Dave Wiens still owns the race, but this year will be more intense with a Tour-tested Lance Armstrong back in pursuit
Dave Wiens has done the math.
He has counted the 14,000 vertical feet of climbing. He knows the average elevation of the race course is some two miles above sea level. He can even tell you the pace it will take to topple his course record of 6 hours, 45 minutes and 45 seconds.
And when the six-time defending champion of the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race lines up alongside nearly 1,400 competitors at the 15th annual “Race Across the Sky” on Saturday morning, he understands he’ll do so with a bigger bull’s-eye on his back than anyone except the world’s most famous cyclist, Lance Armstrong.  … Details