Gear up for extended highlights of the legendary 2024 Life Time Leadville Trail 100 MTB presented by Kenetik. The 30th anniversary of the iconic race featured defending champions Keegan Swenson, and Sofia Gomez Villafañe along with potential challengers John Gaston, Melisa Rollins, Erin Huck, Haley Smith, Michaela Thompson and Cole Paton. Joining these elite mountain bikers are more than 1600 amateur riders tackling the “Race Across the Sky” in the high-altitude terrain of Leadville, CO. Riders from around the globe face off in one of the most challenging and iconic mountain bike races in the world, stop #4 of the Life Time Grand Prix presented by Mazda.
Learn more about the Life Time Grand Prix: https://www.lifetimegrandprix.com
Learn more about the Leadville Race Series: https://www.leadvilleraceseries.com/
On-screen rider data and production crew tracking devices, Garmin Tread Baja Edition and Garmin InReach Mini 2, courtesy of Garmin.
A film by 🎥 Cold Collaborative
Executive Producers: Kimo Seymour & Michelle Duffy Smith
Directed by Shannon Vandivier
Producers:
Zoe Andrikidis
Ryan Cross
Bowen Parrish
Rebekah Sands
Tim Johnson
Mason Mohn
Edited by Blake Campbell
Additional Edit: Andrew Boucher
Commentary Team:
Bill Elliston
Janel Spilker
Kimo Seymour
Lauren Hall
Tim Johnson
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It is absolutely INSANE that the race occurred TWO DAYS ago, and this absolutely quality presentation was uploaded. Gosh I love LTGP
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I'd love to see this video done in two parts. One as a race recap only and one that interviews the riders and tells their stories. Both are important aspects but I found myself skipping ahead a lot to see the actual race. If it were a second video I'd go watch those interviews but not in this format.
This is some shity Video Men & Women race in one Video. Come on man it should be one video each.
So well done! Bravo!!!
Wow! Incredible race! Thank you!
Thank you LTGP!!!
I love watching F1 and MotoGP for the quality footage (and because I like "speed sports"). The quality of these videos and the 48 hour production of the race coverage is crazy. Amazing, amazing stuff!!
(As I type the views go from 33.7K views to 34.9K.)
Can't wait to check back mid September for the Chequamegon MTB Festival in Wisconsin!
I want know how fast Keegan was going with the flat….or maybe I don't want to know. Next level
Congratulations Jason NZ..
Thanks from Rockford Illinois!
❤️🇰🇪👌🏿🚴🔥
Marji Gesick…. 100 miles in Michigan, bring your best effort.. it may not be enough, just to finish, Maji Gesick makes Ledville look like a gravel race !!
“You could crash, you could break a chain”…
Forever grateful for the amazing coverage and recap. But PLEASE PLEASE stop editing “spoiler clips” and winners celebrating in the intro. Totally ruins the excitement.
gravel race.
Good to see Sofia put in her place, she talks to much garbage, she should take a cue from Keegan and just race and let her legs do the talking
Watching from Philippines ❤
Will watch later, but hopefully quality racing coverage takes priority over video production, unlike the Unbound video. Will the trailer have multiple shots of riders trying to wave away the camera vehicles that are giving draft to riders in front
Without the help of some guys Sofia woulda dropped way back
I believe tire inserts would be an advantage here. Keegan punctured…inserts could have prevented that…
What a shame that you don’t show the clip of me before crossing the finish line saying how horrible it feels to do what I did to Michaela and how deserving Michaela was of that second place.
I have been begging you for no drafting rules and I really hope the way I was able to close the final gap with a help of a guy makes you realize how badly the women’s field needs this rule.
Additionally, you could have also included the emotional moment with Melissa and I. That moment, regardless of who it was, deserved to be shown. Women supporting women ❤
These videos are on par with the Emmy winning Ironman races.
These keep getting better and better!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great coverage….
Unbelievable how fast you got this out. I purposely avoid seeing the results so I can watch this as "live" and it's so well done that I just don't understand how you get it out so quickly after the race. Great job everyone!!
Melisa such a well deserved win!! i'm curious had Sofia been on her own not drafting the men would 2nd and 3rd results be the same?
Keegan wins again……YAWN…. Time for him to move on.
Gracias por este maravilloso video y gran carrera. Ver a los mejores del mundo en esta disciplina es grandioso.
Amazing production value. Please keep em coming.
More drafting off of men by a woman to get back to 2nd , lame. I thought she advocated for an even field ..
IF sophia comes out and states that she felt michaela deserved 2nd because she rode by herself and sophia herself drafted the last part back on – they she WHY did she attack michaela at the end ~ that was the suckiest move; & by her own admission she feels like she didnt deserve it, but i guess the "prize money" is money in your pocket, and empty words are cheap!
Well done, guys – I am based in South Africa, and I love it
Love the coverage and love the speed at which it is uploaded! Well done LTGP!!!
I've been watching a lot (probably too much) cycling coverage lately and one thing I think would be cool next year, would be to see some sort of banner at the top that showcases where riders are in relation to one another. I know there isn't a Peloton, but riders do tend to ride in packs and that type of thing really adds to the coverage. And one element was added (I think this year) to the TDF was that the banner section with the riders on screen was highlighted. It makes it easy to know that the current visual is of a specific rider (or group) and that the rider is in second position, etc. – I know the TDF has a crazy budget, so I understand if it's too much to implement, but it adds so much to the coverage imo.
And if you want to have your SBLI sponsor next to that banner the whole time it's more screen time for your sponsor (it may be easier on the eyes than the SBLI logo animation displayed 6x).
Awesome race and video.
But how can anyone think its a good idea to put a descent while other guys are climbing that, at the speed they going it isnt going to be a nice picture
Hands downs one of the best productions out there! The depth you’ve gone to is insane!
Talk about setting a branch mark! Congratulations to the amazing boys and girls in the background that have achieved this video! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The level of production quality only days after the event is unreal! 🔥😰 Keep up the amazing work! Greetings from Sweden 👋👋 PS. Go Dylan, still top 10 after this event! DS
World class video for a world class race, pretty classy indeed. 😎
Is it ok for 2nd place female to use male competitors to catch their opponents? Was that strategically planned? I felt terrible watching the female who took 3rd get passed like that.
The women should not be allowed to sit in and draft off the men. 👎🏾
the pathos is unbearable 🙁
The team at lifetime is almost single handedly reshaping the culture of cycling in the US
Where's the race coverage? This is a video "about" the race.
Sofia is sure enjoying drafting off those two guys to catch her competitors… I thought she hated that and wanted her own race?!?
Melisa Williams 😭😭😭
John Gaston!! What an athlete!
Good video, apart from spoilering who wins within the first 70 seconds. Maybe leave those shots out next time, ok?
Can we keep the human interest stories to a separate video??
Great content. I am disappointed that the race allowed someone banned for life by the UCI to compete. I understand the UCI has no jurisdiction here, but it reflects poorly on the event to have the most prolific cheater and sport fraud ever in the lineup.