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2011 Alpine Odyssey (22 images)

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  • Last minute addition. It was announced at the racer meeting on Saturday evening that this year's Alpine Odyssey would be joined by some pretty lofty company. Sure enough, at 6:29 am, 1 minute before the race began Lance Armstrong joined the field of competitors at the Starting line below Mt. Crested Butte.

  • Lance Armstrong contemplates the mileage and elevation gain that lie before him as he and the rest of the competitors roll through Historic Downtown Crested Butte.

  • The would be Men's and Women's overall winners, Rebecca Rusch and Lance Armstrong discuss gearing, goos, and controlled starts as the peloton is escorted out of Mt. Crested Butte and through downtown to start the race.




  • As the Crested Butte Mountain Resort Subaru pace car pulled off from its lead position the racers were free to open it up as they hit Slate River Road and things got underway.

  • Travis Scheefer, Cameron Brenneman & Lance Armstrong round the corner. Approximately ten miles into the course the three initial leaders attacked the almost 1,000 ft climb of the Slate Switchbacks or Slate d'Huez as it is lovingly called by local Crested Butte riders.

  • Travis Scheefer, Cameron Brenneman & Lance Armstrong round the corner. Approximately ten miles into the course the three initial leaders attacked the almost 1,000 ft climb of the Slate Switchbacks or Slate d'Huez as it is lovingly called by local Crested Butte riders.






  • As they began their second lap out Washington Gulch, Travis Scheefer, Greg Krause, and Lance Armstrong had established a lead on the competition that would prove insurmountable as the race progressed. Here the three racers are dwarfed by the vastness of their environs.

  • As they began their second lap out Washington Gulch, Travis Scheefer, Greg Krause, and Lance Armstrong had established a lead on the competition that would prove insurmountable as the race progressed. Here the three racers are dwarfed by the vastness of their environs.


  • "I don't think we're in France anymore Toto." Lance Armstrong reminds himself of the disparities between road and mountain competition as he hikes a bike through the 100yd snow plug below Emerald Lake. Racers had to cross this snowfield at 11,000ft twice during Sunday's race.

  • With only 7 miles left in the race Greg Krause had established a solid minute and a half lead on Scheefer and Armstrong as he hauled past Gothic Mountain in his big ring.


  • After a hard fought morning and despite a consistent 3rd place position throughout the second half of the race, Lance Armstrong overcame Krause in the final singletrack and crossed the finish line first in a time of 4:32:21.