The cycling news machine has been SILENT on this whole issue for months. I've become convinced UCI simply wants to see his reputation continue to languish in the mud with no intention of ever restoring Floyd Landis to a full, honorable, and no-asterisk Tour de France victory. I wish him well and feel he is a great athlete.
~ Blue Jays ~
Thing is that even on the day he 'supposedly' doped he didn't do anything extrodinary. If you look at his power output he was WELL within his daily range. The Peleton didn't think he was a threat at all and just let him ride away.
Then nobody wanted to take on the responsibility of chasing him down. Same thing as they had done two days before with the spaniard. That's one of the reasons Kloeden was so upset with Telekom. He could have won the race if they would have just led the Peleton on those two days to prevent them from taking off to far.
I read Cycle Sport America magazine every month and they have been keeping tabs on the Landis story.
But it is true, you aren't going to find much news on this outside of a cycling-oriented publication.
Also, for those of you who care, Vinokourov destroyed the Vuelta, a field which included Menchov, Rasmussen, Pereiro, Sastre, Boogerd, Dessel, Mayo, Zubeldia, Fothen, and Valverde with his collarbone intact.
I think that had he been allowed to race in the TDF this year, Vino could very well have won the thing, even with half a team.
Also - George Hincapie won the US Championship, and he will get to wear the Stars and Stripes jersey for the next year. It has been a while since it made an appearance at the TDF on Freddie Rodriguez's shoulders.
And - Paolo Bettini of Italy won the World Road Race Championship and will wear the rainbow jersey. Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the World Time Trialing Championship and will wear the rainbow jersey in time trials.