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Sunday, March 01, 2009
 Leipheimer injured in Tour of California 
Unknown to many people at the time, Levi Leipheimer suffered a fractured sacrum, a large bone at the base of the spine, in a crash during the Tour of California:
The Astana Cycling team announced Saturday that Levi Leipheimer suffered an undisplaced fracture of the sacrum in a crash during the third stage of the Amgen Tour of California.

As a result of the diagnosis, Leipheimer will not compete in next month’s edition of Paris-Nice (March 6-15) and will delay his return to cycling until March 23, when he competes in the five-day Vuelta a Castilla y León.


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