance to its seven triumphs of jersey of consecutive yellow one in the biggest event of cycling of the world Turned it of.

Bruyneel is doubtless is a strong leader with a big bottom and this can be the so many members principal reason of the "old" team transferred to Astana. Leipheimer admitted the this is one of its principal reasons as it declared "a lot of that must does with Johan and the personnel and that I am comfortable with them," (aeŠ) "the This is not the same exact riders, but there will be the same philosophy and understanding there".

The bicycle of road of Astana running the team subsidized by the group of Astana and possessed by the businesses of Kazakhstan was implied in a lot of controversies because of a lot of cases to dope of certain ones of its members. The this is probably the team will do facing the skepticism of the authorities of cycling, the public and the media. "I will not renounce certainly because of what arrived," Leipheimer said. "The sport changes for the better one, entering the just direction, and I am excited to see that".