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7 am: Lance Armstrong on the starting line of the 12 Hours of Snowmass
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| Jay Henry, Lance Armstrong and solo racer Yuki Saito start their first lap |
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| Henry pulls ahead on first lap |
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Lance trails Henry by less than a minute
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| Henry sets fastest lap of the race and tags off to Kloser |
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| Len Zanni tags off from Armstrong, chases Kloser |
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Kloser holds narrow lead
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| Zanni closes on Kloser
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| Zanni and Kloser enter start/finish at same time |
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| Zanni tags Taam |
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| Taam starting his first lap as Kloser tags off with Wiens |
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| Taam hammers, puts gap on Wiens |
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| Lance Armstrong and Jay Henry prepare for lap two |
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| 45 seconds ahead, Taam tags off to Armstrong
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Armstrong on course
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Wiens tags Henry
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| Henry chases |
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Lance puts down the hammer
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| The view most competitors got of Armstrong on course |
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| Armstrong halfway through a lap |
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Henry at 3:00 minutes behind Armstrong
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Armstrong in pit row
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| Henry passing to Kloser |
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| Dave Wiens in pit row |
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| Team Livestrong's Max Taam on course |
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| Max tags off to Lance |
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| Armstrong on singletrack
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| Armstrong finishing up a lap |
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| Armstrong finishes sixth lap, Zanni goes out on last lap. |
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| Kloser frantically tightening cranks before final lap
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| Kloser needs to ride a 42:25 lap to finich under the 12 hour time limit and to make Beaver Creek's 16th lap count. |
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| Len Zanni, Max Taam, and Lance Armstrong moments after Zanni completed Team Livestrong's 16th lap |
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| Zanni celebrating with daughter Grace |
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| Kloser coming in hot, posts time of 42:10, giving Team Beaver Creek 16 laps, with 15 seconds before the 12 hour cut off. |
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Team Beaver Creek: Dave Wiens, Mike Kloser, and Jay Henry
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| Team Livestrong: Len Zanni, Lance Armstrong, and Max Taam atop the podium. |
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| Lance's post race interview |
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Chris Carmichael talks about Lance's Training
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