Leadville

LEADVILLE, Colo. - Levi Leipheimer didn't get the chance to race against defending champ Lance Armstrong in the Life Time Fitness Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race on Saturday.

LEADVILLE, Colo. - Lance Armstrong has pulled out of the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race in Colorado, a high-altitude race he won in record time last year.

LEADVILLE, Colo. - Lance Armstrong can't remember the last time he raced 65 miles by himself.

LEADVILLE, Colo. - Dave Wiens, the six-time defending champion of the grueling Leadville 100 mountain bike endurance test, takes little solace in having held off Lance Armstrong at least year's "Race Across the Sky." Armstrong wasn't in top shape last year but he is now, having taken third place in his return to the Tour de France, which he won a record seven times, and smoking the field in a pro cross-country race near his home in Aspen this month.