2006 archive

Floyd Landis in yellow in Paris

Floyd Landis, the third American to win the Tour de France.

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Floyd Landis wins Tour de France, Hushovd final stage

For the eighth straight year, an American took the podium on the Champs-Elysees Sunday as native Pennsylvanian Floyd Landis won the Tour de France championship.

The 30-year-old leader of the Phonak team thanked his teammates for supporting him, especially for his comeback in the final Alpine stage. Later he told OLN: “I'm proud of the way my team raced, and I'm proud of the way I raced.” …

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Floyd Landis' wild ride to Paris

The 2006 Tour de France for Floyd Landis has been a series of ups and downs. Unlike the well-directed affairs that marked the latter years of Lance Armstrong's domination, this has been more like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

Here's a recap of some events in Landis' Tour:

Prologue — Landis loses 8-10 seconds as he shows up late to the podium. It turns out that the team mechanic had to change a cut tire at the last minute, rather than risk having a flat on the road. (9th place — 9.26 seconds behind Thor Hushovd) …

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Floyd Landis' Tour de France bike is a BMC

American cyclist Floyd Landis has been riding bicycles provided by BMC at the 2006 Tour de France.

The bicycle Landis will likely ride to Paris on Sunday is this carbon BMC Pro Machine SLC01, specially tricked out in the colors of his yellow jersey. …

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Yellow jersey edition of Floyd Landis bike

At BMC

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Landis pedaling to the finish line

Floyd Landis charges to the finish line in the individual time trial at the 2006 tour de France.

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Landis in yellow again after time trial

Floyd Landis regained the yellow jersey on the Stage 19 time trial

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Landis regains lead for Tour de France victory ride to Paris

American Floyd Landis will ride to Paris in the yellow jersey on Sunday after finishing second in Saturday's individual time trial, unseating the two rivals ahead of him.

As the race for Paris is traditionally for a sprint win, not the overall title, Landis is destined to become the third American to win the Tour de France since Greg Lemond broke the barrier in 1986 and Lance Armstrong won a record 7 Tours between 1999 and 2005. …

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QuickStep rider wins Tour de France stage; Landis readies for time trial

After the emotional rollercoaster that is the Tour de France for Floyd Landis the past two days, Friday's Stage 18 was relatively uneventful.

Three cyclists attacked a 15-man breakaway about 10 miles from the finish in Macon. The three shadow-boxed for the last kilometer until Matteo Tosatto of QuickStep jumped and took the finish. …

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Host cities set for 2007 Tour of California bike race

Organizers of the second annual Amgen Tour of California have announced the host cities for the 8-day stage race next February, to be broadcast on the Versus network.

The list comprises 12 cities, some new for 2007, for the 650-mile bicycle race that's scheduled from February 18-25 …

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