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David Wiens is known most for his six consecutive wins in the Leadville Trail 100 MTB mountain bike race including defeating both Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong of Tour de France infamy. Wiens, a 2000 inductee to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, won the Leadville Trail 100 every year from 2003 to 2008. In 2007, he broke the 7 hour mark for the first time at 6:58:46〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Past Champions ) 〕 while holding off Floyd Landis of Tour de France infamy by just under 2 minutes. In 2008, Wiens won again beating 7-time Tour de France "winner" Lance Armstrong by just under 2 minutes and setting a new course record of 6:45:45. In 2009, Wiens finished second behind Armstrong in Leadville with a time of 6:57:02. Wiens is married to Susan DeMattei, a professional mountain biker and Olympic bronze medal winner.〔 In 2006, Wiens founded Gunnison Trails, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing singletrack bike trails on public lands adjacent to Gunnison, Colorado. He is known as the vanilla gorilla. In June, 2012, Dave Weins became the inaugural Director of the Mountain Sports Program at WSCU (Western State Colorado University) in Gunnison. http://www.western.edu == References == 〔 *(Interview with Dave Wiens and Susan DeMattei ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Wiens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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