title: Kevin Livingston
text: # Kevin Livingston
  
  Kevin Livingston (born May 24, 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American former professional cyclist.
  
  ## Career
  
  Livingston rode six Tours de France, the Giro d'Italia and many of the European Classics, during a career with Motorola, Cofidis, US Postal Service and Team Telekom. He was one of Lance Armstrong's domestiques in the Tour de France and other races. His best result in the Tour de France was 17th overall, in 1998. He retired in 2002 and lives in Austin, Texas.
  
  ## Doping
  
  Livingston's name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on July 24, 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when re-tested in 2004.
  
  ## Athletic performances
  
  Livingston had 4% body fat, was able to reach a maximum heart rate of 195 bpm, and had an anaerobic threshold power of 558 Watts or 8.09 watt/kg.
  
  ## Post-racing career
  
  Following retirement from racing, Livingston became a spokesperson and supporter of the National Diabetes Tour de Cure. He also acts as a consultant to Medalist Sports, where he has served as Competition Director for the Amgen Tour of California and the Tour of Missouri. He set up the PedalHard Training Center, with locations in Austin Texas and St. Louis Missouri, and Fort Worth, TX which provides training and testing facilities.
  
  ## Major results
  
  ### 1992
  
      1st Overall Tour of the Gila
  
  ### 1994
  
      1st Amateur Road race, National Road Championships
      1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria
  
  ### 1996
  
      1st Stage 3 Tour of Galicia
      8th Giro del Veneto
  
  ### 1997
  
      Tour de l'Ain
         1st Stages 4 & 5a
      2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
  
  ### 1998
  
      10th Overall À travers Lausanne
  
  ### 1999
  
      6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
      8th Breitling Grand Prix (with Lance Armstrong)
  
  ### 2000
  
      9th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
  
  ### 2002
  
      7th Breitling Grand Prix (with Bobby Julich)
  
  ### Grand Tour general classification results timeline
  
  | Grand Tour | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 114 | — |
  | Tour de France | — | — | 38 | 17 | 36 | 38 | 43 | 56 |
  | / Vuelta a España | 106 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
  
  Legend :
  
  | — | Did not compete |
  | - | - |
  | DNF | Did not finish |
  