LEADVILLE, Colorado (July 27, 2025) — Top finishers, Melisa Rollins and Payson McElveen, complete the 3-day stage race in 6:28:09 and 5:57:59, respectively.
Melisa Rollins delivered the weekend’s most impressive performance, crushing her own 2024 winning time by over 23 minutes. The reigning 2024 Leadville Trail 100 MTB champion demonstrated her continued dominance at altitude.
Melisa Rollins wins the 2025 Leadville Stage Race, the final qualifier for the following weekend’s Leadville Trail 100 MTB. Photo courtesy Life Time
Payson McElveen, a Life Time Grand Prix competitor who had missed UNBOUND Gravel due to injury, used the race to prove his fitness was back on track.
Payson McElveen wins the 2025 Leadville Stage Race, the final qualifier for the following weekend’s Leadville Trail 100 MTB. Photo courtesy Life Time
Elite cyclists Kate Courtney, Cecily Decker, Sofia Gomez Villafane, Paige Onweller, and Torbjorn Roed participated in the Stage Race, many preparing for the upcoming Leadville Trail 100 MTB.
When the racing concluded, 35 athletes had achieved the sub-11-hour finish time required to earn qualifier coins for the prestigious Leadville Trail 100 MTB.
Results
Women’s Division:
Melisa Rollins (Alpine, UT, age 29) – 6:28:09
Kate Courtney (Portola Valley, CA, age 29) – 6:28:33
Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Midway, UT, age 31) – 6:39:09
Men’s Division:
Payson McElveen (Durango, CO, age 32) – 5:57:59
Torbjorn Roed (Grand Junction, CO, age 28) – 6:00:04
Daniel Van Der Walt (Bellville, South Africa, age 24) – 6:10:29
