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Kayle Leogrande

Key Stats

Nationality: American
Born: March 29, 1977
Hometown: Grand Terrace, California
Residence: Rancho Cucamunga, California
Height: 5-foot-11
Weight: 160 pounds
Strengths: Sprinting
Turned Pro: 2005
Hobbies: Tattooing

Palmares

Career Highlights:

1st, USCF Elite National Criterium Championship 2006

2007
1st, Best Sprinter Competition Redlands Bicycle Classic
2nd, SmithBarney Classic
2nd, stage 4, Tour of Virginia
2nd, stage 7, Tour of Virginia
2nd, stage 2, Redlands Bicycle Classic

2006
1st, USCF Elite National Criterium Championship
3rd Overall, International Cycling Classic-Superweek
1st, Ups Criterium
1st, Ontario Grand Prix
1st, Long Beach Grand Prix
2nd, Long Beach Criterium

2005
1st Overall, Murrieta Stage Race
1st, Ontario Criterium
1st, stage 1, Murrieta Road Race
1st, Chuck Pontias Criterium

Biography

Leogrande began racing back in the 1990s, but quit to start a family and to take over Classic Tattoo Studio in Upland, California. Leogrande returned to racing after a nine-year absence in 2005 as a member of the Jelly Belly team. He then joined Rock Racing and has enjoyed a solid comeback, highlighted by his U.S. criterium championship win in 2006.