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"In opposition to all the rubbish I can read sometimes here about a supposed plot against Floyd Landis because he's American, I can tell you that nobody has anything to win in this affair."

Well, Armstrong had fans spitting in his face during the Tour, and a lot of Euros resented his wins, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone would be tempted to taint Landis's urine samples. The European press is full of rubbish about America, about Bush, etc., so I really wouldn't put it past them.

Meanwhile, everyone has almost forgotten that the two pre-race favorites - Basso and Ullrich - both have been implicated in the Spanish scandal, and the evidence against them also seems rather compelling. So maybe, as some say, everyone does it.

Well, Armstrong had fans spitting in his face during the Tour, and a lot of Euros resented his wins, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone would be tempted to taint Landis's urine samples. The European press is full of rubbish about America, about Bush, etc., so I really wouldn't put it past them.

If fans spitted in Armstrong's face, that's not because Armstrong is American, it's just because these fans (which are not all french) are simply morons (to stay polite). And I can tell you that the unpopularity of Armstrong in France (and Europe) is not linked to his nationality but to the fact that Armstrong is absolutely antipathetic, what was not Greg LeMond (despite he beat Bernard Hinault and Laurent Fignon) and what is not Landis.

Well, Armstrong had fans spitting in his face during the Tour, and a lot of Euros resented his wins, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone would be tempted to taint Landis's urine samples. The European press is full of rubbish about America, about Bush, etc., so I really wouldn't put it past them.

Most of those spitting fans were apparently Germans who had been up on Alpe d"Huez for days getting drunk before Armstrong rode by, beating the pants off their boy Ullrich for the nth time running.

I saw a French cycling magazine at my local newsstand the other day, clearly published the day between Landis' victory and the scandal breaking (as were a whole bunch of others), but the title, as best I can understand French, was "A victor with a human face." The truth is that the French like Landis because he had to fight to win the race, making that amazing comeback. They never warmed to Armstrong because he was so dominant that the races were boring.