No Lance and no Levi at the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race on Saturday, and no record for the men.
Durango's Todd Wells won the high-altitude mountain bike race on the legendary course in the Rocky Mountains with the second fastest time on record of 6 hours, 23 minutes.
That's about 7 minutes slower than the course record set by Levi Leipheimer in 2010. Leipheimer, who is racing this week at the Tour of Utah, in turn had beaten the previous record set by Lance Armstrong in 2009.
Armstrong won a mountain bike race at Crested Butte recently, fueling speculation that he was going to make another bid in Leadville. The 7-time Tour winner was nowhere to be seen, however.
The women's record for the course was shattered, however, by Rebecca Rusch of Ketchum, Idaho. Her time of 7:31 was 15 minutes faster than her time last year. She's won the race three straight times.
While not an officially sanctioned bike race, its 14,000 feet of climbing on trails and dirt roads at elevations between 9,000 to 12,500 feet make it a destination for mountain bike enthusiasts as well as professional racers.
Wells is currently USA Cycling Cyclocross National champion, Short Track National champion, and Cross Country National champion.
More information at the Leadville 100 Facebook page or info and results at the Leadville 100 website.
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