floyd landis
Floyd Landis won the prestigious Tour de France in 2006 as the leader of the Phonak bicycle team, but his win was marred when he tested positive for synthetic testosterone. [1]
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Floyd Landis races the Greenville circuit for the first time. [3]
Floyd Landis was a professional cyclist who almost won the Tour de France before getting busted on doping charges. [4]
The TT at the Tour of Utah last week threw a bit of a monkey wrench into the works, as Tom Zirbel, 2nd in Greenville last year, beat Captain America by 25 seconds on a flatter course. [3]
Also despite having a contract with the team for 2010 (when it got a new sponsor, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis), and the fact that the press release conspicuously did not mention any other teams with which Landis had signed or even engaged in negotiations. [5]
Defending champions are generally accorded the honor of wearing the lowest race number, with their teammates getting numbers 2 through 9, but Floyd Landis is out of cycling and fighting a doping ban. [3]
He most recently rode for OUCH Pro Cycling Team, throughout 2009. [6]
At the Tour of the Gila, he finished 69th overall, and 75th at the Cascade Classic before closing out the US stage race season with a 48th place finish at the Tour of Missouri. [5]
According to the official site for Tour de France, Landis was 1.78 meters (5′ 10″) tall and weighed 68 kilograms (150 pounds) at the time of the 2006 race… Phonak, his cycling team for the 2006 Tour de France, is a Swiss maker of hearing aids. [1]
Floyd Landis, who won the 2006 Tour de France with a stunning Stage 17 solo victory, has lost his appeal of a positive doping finding. [3]
Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American cyclist, from Farmersville, Pennsylvania, best known for being disqualified after finishing first in the 2006 Tour de France for a doping offense. [6]
At the hilly, five-stage Tour of Utah, Landis managed 24th overall. [5]
The highlight of the Tour was Landis’s sensational ride in stage 17, when his solo breakaway over the French mountains beat the field by nearly six minutes. [1]
Lance Armstrong was the king of cycling in the past decade, singlehandedly bringing more public interest to the sport than anyone else before. [2]
Sources:
[1] Floyd Landis: Biography from Answers.com
[2] Floyd Landis News
[3] Tour de France 2009: Floyd Landis Archives
[4] Floyd Landis - Zimbio
[5] Floyd Landis‘ Strange Ride | Boulder Report
[6] Floyd Landis - Wikipedia