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Lance Armstrong (Mellow Johnny’s) won Colorado’s Leadville 100 on Saturday, knocking more than 15 minutes off of the old record.

Lance Armstrong, showing strong form for his return to the Leadville 100 next weekend, won the 5th event in the Mountain States Cup series to take the Colorado state mountain bike championship.

Lance Armstrong sent out some pictures of his new Trek mountain bike that he’ll be riding at next weekend’s Leadville 100 race.

Lance Armstrong will once again challenge six time Leadville 100 winner Dave Wiens in the 2009 race.

The New York Times has a feature on Leadville 100 winner Dave Wiens today.
“The two men worked together for most of the race, taking turns in the lead, which put them 20 minutes ahead of the rest of the pack. In a scene they described afterward, Wiens moved aside with about 10 miles to go to let Armstrong take the lead as they headed onto an uphill trail. This time, however, Armstrong told Wiens: “No. Go. I’m done.”
Wiens, known to cheer on competitors even midrace, replied: “No. Come on.”
“Go,” Armstrong …

VeloNews is reporting this afternoon that Lance Armstrong may be returning to the pro peloton in 2009.
Anonymous sources have told VeloNews that Armstrong will join the Astana squad for no salary or bonuses and will race at the Amgen Tour of California, Paris-Nice, the Tour de Georgia, the Dauphine-Libere and the Tour de France. Vanity Fair magazine is said to have an exclusive article about this later in the month. This would be just in time for Lance to appear at Interbike to make a formal announcement.
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