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| Floyd Landis, Your 2006 Tour de France Winner! |
| 2006-07-22 |
| Floyd rode a great time trial, finishing third, but he more than made up the 30 seconds he was trailing Pererio & Sastre. Floyd Landis paced himself perfectly in the final major rendezvous of the 2006 Tour de France. He didnÂ’t waiver from his plan at the start of the day and wasnÂ’t tempted to try and catch the dominant Serhiy Honchar who won his second successive Tour de France time trial. Floyd knew that the most important thing was to finish over half a minute ahead of Oscar Pereiro; he did just that and tomorrow heÂ’ll arrive in Paris as the fourth American winner. The fourth? This is Landis' fourth yellow jersey this year, but fourth American in Paris? You guys sure about that? Lemond, Armstrong & Landis - who am I missing here? |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #7 You know, if you people get just a little better, we'll start sending our HEALTHY riders over to compete in this thing. Has anyone been following this closely. Are the French as livid about this as I hope they are? |
| Posted by: Elmomotle Sneack6231 2006-07-22 20:19 |
| #6 And remember, you have to do it while the French on the sidelines throw blood-sucking snails at you. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-07-22 20:04 |
| #5 Hummm -- this is even better than Lance winning an 8th time! And he will be there tomorrow -- with big smiles, I'll bet. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-07-22 18:21 |
| #4 Congratulations, Monsieur Floyd! Please to step ovar hear and to piss in thees tanker truck. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-07-22 12:51 |
| #3 Huzzah. Congratulations Floyd and team. *smirk* |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-07-22 12:46 |
| #2 This is embarrasing. First a man with cancer and one ball wins seven times in a row. Now a crippled man who will undergo hip replacement surgery wins. What's next, a parapalegic? |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-22 12:40 |
| #1 FWIW, I double checked the TdF website, and there's been 3 American winners (not that I needed to, just a sanity check): LeMond - 1986, 1989, 1990 Armstrong - 1999 - 2005 Landis - 2006 Also - Bobby Julich made the podium in 1998 (3rd), so maybe that was the fourth they're talking about. |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-07-22 11:56 |