Leipheimer doping

Bro Deal

The story going around several other sites is that Leipheimer tested positive for something at the elite national crit championship in 96. But no one seems to be able to pin down the exact story.

This is from comments on Bahati's site:

Reg, you may not notice how Levi rarely talks about doping and drugs in sport. Why do you think this is? In fact, when is the last time he has mentioned anything at all related to doping?

FACT: Levi has doped.

Many people don't know that Levi won the Elite National Criterium championships in 1996 when racing for Einstein Bagels. He tested positive after the race and had to forfeit the title. Interesting that Zabriske raced on that team them, also. Hmmmm.....He sure can time trial! Maybe it's just the altitude tent he sleeps in when home in Colorado.

RB, I'm with you on this one. Levi ain't clean. Never has been.

There has been some discussion on DP and Velonews' forum.

And talking about Bahati, boy did he get screwed at the ToC. He gets passed over for Hamilton, Sevilla, and Botero, and then they are prevented from starting.

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leerobbs

Got anything in this century?

thoughtforfood

Not yet, but we will let you know.

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FootyFanatic

thoughtforfood...I know who said the cigar quote! haha BioPsyc was my undergrad.

Bro Deal

I think it was Freud Landis who said that.

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FootyFanatic

lol - or maybe Skinner Armstrong

Crankyfeet

I don't think the LetLeviRide supporters really care if he was once, or is, a doper.

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thunder

why do they vehemently deny it then Crank

speaks volumes, when the subject is brought up, you have a goon squad saying Levi is a nice boy from next door and would never dope

ofcourse, this could be their MO like Armstrong's supporters, which, if have not dispersed, have usually folled to "America's team Astan, and lil Levi"

TheDarkLord

What excuse do they give for the positive test and title forfeit that Bro posted?

Wayne666

I've always had the impression that I remember him testing positive way back in the dark ages on the domestic scene when all they did was slap you on the wrist. I thought he might even have received a 6 month suspension.

But whenever I've tried to look it up, I can't find anything on the internet.

Bro Deal

Nobody seems to be able to pin down the exact story. You would think that one of the mainstream cycling new sites would have mentioned it in a story.

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whiteboytrash

Its on Levi's personal website under the link "helping animals" ; http://www.levileipheimer.net/helpinganimals.html

- see Levi posing for a poster for "animal birth control" ...... what the fark ? Are you sure this is not growth hormone ?

thunder

it is not known. Simple.

Who is gonna publish it now to bring it into the mainstream? Velonews? Perhaps they should. They got Rasmussen from about 6 years back. Is the fact that Leipheimer doped 10 years back valid to bring to the current debate. Perhaps only insofar as you get him in a contradiction.

thunder

I think most of the old timers on this board, knew about this. It is reasonably common knowledge among the informed cycling posters here.