Floyd Landis

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I didn't get to see it live, but the fact that Floyd Landis won the Tour de France today is not only extremely impressive, but I think it made for one of the most interesting Tours in a few years now.

Think about all that goes into it:

1. The top two cyclists coming into the tournament are banned for suspected doping.

2. Landis finds out that he has a faulty hip, as soon as the tour is over he could have career ending surgery, he can barely sleep at night because of all the pain

3. After getting off to a good start, swapping the yellow jersey with a few others, Landis completely falls off in a mountain stage, losing 11 minutes to the leader.

4. The next day he comes back from what seemed to be out of contention to dominate the stage and get to within three minutes of the leader.

5. Today he wins. At least on the American front, I think this has to be one of the most exciting races in a long time and it really is a shame that not more people could understand and enjoy all that went into this years race.