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Tour De France 2006
Well it time for the Tour, Saturday started the first full stage of the Tour de France. But with Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong is in retirement and Jan Ullrich, the 1997 champ and five-time runner-up , Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso were among nine riders withdrawn because of a doping scandal. Well isn't this just what they start every tour with Doping Scandal, just this year its not the Lance. Something never change just the faces.
Norway's Thor Hushovd, winner of Saturday's prologue, wore the overall leader's yellow jersey for the 115-mile ride that begins and ends in Strasbourg and favors sprinters. They passed in Germany for some of this leg this year too.
They same this is one of the most wide-open Tour's in many years.
As far as for the Doping; the suspected cyclists were forced out Friday after Spanish authorities confirmed to Tour organizers that they were thought to have links to an alleged doping ring with Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes at its center. He was charged in May in Spain with crimes against public health, wqasn;t he the same guy that got popped last time and the years before?
Tour stage plan this year.
Wondering now if this will help out the American team(s)- U.S. Postal Service team, Discovery Channel team (which really only have one American).
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07-14-2006, 14:20
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Well it time for the Tour, Saturday started the first full stage of the Tour de France. But with Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong is in retirement and Jan Ullrich, the 1997 champ and five-time runner-up , Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso were among nine riders withdrawn because of a doping scandal. Well isn't this just what they start every tour with Doping Scandal, just this year its not the Lance. Something never change just the faces.
Norway's Thor Hushovd, winner of Saturday's prologue, wore the overall leader's yellow jersey for the 115-mile ride that begins and ends in Strasbourg and favors sprinters. They passed in Germany for some of this leg this year too.
They same this is one of the most wide-open Tour's in many years.
As far as for the Doping; the suspected cyclists were forced out Friday after Spanish authorities confirmed to Tour organizers that they were thought to have links to an alleged doping ring with Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes at its center. He was charged in May in Spain with crimes against public health, wqasn;t he the same guy that got popped last time and the years before?
Tour stage plan this year.
Wondering now if this will help out the American team(s)- U.S. Postal Service team, Discovery Channel team (which really only have one American). |
The US Postal Service team no longer exists, it become the Discovery Channel Team last year.
As of stage 13, an American is leading the Tour and is the clear favorite to win it all. His name is Floyd Landis.
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07-22-2006, 07:25
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American to win??
This would be so great to have Floyd Landis (American) to win the Tour. After the France and their panties all in a wade over Lance. An American coming back to win after him would be pie in the face.
Yes a pun, F-them French.
Floyd Landis
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07-22-2006, 07:51
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I like it!
Ride like you're flying in the wind Floyd Landis...
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07-22-2006, 10:30
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Landis will hold the yellow jersey for the ride into Paris on Sunday.
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07-22-2006, 17:18
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I'll watch CBS for this one on Sunday!!
An American Kick some good Ass on the world stage.
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07-23-2006, 04:33
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Floyd putting the monkey stomp down on the GC was an inspiring event to watch.... American determination, drive, and hard work..... Congrats to Floyd!
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Smoke and mirrors.....
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07-23-2006, 10:04
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Landis wins!
http://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news;_ylt...v=ap&type=lgns
American Landis wins Tour de France
July 23, 2006
AP - Jul 23, 11:59 am EDT
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PARIS (AP) -- Floyd Landis won the Tour de France on Sunday, keeping cycling's most prestigious title in American hands for the eighth straight year.
The 30-year-old Landis cruised to victory on the Champs-Elysees, a day after regaining the leader's yellow jersey and building an insurmountable lead in the final time trial.
Landis picked up where another American left off last year, when Lance Armstrong completed his seventh and final Tour triumph.
With the victory, Landis becomes the third American -- joining Armstrong and three-time winner Greg LeMond -- to win the Tour.
Sunday's champagne and Landis' fifth yellow jersey of the Tour were possible thanks to a once-in-a-lifetime ride Thursday in the Alps that put the Phonak team leader back in contention, one day after a disastrous ride dropped him from first to 11th, more than eight minutes back.
Oscar Pereiro of Spain finished second overall at 57 seconds back, and Germany's Andreas Kloeden was third, 1:29 behind Landis.
Sprinter Thor Hushovd won the final stage Sunday in the three-week race.
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!! 
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07-23-2006, 10:05
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What an insprirational story. Huzzah!
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07-23-2006, 10:11
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YES!!
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07-23-2006, 15:35
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Did it all with a busted up hip too. Drive on!
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07-27-2006, 11:54
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Grrrrr
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PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) - Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has tested positive for the male sex hormone testosterone, the U.S. rider's Phonak team said on Thursday, dealing a savage blow to cycling's most prestigious race.
"The Phonak Cycling Team was notified yesterday by (world cycling body) the UCI of an unusual level of testosterone/epitestosterone ratio in the test made on Floyd Landis after stage 17 of the Tour de France," Phonak said in a team statement.
If Landis's B sample confirms the result, the 30-year-old American is certain to be stripped of his victory, becoming the first Tour winner to be disqualified for doping.
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07-27-2006, 13:34
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Lots of things here
One is that most of the riders that tested positive for high levels of Testosterone beat it on the B test. So I've heard.
Two is that I heard that he was OKed by the Race Docs to use Cortizone shots to treat his hip.
Three is that since Testosterone is not like speed drugs or blood packing I wonder what his other tests during the race looked like.
Just a few observations from a non-medical person.
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07-27-2006, 13:35
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Maybe Reuters is wrong - and he's just got big cojones - that could be an explanation.
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07-27-2006, 18:06
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This single test is a long ways from proving Landis did some doping but the accusation has been made and that's good enough for a lot of people around the world, especially in "some" countries to declare him guilty and take away his win.
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