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Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
From the Tour de France to 12,000 feet: Quinn Simmons to race 100-mile Leadville MTB epic
Just weeks after the Tour de France, the three-time US road champion returns to his home-state race, where he finished second as an 18-year-old debutant
It appears Quinn Simmons is hoping to put his Tour de France fitness to good use this August.
Less than three weeks after wrapping up his fourth Tour de France appearance, the reigning U.S. national road champion will swap his road bike for a mountain bike as he lines up at the Leadville Trail 100 in his home state of Colorado on Saturday, 15 August.
Known as the "Race Across the Sky", the Leadville Trail 100 is an iconic 100-mile mountain bike race and is one of the toughest endurance events in the United States. Its punishing course starts at more than 10,000 feet (3048 metres) above sea level and traditionally climbs well beyond 12,000 feet (3658 metres).
It is also the third round of the Life Time Grand Prix series, meaning Simmons will join a stacked field featuring some of the best gravel and mountain bike racers in the world. Chief among them is Keegan Swenson, the reigning UCI Marathon MTB world champion, three-time Life Time Grand Prix overall champion and five-time defending Leadville winner. Swenson also holds the Leadville course record of 5:43:31.
Simmons, though, is no stranger to off-road racing, nor to the altitude.
The Colorado native took on this very race in 2019, when he was just 18 years old, and produced a breakout ride that saw him finish in second place despite suffering several tyre punctures. In the finale, he outsprinted Lachlan Morton and Peter Stetina to take the runner-up spot behind Howard Grotts. Simmons turned professional with Trek-Segafredo, now Lidl-Trek, the following season.
Seven years later, Simmons returns to Leadville in formidable form, having just finished 18th overall at this year’s Tour de France and claimed his third U.S. national road race title in June.
This year’s Leadville course has been modified because of the Willow Fire, but will still cover 102.1 miles with 9,916 feet of climbing. The bikes will look a little more traditional, too, after Life Time banned drop handlebars on mountain bikes for the 2026 race. Drop-bar set-ups had become increasingly prominent at Leadville in recent years, with Swenson using one to win both the 2024 and 2025 editions.
Swenson is far from Simmons’ only competitor, however. The Life Time Grand Prix field also includes the likes of Alexey Vermeulen, Brendan Johnston, Simon Pellaud, US. .marathon national champion Cole Paton and multi-time Leadville podium finisher John Gaston.
For Simmons, Saturday will mark his first return to Leadville since that runner-up finish in 2019. The 2026 Life Time Leadville Trail 100 MTB race will stream live for free on YouTube through the Life Time Grand Prix YouTube Channel, with coverage starting at 5:15 a.m. MT on August 15.
Monday, August 10, 2026
Posted by the MICHIGANSCENE at 11:24 AM October 2014
Might be time to revise this list…12 years is a long time and well let’s just say times have changed significantly
1 Missy Giove
2 beating cancer
3 DI2 33K and no adjustments
4 embro
5 properly designed course without turns every 50 yards
6 psi on 33m tires lower than 27
7 Cook County "PinBall Playboy"
8 euro cross team kits
9 winning national titles
10 winning from a field sprint
11 winning a race out sprinting your breakaway companions
12 small bikes
13 snoopy
14 Tailwinds
15 tall socks
16 gnarly run ups
17 the sound of a disc wheel at speed
18 campy
19 tall beers
20 RonC
21 properly setting up for a field sprint
22 thinking before you speak
23 shimano
24 5 watts/kilo for 20:00
25 BMATTER
26 Dybo
27 5 mile climbs
28 twist descents
29 Robert Heriman, (mainly in the 80's)
30 Kenny Stabler
31 any stylish matching kit from any year
32 chicks in flannel
33 Van Halens first
34 SJD
35 puking after a hard effort
36 legs with lact
37 groveling and still winning
38 Tomac
39 getting it in.........................................................no matter what
40 Lindsey Lohan
41 never knowing your mileage or speed
42 Kroske
43 50mm carbon wheels
44 carbon frames with slammed stems
45 Rihanna
46 Haters
47 Baywatch
48 cocaine
49 fire roads
50 the last minute and thirty seconds of Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath
51 The Wiz.................................................................................................................................
52 mtbing in the 90's
53 chicks on Bmx bikes....................................................................................................that spit
54 Lancia Stratos
55 dropping weight
56 dropping assholes
57 dropping.....
58 blowing up 50 meters before you catch the break
59 Brittany Spears
60 Owls
61 being quiet...................................................................................................................and fast
62 The Grayling Giant
63 cross bikes weighing less than 17 pounds
64 courses smoother than your girlfriends ass
65 T
66 switchblades
67 lil Pony
68 Danny K.............................................................................................................. (when he is around)
69 significant others that "get it"
70 black..................................................................................................... anything
71 creeping while others are sleeping
72 bell lap
73 living with little
74 Mila Kunis
75 listening
76 KIDA
77 new Sidi's
78 Sassy Grass Green Pro tour AAR Cudas putting out more than 700 horse power
79 rhythm
80 the Bunny
81 Led Zeppelin
82 proper fit
83 PBJ's
84 hip bones
85 3-Dviolet
86 sitting in playing for "the sprint"
87 riding...............................................................................................................................anything.....
88 Katy Perry
89 not giving a shit......
90 putting out less wattage and still beating dudes stronger than you
91 overcoming
92 Johnny Cash
93 hamburgers....................................................................... anywhere
94 riding singletrack while others are commuting
95 ignoring ignorant assholes
96 not being ignorant asshole
97 drinking lawn cutting beer with my friend Chris who made his year in July
98 living to 100
99 anything made by Honda..................................................................................................anything
100 Dion Sanders
101 Big M
102 Torque Thrust D's
103 Tommy Clark ..........................................................................................(only on Facebook)
104 Eva Green
105 Ennio Morricone
106 Hermit Crabs
107 adapting
108 SIMONSTER
109 Legends and Whiskeys
110 Brinke Stevens
111 Polished lugs
112 The White Stripes
113 winning state championships
114 riding more................................................................ talking less
115 earning it and not expecting it.
116 doing it for the "right" reason
117 telling the person that needs to be told to........................... "fuck of"
118 the proper amount of cleavage
119 Shrek
120 The Who
121 the Black Ace
122 Pizza
123 Pappa T
124 BRX
125 the truth and.....
126 being able to handle it.......................................................................and not crying like a lil bitch.....
127 STFU when you should.......... should shut the fuck up...........
128 Cinderellas Night Songs
129 Smarties
130 Milford crit
131 the cougars that hang out there
132 Burning shit .......................................................................................................(especially plastic)
134 using your one punch your given each year on that fuckhead really deserves it.
135 the Hanson Bros
136 not butting in on peoples conversations see #22
137 Steve McQueen
138 F1 racing (in the 70's)
139 winning solo
140 Kyuss
141 Meat Wad
142 Brasil
143 bib shorts
144 The Donnas
145 The German
146 Dybo again
147 808's
148 Chole Sevigny
149 TIMMYF
150 skinsuits
151 birthday suits
152 going solo
153 going sockless
154 going tubeless
155 going bra-less..............................................................................(excluding woman from Taylor)
156 going top less
157 bacon
158 perfect eyewear
159 spending time.................................................................... not money
160 evolving
170 Hoffeners kit
171 Lemmy.................................................................................................................fuck you
172 ICEMAN.....................................................................................................................afterparties
173 matching Animal Print undergarments 174 Slayers 1st
175 Dialed drive trains
176 never quitting
177 handlebars mounted on the headboard of your bed
178 Big-wheels ..............................................................................................(only if your under 10)
179 Darth Maul
180 Joan Jett
181 the lil Pony punching Saari out
182 Bostons "more than a feeling"
183 the sound of hopped up two stoke engine........................................................... pre 1980
184 the smell of high octane fuel
185 Jimmy Page
186 Kate Moss
187 sram chains
188 bacon again
189 Black Sabbaths Paranoid
190 the speeder bike scene in Star Wars
191 the last patrol
192 Killing Islamic bastards
193 Kind Strong Bars
194 Fast courses
195 a clean bike
196 wind
197 riding solo fast
198 doing intervals instead of strava
199 Group B
200 Niki Lauda
201 never dabbing
Yes this was a Bad Ass list of shit.................
Let’s revisit it…
Sunday, August 09, 2026
Saturday, August 08, 2026
Friday, August 07, 2026
Theses people need to be deported immediately
1. People that use the term, okie dokey
2. Women who insist on going to a place called booty boot camp.
3. Bike shop employees who do repairs on the spot, for free.
4. People that ride tandem bicycles
5. Guys named Gary
6. Anyone who has not changed there handlebar tape in the last six months
7. People that brag about chocolate chip cookies
8. Spouses who complain about their partners cooking.
9. Anyone who over uses that thing that people that like heavy metal do with there fingers
10. Strava segment stalkers
11. Any non Jewish person that uses the word Mazel tov
12. Anyone invited to a group ride and then bellyaching about the route.
13. Women or men that never take off their sunglasses when entering a store.
14. Religious preachers
15. Grown adults that still worship Walt Disney characters…
Wednesday, August 05, 2026
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