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seaeagle
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 Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:48 pm Post subject: Awesome Landis takes Tour crown |
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BBC SPORT | Other Sport... | Cycling | Awesome Landis takes Tour crown
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Floyd Landis became the third American to win the Tour de France after a celebratory final stage into Paris won by Norwegian Thor Hushovd.
Landis, 59 seconds ahead of Spaniard Oscar Pereiro beforehand, finished safely in the peloton without alarm.
Pereiro maintained his second place overall with German Andreas Kloden claiming the third place on the podium.
Robbie McEwen, with three stage wins already, hit the front with 200m left but Hushovd came through to snatch it.
Landis, 30, follows three-time winner Greg LeMond and seven-time champion Lance Armstrong into the pantheon of American Tour winners.
His 57-second winning margin was the sixth smallest in Tour history, but the margin between the top three - 1:29 - was the tightest ever, reflecting the open nature of the race in the wake of Armstrong's retirement. |
Quite an amazing feat for a bloke who's about to get a hip replacement! His comeback after the mountain stage was absolutely amazing. |
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Gary66
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| Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: Awesome Landis takes Tour crown [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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seaeagle
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| Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: Awesome Landis takes Tour crown [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| I know. Very disappointing (as I said in the subsequent topic). I'll lock this topic so any more discussion can take place in the "cheating" thread. |
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