Lance Armstrong on his way to winning 2009 Leadville 100

A few of us drove the hour over to Leadville to see Lance in his quest to win Leadville 100. We rolled in and heard he was within an hour of finishing. We hung out for a bit, checked out the scene, walked around some and let the kids play at the playground. Soon the crowds gathered and sure enough Lance came up the "Boulevard" (home stretch) into town for the victory. Record-breaking time of 6hr28min for a 100mi mtb race! Apparently he flatted (more so developed a slow leak) within the last few miles. The Velonews article said he stopped once to inflate his tire with a CO2, but ultimately decided it wasn't worth the risk of stopping to fix it, with Dave Wiens only 20min back or so.

With all the hoopla and kids around, I did manage to get one good shot of LA-