Colorado’s Leadville 100 has become one of the most recognized 100-mile mountain bike races, due in large part to Lance Armstrong’s participation over the past couple years. The race takes place at very high altitude–the town of Leadville sits at 10,200ft and the course climbs up to 12,600ft. The course is mostly dirt roads in an out and back format that favors a road rider.
This year over 1,500 people raced, though over 10,000 applied to get in! Armstrong was injured this year but the fastest field ever assembled for a 100-mile mountain bike race came out to try to break Armstrong’s record. The race was eventually won by top US road pro Levi Leipheimer who did break the record by over 10 minutes. Alex Grant rode strong, riding with the lead pack for the first 40 miles and doing a good amount of pace setting to help break the record. Alex eventually went on to finish 8th overall. Alex raced in Kore Medium C28.