Leadville 100 Mountain Bike

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Leadville 100 MTB race

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

The course of 100 miles is within the beautiful, high altitude mountains and valleys of Leadville, Colorado. The race is an out-and-back course; 50 miles out to the highest point on the course, the Columbine Mine Aid Station at 12,600 feet. The majority is on back-country dirt roads with some short sections of paved road. The entire course is above 9,000 ft with six well-supplied aid stations.

Leadville 100 - Official Map (PDF 1.2Mb)

MapMyRide - Course Map

Leadville 100 Website

2011 Leadville 100 Mountain Bike

2010 Leadville 100 Mountain Bike

Past Leadville 100 MTB Winners

Men's Winners
  • 2012 Alban Lakata - 6:32:24
  • 2011 Todd Well – 6:23:38
  • 2010 Levi Leipheimer – 6:16:37 (Course Record)
  • 2009 Lance Armstrong - 6:28:50
  • 2008 David Wiens - 6:45:45
  • 2007 David Wiens - 6:58:46
  • 2006 David Wiens - 7:13:14
  • 2005 David Wiens - 7:17:47
  • 2004 Dave Wiens - 7:05:51
  • 2003 Dave Wiens - 7:07:44
  • 2002 Bryson Perry - 7:32:27
  • 2001 Bryson Perry - 7:30:01
  • 2000 Kevin Willson - 7:31:09
  • 1999 Richard Feldman - 7:10:33
  • 1998 Richard Feldman - 7:40:02
  • 1997 Mike Volk - 7:05:45
  • 1996 Mike Volk - 7:22:02
  • 1995 Russell Worley - 7:27:55
  • 1994 John Stamstad - 7:52:53
Women's Winners
  • 2012 Rebecca Rusch - 7:28:06 (Course Record)
  • 2011 Rebecca Rusch - 7:31:46
  • 2010 Rebecca Rusch - 7:47:35
  • 2009 Rebecca Rusch - 8:14:53
  • 2008 Susan Williams - 8:40:55
  • 2007 Gretchen Reeves - 8:05:29
  • 2006 Lisel Robert - 8:47:39
  • 2005 Joan Miller - 8:51:26
  • 2004 Jilene Mecham - 9:37:18
  • 2003 Carol Quinn - 9:19:49
  • 2002 Kim Raymond - 9:00:57
  • 2001 Joan Miller - 9:11:30
  • 2000 Cristina Begy - 9:13:51
  • 1999 Cristina Begy - 8:55:12
  • 1998 Laurie Brandt - 8:31:24
  • 1997 Laurie Brandt - 7:58:52
  • 1996 Tonia Ralston - 9:56:15
  • 1995 Laurie Brandt - 8:52:58
  • 1994 Laurie Brandt - 9:03:50

Great pre-ride video taken 2010 by Mike Berg

2010 Leadville Trail Pre-ride from Mike Berg on Vimeo.

Here is a video taken July 2010 of the Leadville 100 powerline descent. The video gives you a pretty good idea of how rutted it is toward the end of the descent.

Leadville Powerline Descent from Arlyn Asch on Vimeo.

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