Six-time defending champion Dave Wiens was dethroned at this year's Leadville 100 race by Lance Armstrong. Wiens came in second in 6:57:01 a year after holding off the seven-time Tour de France champ by about two minutes.
“He’s Lance Armstrong. And he’s just off of the Tour,” Wiens said. “Last year he was just off of the couch. That made it a pretty fair fight for he and I. This year I rode fantastic today. I’m happy.
“He killed it. He got away from Ben Sonntag and time trialed it for 65 miles.”
Last year, Wiens won in a record time of 6:45:45, but that was before Armstrong began training in earnest for his return to the Tour this year.
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