Levi Does Choose Astana
Oct 24th, 2007 by Nick
Levi Leipheimer made his decision public today to sign with the Astana team for next season. He felt relieved with this decision mainly because he had felt at home with Discovery. Discovery decided to disband for next year so he was out of a team. Now that he is on Astana, he will be joined by fellow teammates as well as Johan Brunyeel his Discovery Director.
His thoughts on having Contador with him were that he was glad to have him there. He said that when it comes to the Tour this year he and Alberto will work together and hopefully both of them will be riding well again. Levi had his best year as a professional this year and was able to secure a 3rd place podium finish in the Tour de France while his teammate Contador won it.
More Discovery riders are expected to sign with Astana before the start of the 2008 season. Hopefully they will be able to bring some pride to the Astana name after several high profile drug scandals broke out last year. Including a fan favorite, Alexander Vinokourov.