Career
He last rode for the UCI ProTour team Team RadioShack. His climbing ability was instrumental in leading Lance Armstrong to five of his Tour de France victories, most famously leading Armstrong up the start of Alpe d"Huez in 2001. He earned an engineering degree in 2004, while balancing his race schedule and studies.
He is very respected in the peloton and was elected as deputy to the cyclists" representative council of the UCI ProTour.
Grand Tour General classification results timeline.