From Singeltrack.com

A series of qualifying races will be used by the new owners of the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race in addition to the traditional race lottery.

In a partnership with AEG, owner of among other things the Amgen Tour of California, Life Time Fitness will use three qualifying races for the 2011 Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. The unidentified events will be held in June and July in California, Colorado and the Northeast and guarantee entry into the LT 100, which sells out annually at about 1,400 participants.

Each qualifying event will offer 100 spots into the granddaddy race, held in August in Leadville, Colorado. Of the 300 qualifiers, half will be based on age-group and elite-field performance and the other half selected from the pool of finishers who beat an as-of-yet undisclosed qualifying time standard.

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