Comments on: Lance's Chances: Preview of 2009 Leadville 100

By: Bytor

Bytor — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:35:15 +0000

I was at Columbine during the 2009 race and Lance motored up the climb at a pace NO ONE came close to. More importantly, for anyone questioning his skills, he absolutely smoked back down faster than anyone. I mean he just crushed the downhill at an insane speed. How’s that humble pie taste?

By: Paul Andrews

Paul Andrews — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:48:46 +0000

The racing, and the fact Lance is Lance…a good reminder of what world-class really means at the rider level!

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:38:42 +0000

What happened? Not only did Lance beat Wiens, but he beat him by miles. I love Wiens, but it’s obvious that all the road racing put Lance into a different level of fitness than anyone else at the race.

By: Daily Roundup: Old cyclist guys, Seattle Bike-In, David Byrne coming, Leadville & Crankworx wraps « Bike Intelligencer

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:39:27 +0000

[...] pie: Yeah I was wrong, Wiens couldn’t hang with Lance after all. Not a surprise, really, but wished it [...]

By: Paul Andrews

Paul Andrews — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:58:24 +0000

Yeah I guess he showed me! ;^)

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:32:27 +0000

Any thoughts on the fact that Lance just won CO state XC champs, hands down going away?

By: Scott Hirst

Scott Hirst — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:05:59 +0000

More detailed look at the course may be needed. At least 20 miles of the course is a road course and less than 15 miles is true mountain biking single track. Thus, Dave (or another mtn. biker) has to really make time on that 15 miles. It is a truism, that climbing on dirt may be a little different when one stands up, but keeping the butt in the seat and cranking is pretty much the same as on the road. So, advantage Lance on St. Kevin’s and Columbine climbs. Critical race differentiator, Power Line descent. If Lance takes it easy and does not endo, he wins. Otherwise, it will be an interesting day.

By: Paul Andrews

Paul Andrews — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:13:23 +0000

I’ll take your word for it but would like to know more specifically where what I stated was wrong. I thought I hedged pretty much every declarative statement ;^)

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:00:23 +0000

If you raced with Lance at 2008 Leadville (i did) and spoke with Dave after the race (I did)you would have written a different article. Your argument and conclusion sound correct if you are in a classroom, however, they dont have much to stand on in the real world.

By: Lance’s Chances: Leadville looking better all the time « Bike Intelligencer

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:48:24 +0000

[...] Our 3-to-2 odds for Wiens are looking shakier all the time. No matter who wins, it should be a great race. [...]