Lance Armstrong Enters Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race

The mountain biking world has been put on notice–Lance Armstrong has entered and is training for the Leadville 100.   The seven-time Tour de France champion has signed up to compete in one of the world’s highest and toughest mountain bike races.  Lance’s entry in to the realm of Mountain Bike racing could be cause for concern to the other 1,000 entrants.

Lance Armstrong hasn’t raced professionally since his last Tour de France win in 2005.  He abruptly retired after taking home his 7th Tour de France victory.  In recent years, Lance Armstrong has been concentrating on running his LiveStrong foundation for cancer research and has ventured a time or two to the New York City marathon.

Hearing that Lance is actually training for this event, makes one think that he is going in to win-something he knows a lot about.  I can’t speak for everyone, but I know I will be glad to see him competing again-

Win or not, just having Lance Armstrong enter the event will bring much attention to the mountain biking world.

Lance will be competing against mountain biking Hall of Fame inductee Dave Weins, who has won the Leadville 100  5 times and now holds the race speed record.  You might remember Weins for sucessfully beating out 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, who raced in the 2007 Leadville 100 after being banned from the Tour de France for doping in 2006.

Maybe seeing a fellow Tour de France champion go down in flames, sparked the interest in Armstrong.  It shoul;d be noted that Lance did enter last years event, but due to conflicting schedules was unable to make the race.  It is not known if Floyd Landis will be returning to the Leadville 100 this year, or not.  He placed second in last years race, but that would add a bit more competition for Lance, as well.