Leadville Trail 100 MTB

Leadville Trail 100 MTB

The Leadville Trail 100 MTB is one of the oldest of a growing number of convert|100|mi|km|sing=on marathon mountain bike races. It was first run in 1994 and has become one of the best known marathon events in mountain bike racing. Entry is by lottery, with entries due by the end of January each year for the race that is run the second Saturday in August.

Course

The race is run on a convert|50|mi|km|sing=on out and back course, starting and finishing in downtown Leadville, Colorado, United States, at convert|10200|ft|m|abbr=on elevation. Major climbs include 3000+ ft from miles 40-50 to the Columbine mine, Powerline at mile 80, and St Kevins at mile 86. Total elevation change is roughly convert|14000|ft|m.

History

Dave Wiens, a 2000 inductee to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, has won the race every year since 2003. In 2007, he broke the 7 hour mark for the first time at 6:58:46. [http://www.leadvilletrail100.com/merchant.ihtml?id=1537&step=2] while holding off Floyd Landis of Tour de France infamy by just under 2 minutes. In 2008, Wiens won again beating 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong by just under 2 minutes and setting a new course record of 6:45:45. [http://www.leadvilletrail100.com/finishersreport.ihtml?rid=65]

Men's winner

Women's winner

See also

* The Leadville Trail 100 is an ultramarathon running race.

External links

* [http://www.leadvilletrail100.com/ LeadvilleTrail100.com] - Official website of the Leadville Trail 100 Mile MTB
* [http://home.earthlink.net/%7Edavidvnewman/leadville.html Newman's Leadville 100 Page] - A 3-time finisher's discussion of the race.


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