The Stages Cycling Leadville Stage Race, owned and produced by Life Time as part of the Leadville Race Series, took place on July 29-31. The event spread out the Stages Cycling Leadville Trail 100 MTB course over three days, in a stage race format.
The weekend brought around 250 riders representing 38 US states and three countries to Leadville, Colorado, with athletes ranging from 17 to 75 years of age.
The Leadville Stage Race course covers the entirety of the 100 MTB course, which will take place on August 13 this year, but broken up over three days. A sub 11-hour finish time is required to be considered an ‘Official Stage Race Finisher’.
- Stage one (Friday): riders rode over 4,000 feet of elevation gain over the course of 40-miles, finishing at the Twin Lakes Dam.
- Stage two (Saturday): a 22-mile out-and-back up to the course high point of 12,513 feet at Columbine, with nearly 4,000 feet of elevation gain over the course of the day.
- Stage three (Sunday): a 43-mile ride back to Lake County Rodeo Grounds with over 4,800 feet of elevation gain.
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