Tag Archive for ‘Floyd Landis’
Silver Streaks
Well, this isn’t really news, as its been widely speculated and talked about since last December, but the old silver mining town of Leadville, CO may experience another “rush” of people come August 11th as Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong plan to dance in the dirt in the Leadville 100. Who Needs the Pyrenees? The [...]
Bad Boy Floyd on Greg Lemond
Here’s what Floyd Landis had to say about Greg Lemond Friday in Seattle (and here’s a story by ESPN’s Jim Caple on a little bike ride he took with the Bad Boy while he was in Seattle): Related Posts:A Day Late…TRIPLE Exclusive: An Interview with Artist Kathleen KingShades of 1985, 1986, or 2007? – Astana’s [...]
Monkey See…
Armstrong in Calgary for the 2007 Tour of Courage It didn’t take long to determine what type of significance Floyd Landis’ Wiki Defense would have on the process of sports arbitration or on the way athletes defend themselves against allegations. Lance Armstrong has recently followed suit and published his own collection of legal documents on [...]
Double Trouble
– VeloNews: Walsh, Landis books to hit shelves next week– AHN: Armstrong denies doping allegations as controversial book gets read to hit news stands– AP: Tour winner Armstrong says doping ‘a sports problem’– Andy Hood for USA Today: Officials seek Tour de France pledge from riders– AP: Honchar fired by T-Mobile Related Posts:Silver StreaksMonkey See…It’s [...]
The Early Read on Floyd
I’m having trouble keeping up with all the cycling-related news of the past few days, so here’s a mish-mash of some articles and thoughts: The New York Times got hold of a pre-release copy (June 26) of the new Bad Boy Floyd book, “Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de [...]
Interesting Timing …
Here’s an interesting take on the possible ramifications of the just-concluded Bad Boy Floyd hearing by Andrew Vontz for FoxNews. Vontz points out that the ruling could come out smack dab in the middle of the — yup — 2007 Tour de France. Related Posts:Last CallRock ‘n Roll into 2008!The French Return from VacationBad Boy [...]
Selena Roberts on Bad Boy Floyd: ‘Too Amish country to be a Tour de France cheat’
Unless you get the New York Times Select online — or the print edition of the Times — you can’t read Sports of the Times Columnist Selena Roberts. I think that’s pretty dumb on the Times’ part, but that’s another blog item for another day. No one, and I mean NO ONE, writes quite like [...]
The Book of Floyd
Interested in reading Bad Boy Floyd’s new book, “Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France,” due on June 26? You can read a bit of the first chapter on the Amazon site and save about a third of the $25 cover price by ordering now.Here are the first two [...]
Coverage Tip
For some of the best coverage of the ongoing Bad Boy Floyd hearings and cycling’s doping scandals in general, check out Michael Hiltzik’s coverage in the Los Angeles Times. Related Posts:Last CallRock ‘n Roll into 2008!The French Return from VacationBad Boy Floyd Must Know the FeelingThe Appeal
Landis: ‘It wouldn’t serve any purpose for me to cheat and win the Tour, because I wouldn’t be proud of it.’
A brief look at Day 6 of the Floyd Landis arbitration hearing: HIGHLIGHTS: Landis saying cheating goes against everything he stands for: “It wouldn’t serve any purpose for me to cheat and win the Tour, because I wouldn’t be proud of it.” LOWLIGHTS: Long, boring, confusing testimony over the telephone from German scientist Wilhelm Schnazer [...]
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