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TDF Legend is born...
wow. nice job floyd.
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Absolutely incredible....Floyd rode like a "man possesed" today !
One of the all-time greatest combacks...now just 30 seconds behind the yellow jersey.
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That took guts. Hope he has something left in the tank for the TT.
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The last two days have been the most disappointing/thrilling I have seen in the tour. Been late for work the last two days as I had to watch the finish.
Go Floyd.
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This TDF has become one of the most exciting of record. I couldn't leave the house for work (on time) the last two days, because I HAD to watch the results before I left. Everyone seemed to think that since Lance was not riding and the druggies were kicked out that it was going to be boring. Not the case, thankfully.
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Its hard not to like the guy. This is a good article was from a few weeks back...
http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200607/tour-de-france-2006-floyd-landis-1.html It goes like this: A few days before the Tour started, Landis and Lim were training in a small town high in the Pyrenees of northern Spain. The training had gone longer than originally planned, and Landis awoke the last morning looking at a stormy forecast and a hellacious travel day. In order to make it to a pre-Tour Phonak team meeting in Tours, France, they were scheduled to drive two hours south to Barcelona, catch a plane for the two-hour flight to Paris, get picked up, then drive an additional two hours to Tours. Not a big deal under most circumstances, but on this morning, Landis didn't want to hopscotch all over Europe like some business traveler. He wanted one last, hard ride. Lim awoke to the sight of Landis pulling on his biking gear. The trainer was confused. Didn't he have to pack up? Didn't he have a plane to catch? "Not anymore we don't," Landis informed Lim. Lim still didn't get it. "What I'm saying is, **** it," Landis said. "I'll ride there." And so Landis did. He pointed his front wheel north toward France and started pedaling. He rode up and over the Pyrenees and down the mountain roads, into the vineyards of Limoux, following the road signs north. Landis rode for six hours, covering 130 miles, then got off his bike, stripped off his mud-soaked jersey and shorts, and hurled them off a nearby cliff. Donning dry clothes, he climbed in the car to drive the rest of the way with Lim. "You know how I got to the Tour last year?" Landis asked. When Lim shook his head, Landis grinned. "Lance's private jet," he said.
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Funny thing is that some friends of mine flew them there last year!
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Floyd's got the yellow jersey again!
 Tomorrow is an easy ride to Paris. Way to go!
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Really happy to see a guy from USA keep the Yellow. Brilliant job Floyd!
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On the other hand, I really hated to see Sastre off the podium, but Kloden rode a heck of a race today and really toughed it out through the Pyrenees
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07-22-2006, 09:09 AM
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One for the Cali guy!!!
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It's official!
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