USA's Floyd Landis celebrates as he crosses the finish line of the 200.5 km seventeenth stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Morzine, 20 July 2006. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT
Floyd Landis is one Bad A** Mother F*****!!! Quite possibly the best TdF stage since the 2003 Tour de France (stage 15), where Lance crashed, pulled out of his pedal, and still went on to win the stage to Luz-Ardiden.
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I received 3 calls from cycling friends asking if I knew what happened, so I was left with no other option than to go home for lunch and watch it. Damn! If I get fired for taking a 2.5 hour lunch it was well worth it....
http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-de-france/2006/livefullpage_mtc129678.shtml (Today's Live Feed)
NEWSFLASH: Jan Ullrich has been fired by his team T-Mobile following his recent implication in the Operacion Puerto blood doping scandal, according to german news agency SID. The German 1997 Tour winner is said to be in denial, but directeur sportif Olaf Ludwig has confirmed the news.
I may be dropping out of the prizes in my Fantasy Cycling game if Floyd wins this whole thing...but I'm willing to sacrifice some cycling schwagg and fantasy bragging rights for another year with an American as reigning Champion of the TdF!
This latest news is just what we need for the sport :(. Hopefully it doesn't turn out to be true.
What's even more f'd up than this is the Astana lads have been cleared of any wrongdoing. So they were barred from the Tour for no good reason. Vino, Davis and Co. must be gutted.
I think it's EXACTLY what our sport needs. Get rid of any cheaters and hopefully scare people who don't currently cheat into staying that way. I want an American hero as much as the rest of us, but dopers suck.
I agree, dopers suck!, this whole thing sucks, the fact that we can't enjoy a bike race without wondering who's clean and who's cheating sucks...but if it turns out that Floyd's Testosterone levels were abnormal due to natural causes, then that will suck at the highest levels of suckiness!
I mean, who's going to take drugs during the TdF and win a stage (in DRAMATIC fashion) knowing that they're going to be tested???
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I received 3 calls from cycling friends asking if I knew what happened, so I was left with no other option than to go home for lunch and watch it. Damn! If I get fired for taking a 2.5 hour lunch it was well worth it....
I know someone who's blood will be carefully inspected tonight...
Here! Here!
If he can pull this off there is no one who deserves it more! I can't wait to get home tonight and watch this stage. See you guys on the ride tonight!
Scott
From Eurosport.com
http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-de-france/2006/livefullpage_mtc129678.shtml
(Today's Live Feed)
NEWSFLASH: Jan Ullrich has been fired by his team T-Mobile following his recent implication in the Operacion Puerto blood doping scandal, according to german news agency SID. The German 1997 Tour winner is said to be in denial, but directeur sportif Olaf Ludwig has confirmed the news.
Ta Ta Jan.
I may be dropping out of the prizes in my Fantasy Cycling game if Floyd wins this whole thing...but I'm willing to sacrifice some cycling schwagg and fantasy bragging rights for another year with an American as reigning Champion of the TdF!
Congratulations Floyd - what an awesome Tour !
Cycling related...
http://objection.4camp.net/go.php?n=381750
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2006/news/story?id=2531225
This latest news is just what we need for the sport :(. Hopefully it doesn't turn out to be true.
What's even more f'd up than this is the Astana lads have been cleared of any wrongdoing. So they were barred from the Tour for no good reason. Vino, Davis and Co. must be gutted.
What a bunch of f'in crap.
I think it's EXACTLY what our sport needs. Get rid of any cheaters and hopefully scare people who don't currently cheat into staying that way. I want an American hero as much as the rest of us, but dopers suck.
I agree, dopers suck!, this whole thing sucks, the fact that we can't enjoy a bike race without wondering who's clean and who's cheating sucks...but if it turns out that Floyd's Testosterone levels were abnormal due to natural causes, then that will suck at the highest levels of suckiness!
I mean, who's going to take drugs during the TdF and win a stage (in DRAMATIC fashion) knowing that they're going to be tested???
Floyd's not a moron...I hope!
He should've beat off before the drug test.
In response to "Santa Clause's" earlier comment...
This is my objection
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