America owns the Tour de France again!

Myrddin · Post by **Myrddin** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:29 pm

This is great considering nobody thought the Americans could do it without Lance, at least not for a few more years.

Lanids proved them all wrong....and with an injured hip!

"The highs and lows of Floyd Landis' nail-biter of a bike race ended without a hitch Sunday as he won the Tour de France and kept cycling's most prestigious title in American hands for the eighth straight year.

The 30-year-old Landis, pedaling with an injured hip, cruised to victory on the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysées, a day after regaining the leader's yellow jersey and building an insurmountable lead in the final time trial."

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2006/n ... id=2527569

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:58 pm

..AND, the best part is,...
once more it gives us
another chance to lmao @ those silly French

Myrddin · Post by **Myrddin** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:17 pm

I just want to go to Paris and start randomly punching those damn French bastards.

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:42 pm

First, headbuttgate, now this... the Frenchies have to be fuming. That's okay, they should be surrendering any day now...

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:58 pm

Uh-Oh! He tested positive in the post-race tests!

LONDON (AP) -- Tour de France champion Floyd Landis tested positive for high levels of testosterone during the race, his Phonak team said Thursday on its Web site, raising questions about his victory.

The team suspended Landis, pending results of the backup "B" sample of his drug test, just four days after Landis stood on the victory podium on the Champs-Elysees, succeeding seven-time winner Lance Armstrong as an American winner in Paris.

from: ESPN.com

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:22 pm

What a dumbf*.

Myrddin · Post by **Myrddin** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:33 pm

D'OH!

flapjacks · Post by **flapjacks** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:53 am

i heard about this on nightly news on NBC and i just think it was a goofy test