Lance wins Leadville in record time

Seems scumming might be good for MTB training after all!

Story here... although it's a bit brief:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/leadville-100-n...

Lance finished first in record time and 25 minute gap. Riding on a flat rear tire. Wonder how long it was flat for? Tire was flat for 10 miles according to this:

http://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news?slug=ap-leadvill...

There's another report here:

http://www.mtbracenews.com/2009/08/leadville-100...

Stormy weather had dropped the temperature into the thirties [ed. don't forget that's close to freezing for the yanks ] at race time and when the light rain started to fall many of the top riders found themselves under prepared. “I was so cold once the rain started I couldn’t eat or drink for the first 40 miles, my hands couldn’t squeeze the bottle”, said Monavie-Cannondale.com rider Alex Grant, “I couldn’t even take a bottle at the first feed station because my hands didn’t work, they were so cold.”

Sounds like fun