Levi Leipheimer Wins 2010 Leadville 100

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08/14/2010| 0 comments
by Thomas A. Valentinsen

Levi Leipheimer Wins 2010 Leadville 100

Levi Leipheimer won Colorado's 2010 Leadville 100 on Saturday, knocking more than 12 minutes off of the old record and finished about nine minutes ahead of Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski. Todd Wells finished 3rd with six-time winner Dave Wiens in fourth.

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 22: Levi Leipheimer of the USA and riding for Radio Shack looks on after he finished fourth in the individual time trial during Stage Seven of the 2010 Tour of California on May 22, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Levi Leipheimer won Colorado's 2010 Leadville 100 on Saturday, knocking more than 12 minutes off of the old record and finished about nine minutes ahead of Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski. Todd Wells finished 3rd with six-time winner Dave Wiens in fourth.

The Leadville 100 is a 100 mile (160.9 K) epic mountain bike race within the high altitude mountains and valleys of Leadville, Colorado. The majority is on back-country roads with some short sections of paved road. The entire course is 9,000 feet (2740 m) and climbs to 12,600 feet (3840 m).

In 2009 Lance Armstrong won the ultramarathon race in a record time of 6:28:30. On Saturday August 14th 2010, Levi Leipheimer finished the race in 06:16:37 despite going over the handle bars once.

Leipheimer didn't get the chance to race against defending champion Lance Armstrong, his RadioShack teammate who pulled out with a sore hip. So he did the next best thing by breaking his record.

 

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