Info the short list
* qualified for the 2004 olympic games in men’s road race
* 2001 vuelta a espana, overall - 3rd place
* 2001 world championships, time trial - 4th place
* 2002 route du sud, overall - 1st place
* 2004 setmana catalana, stage 4, 1st place
did you know?
* highest american finisher in the 2002 tour de france after lance armstrong; levi finished eighth
* began cycling in 1987 to train for downhill ski racing
* a competitive skier from age 12-19
* he and his wife, odessa, live in their home in santa rosa, calif. with their six cats
* auctioned off several of his tour de france jerseys in 2002. the proceeds went to the ross dillon fund, which helps pay the medical expenses of a cyclist who was hit by a car, and to a local cat rescue center