Leadville?

[vinyl]

I worked the finish line at the race, but managed to get a few pictures.

Dave Wiens, getting ready to cross the finish line:


Floyd Landis, just under 2 minutes later:


Both riders managed to beat the previous record of 7:05.

Landis crashed early in the race (and flatted at least once) - he lost some skin and some of the right side of his shorts:


It makes me wonder what would've happened if he hadn't crashed...

[SouthernBelle]

Thanks for the nifty pics! Didn't know about Floyd's woes. Does make you wonder.

[spokewench]

Remember Dave Wiens may be older than Floyd, but he was a championship mountain biker in my time when I was first racing so he probably has the better bike handling skills and he is fast (as you can see). If you crash that is part of mountain bike racing so it does tend to make you slower. So, there is really no point in wondering what would have happened if he had not crashed! Bike handling is a big part of this kind of race