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THANKS. That was really cool to watch!
Wow -- that will be a story to tell for years to come! Not many can say they beat Lance!
Lance got off his bike and walked it up a hill???? :eek:
Okay....so the hill looked like a wall and it was at - what? 13,000 feet? But still.....makes me feel better, next time I push my mtb up a hill! :p
That was fun to watch. Like you all have said, how manypeople can say they beat Lance? He says he is in "ok" shape?! I can only imagine...I would say he is in pretty awsome shape.
I was riding up Fremont Pass and through Leadville on that weekend, and I couldn't figure out why every other car heading up the pass had a mountain bike on it! When we were riding out of Leadville (Friday before the race) a huge pack of roadies blew past us, probably warming up and trying to acclimate. I like to think that Lance was in the pack. Not knowing anything about the Leadville 100, I was actually wearing a Livestrong jersey. I also like to think that if Lance really was in that pack that he would have dropped back to chat with me.:)
This was Dave Wiens 6th consecutive Leadville win. No wimp there. I think Lance was the first to really push him.
Very cool to watch, thanks for sharing!
Lance lost by a minute and a half, which is still about ten or thirteen minutes faster than last year's record setting time, when Dave went tire-to-tire with Floyd Landis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Rock
Rider #3 came in 35 minutes after Dave and Lance...
An awesome ride for both!
LA looked a bit thicker through the middle than what I'm used to seeing. I bet if he were a few pounds lighter he would have won the thing. I don't think he could be beat if he was in top form.
Yeah. I can only guess but it looked to me like he thought he could do it. The other rider (Wiens?) was making the same time and saving his legs :pQuote:
Originally Posted by 7rider