Dave Wiens

Nick Gould (Mazda-Lauf) thwarted by a chain drop and stubborn chain guard in the closing miles.

Gravel race held at a western ranch has new courses and a new format this year.

Looking forward to the Leadville Trail 100 MTB, we look back at one of the legends of American mountain biking.

Whether your goal is outright victory, a sub-9-hour time, or simply to finish the race inside the 12-hour cutoff, there are definitive tactics for long-haul racing that can tip the scales of success in your favor.

Dave Wiens gives the breakdown on the ideal bike setup for Leadville.

Between his own race and consulting on the Leadville Qualifying Series, Dave Wiens is a busy guy

Video-based contest offers all-inclusive training camp with Dave Wiens' Team Topeak-Ergon in Sedona

What did ya think of the film? Did you go? Like it? Hate it? Inspired? Laugh? Cry?

VIDEO: An exhausted bunch of racers dissect the 2010 Leadville Trail 100 in a post-race press conference. Watch Levi, JHK, Wells, Wiens and Jeremiah recount the race.

Levi Leipheimer and second-place finisher Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski both break Lance Armstrong's course record at the 2010 Leadville Trail 100.

SLIDESHOW: What's Dave Wiens Running at Leadville this year? Check it out in the Singletrack.com tech gallery.

VIDEO: Six-time Leadville Trail 100 winner Dave Wiens has gone up against the likes of Armstrong and Landis — and won. "I'm still here. I can go pretty good for a 45 year old."

The Leadville Trail 100 will see its deepest field ever duke it out, including Dave Wien Levi Leipheimer, Todd Wells, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and a host of other names start the Colorado epic.

Dave Wiens says he's feeling "pretty good" about his fitness for the Leadville Trail 100 on August 14; at least as fit as he has the last few years at this point leading up to the race.

Intervals and weight training are just another day's work for Dave Wiens as he prepares for the Leadville Trail 100.

Whether it's on the mountain bike or road rig, Dave Wiens works in the climbing as he trains for the Leadville Trail 100.

"Fo ahz hahd": Imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger saying, "four hours hard." That's a workout Dave Wiens learned years ago from Euro rider Gerhard Zadrobilek.

For six-time LT100 winner Dave Wiens, the road to Leadville is a well-trodden route, one he's written on and off about over the last few years in a training diary. Leading up to the August race Dave is once again chronicling his training, which we'll have here on Singletrack.com.

With the third-annual Growler on tap for May 30, Singletrack.com checked in with MTB Hall-of-Famer Travis Brown to see what tips he has for the 300 racers in the sold-out event.

Gunnison, Colorado's Growler mountain bike race is scheduled for its third running on May 30, the 64-mile event in 7,700-foot high Gunnison is organized by Dave Wiens, the man who has beat both Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis at the Leadville 100, a race Wiens has won six times.

Colorado CycleFest is a weekend of festivities that include a ride with Dave Wiens and Susan DeMattei in support of the Colorado High School Cycling League.

The notification date for Leadville Trail 100 applicants is slightly delayed, with hopefuls knowing if they are in the high-elevation race by Friday.

So far people from 98 countries have applied for the LT100 lottery, which ends on Jan. 31. Guess who doesn't need to ask for an entry...

With a little assistance from technology and the Ergon blog, Dave Wiens takes questions from fans.

Dave Wiens will lead first-ever Marin County fund-raising ride on Super Bowl Sunday aimed at ensuring that kids have safe roads and great trails.

Despite the fact that the barbecue wine was Silver Oak and the bonfire was stoked with old art crates, a weekend at Lance Armstrong's ranch was still just a bunch of great folks enjoying the mountain bike lifestyle.

Lance flatted out of his own Mellow Johnny's Classic race on Sunday and became a spectator. Check out what he was watching in the Singletrack.com slideshow.

Lance Armstrong floated the idea of a mountain bike race on his ranch on Sept. 22, 2009. The race, coming this weekend, was sold out in a matter of days.

So, what did ya think of the film about the Leadville Trail 100? Did you go? Did you like it? Hate it? Inspired? Laugh? Cry? Let's see your thumbs!

The new league is part of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA), and is based on the high school mountain biking program established in California, where mountain bike racing has become a varsity high school sport.

Is it any surprise that a movie of the 2009 Leadville Trail 100 has been made? Special screenings of the film will air October at select theaters. Check out the film trailer here.

Chalk it up to Livestrong, the elevation or both, but the heady "Lance Effect" was undeniable at the Leadville Trail 100.

Trek, Lance Armstrong's bike sponsor, has sent a squad to Saturday's Leadville 100 to drive the pace with the goal of setting a course record.