Floyd Landis of the US, right, pedals past the Arc de Triomphe monument during the final stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, between Antony, south of Paris, and Paris, Sunday, July 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Floyd Landis of the US, right, pedals past the Arc de Triomphe monument during the final stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, between Antony, south of Paris, and Paris, Sunday, July 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Riders of the Phonak team, with overall leader Floyd Landis of the US, right, with yellow jersey, pedal past the Eiffel tower, along the Seine river, after entering Paris during the final stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race between Antony, south of Paris, and Paris, Sunday, July 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
oh.. oh.. this is so sweet! did he get headbutted from the bicycle?
Floyd Landis of the US toasts with a glass of champagne as he pedals during the final stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, between Antony, south of Paris, and Paris, Sunday, July 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
If it weren't the only thing they have going for them ; the French would probably surrender and cancel the Tour.
Congratulations Greg and good luck with your surgery.
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Le Monde will be trotting out "doping" rumors by Tuesday.
Sacre bleu! If you are a Frenchman this has really got to smart.
Oh and California makes better Champagne. :)
Why even enter, Frogs? Just raise the white flag at the start and go back to whine and cheese ...
The French are deeply saddened.
Once again, the american national anthem played at the end of the tour de france.
Love it!
Awesome. 8 straight years. We rock.
2272 miles @ 25.39 mph..... good race and a fantastic stage 17 by Landis
Tiger winning the The British Open and Floyd winning the Tour De France.
VICTORY IS SO SWEET!
As Landis crossed the finish line Sunday, his Mennonite parents were riding their own bicycles home from church in Farmersville, Pa.
Paul and Arlene Landis were so confident their son would win that they didn't have to choose between going to church and watching the race on TV at a neighbor's house.
''I'm glad we didn't have to make that choice,'' Arlene Landis said. ``Church is very important to us. We felt in our hearts he was going to win. He is not one to take second place.''
At Farmersville's only intersection, a short distance from the Landis home, neighbors scrawled: ''Floyd Landis, World Winner of Tour de France 2006, -10:00 to +.59, USA.'' Cyclists and motorists snapped photos of the message, spray-painted in gigantic, yellow letters, that referred to the huge time deficit Landis overcame to win.
Arlene, and Paul Landis, parents of Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, ride their bikes home from church in Farmersville, Pa. Sunday July 23, 2006. As Floyd Landis crossed the Tour de France finish line Sunday, his devout Mennonite parents were riding their own bicycles home from church. Paul and Arlene Landis were so confident their son would win the cycling's greatest race they didn't have to choose between going to church and watching it on TV at a neighbor's house. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
Floyd Landis's parents Paul, left, and Arlene Landis, display a cake Arlene made on Saturday in anticipation of Floyd's Tour de France win, during a news conference in their driveway in Farmersville, Pa. Sunday July 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
Neighbor Richard Hurst, second from left, his son-in law-Mel Sensenig, left, and grandchildren Mathew Sensenig, second from right, and Laura Sensenig place a sign in the front yard of Paul and Arlene Landis' home in Farmersville Pa. Sunday July 23, 2006, after the Landis' son, Floyd Landis, won the Tour de France bicycle race.(AP Photo/Chris Knight)
Bicyclist Sig Geist, from Chadds Ford, Pa., signs a message board for Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, at Neal and Tammy Martin's, house in Farmersville, Pa. Sunday July 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)