posted July 1, 2009 by trek7k

While all eyes will be on Lance Armstrong and his comeback at this year’s Tour de France, the man himself seems to have something bigger on his mind: winning the Leadville 100 mountain bike race. In a Velonews interview talking about the Tour de France, Lance had this to say:

This is all a build up for Leadville. Honestly. Levi’s coming to Leadville. Levi (Leipheimer) talks more shit about Leadville than he does about the Tour. I’m like dude, you better step off me when it comes to Leadville. We gotta worry about Weins. I hear Weins is killing himself.

Of course “Weins” is Dave Weins, six time winner and course record holder for the Leadville 100 MTB race. You can watch the Lance Armstrong interview here for yourself and decide just how sarcastic he’s being (you’ll need to fast foward through some boring road racing news to hear it). In any event, from what I understand Lance will be racing at Leadville which is just a few weeks after the Tour ends - a grueling schedule for sure, even for a super athlete!

Related posts:

1. Lance Armstrong Wins Leadville Trail 100
2. Lance Armstrong places second at Leadville 100
3. Lance Armstrong returning to the Tour?
4. Lance drops Leadville MTB race
5. Leadville Trail 100 Tomorrow: Lance vs. Weins & Juarez

Tags: dave weins, lance armstrong, leadville 100, levi leipheimer, tour de france

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