The Leadville 100 mile mountain bike is known for being a long, grueling event, and Lance won it in style on Saturday. He road the last 60 miles solo. He finished 30 minutes ahead of his closest competitor. He broke the course record by more than 15 minutes with a finishing time of 6:28:50. And he did all this riding on a nearly flat rear tire for the final miles of the race.

Photo by Rob O’Dea from Cyclingnews.com Read the full race report and see the 2010 Trek Top Fuel that Lance raced on at velonews.com.

The 6 time champion of this race, Dave Wiens, finished 2nd, and Matt Shriver, who set a strong opening tempo for Lance, finished 3rd. Trek’s very own Travis Brown also competed and finished 7th, nearly an hour back from Lance’s time.

Lance Armstrong raced his Top Fuel 9.9 SSL to Leadville 100 victory on Saturday, rewriting the record books in the process by shattering the course’s previous best time by more than 15 minutes. His sights set on breaking the record from the outset, the seven-time Tour de France Champion joined an elite group of riders in setting a brutal early pace; it was a pace that six-time winner Dave Wiens described as the fastest he’s ever seen. As the leaders started up the 10-mile Columbine climb, gaining roughly 3,000 feet of elevation before topping out at nearly 12,500 feet, Armstrong simply rode away from the pack. For the next 60 miles Armstrong rode alone, eventually finishing almost 30 minutes ahead of second place finisher, Dave Wiens.

Lance rides it out on a flat tire. Bontrager wheels dominate!! Photo: George Thomas

In addition to Armstrong’s individual win, it was a day won by Trek’s Top Fuel, which walked away with five of the top seven finishes, including overall victory.
1. Lance Armstrong 6:28:50.9
2. Dave Wiens 6:57:02.0
3. Matt Shriver 7:09:48.5
4. Alex Grant 7:10:54.1
5. Len Zanni 7:11:21.0
6. Max Taam 7:16:56.0
7. Travis Brown 7:22:05.5