Floyd Landis wins the 2006 Tour de France

[vegetation]

There's another Tour thread but this deserves a thread of its own.

Floyd Landis has won the 2006 Tour de France after obliterating Pereiro in the last time trial to get a gain of nearly 1 minute. Since the last stage in Paris is reserved for sprinters and Pereiro got his initial lead intentionally by Floyd so thus will go uncontested, he's locked in for the win.

Congratulations to him. Those who missed out just because someone from last year retired, you've missed one of the best exciting Tours ever, with a new champ that put in a mountain stage performance next to being legendary.

 

[RedPickle]

Dude. He didn't win the Tour de France yet. He just regained the yellow.

 

[vegetation]

Originally posted by: RedPickle
Dude. He didn't win the Tour de France yet. He just regained the yellow.

Nope, he won.

 

[essasin]

Congrats to him. But, I didn't watch the Tour de France even when Armstrong was racing.

 

[dsfunk]

dude, I can't understand your sentences.

 

[dartworth]

w00t

 

[axelfox]

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: RedPickle
Dude. He didn't win the Tour de France yet. He just regained the yellow.

Nope, he won.

59 second lead.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: RedPickle
Dude. He didn't win the Tour de France yet. He just regained the yellow.

Nope, he won.

No, there's one stage left.

 

[CellarDoor]

I don't much about cycling, but it appears that his 59 second lead all but assures him a victory.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: RedPickle
Dude. He didn't win the Tour de France yet. He just regained the yellow.

Nope, he won.

No, there's one stage left.

Yeah really, quit being so cocky OP. Landis was down 8 minutes not to long ago and made almost all of it up in one stage,.. he's not Lance and one fall tomorrow could be the end for him.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: RedPickle
Dude. He didn't win the Tour de France yet. He just regained the yellow.

Nope, he won.

Uh no he didn't. Not to say he won't win, but he HASN'T won retard. Last day is Sunday.

 

[BrokenVisage]

BTW, change the topic title..

 

[vegetation]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: RedPickle
Dude. He didn't win the Tour de France yet. He just regained the yellow.

Nope, he won.

No, there's one stage left.

Not really. The last stage is for sprinters, who are all hours behind the general classification so there's no threat. None of the top three are going to risk their existing spots anyhow, plus they wouldn't have a chance at time bonuses against true sprinters like McEwen who are eager for a stage win.

Seems like some people need to learn a bit about cycling?

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: RedPickle
Dude. He didn't win the Tour de France yet. He just regained the yellow.

Nope, he won.

No, there's one stage left.

Not really. The last stage is for sprinters, who are all hours behind the general classification so there's no threat. None of the top three are going to risk their existing spots anyhow, plus they wouldn't have a chance at time bonuses against true sprinters like McEwen who are eager for a stage win.

Seems like some people need to learn a bit about cycling?

Not as much as others need to learn about when a competition is actually over, now stop trying to make me hope Landis falls just to see you look bad.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: mribnik1
I don't much about cycling, but it appears that his 59 second lead all but assures him a victory.

two (or 3) he was 8minutes behind the leader. the next day he came back to being only 30 seconds under #1 FWIW

 

[CellarDoor]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: mribnik1
I don't much about cycling, but it appears that his 59 second lead all but assures him a victory.

two (or 3) he was 8minutes behind the leader. the next day he came back to being only 30 seconds under #1 FWIW

Yeah, but the last stage is quite different from what I hear, and barring an accident Landis shoudln't have a problem.

^The above statement comes from a person who has virtually no knowledge of cycling, other than what he saw on "Breaking Away."

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: RedPickle
Dude. He didn't win the Tour de France yet. He just regained the yellow.

Nope, he won.

No, there's one stage left.

Not really. The last stage is for sprinters, who are all hours behind the general classification so there's no threat. None of the top three are going to risk their existing spots anyhow, plus they wouldn't have a chance at time bonuses against true sprinters like McEwen who are eager for a stage win.

Seems like some people need to learn a bit about cycling?

Dude, I know what you're saying but the last stage is 154.5km long and Floyd can still lose. A long break away with him missing the bus and he's out.
Check back to 1989 when LeMond won the final TT and stage to win.

 

[drnickriviera]

Way to spoil it for me numbnuts. Some of us haven't seen the stage yet. Change your title

 

[LordMorpheus]

The race is over. It's a long-standing tradition that nobody makes a move on the leader for the last stage, everyone just cruises through paris taking cups of champaign from bystanders.

If the guy in second trys to break away the fans would tear him apart. On top of all that, he and floyd are good friends and he's not going to do that to floyd.

 

[Mathlete]

Originally posted by: drnickriviera
Way to spoil it for me numbnuts. Some of us haven't seen the stage yet. Change your title

Get up at a reasonable hour. It's been on OLN twice already. Anfd yes he has the race won. The last stage is for sprinters and basically a parade for the rest of the people. WTG Floyd!!!

Lance who?

 

[Baked]

You just jinxed him, fool.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

So we had seven years with a one-balled cancer survivor and now we're going to have a winner who is spending his prize money on a new hip? I love it!

 

[sygyzy]

Lame thread. Post it when he wins.

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: RedPickle
Dude. He didn't win the Tour de France yet. He just regained the yellow.

Nope, he won.

No, there's one stage left.

Not really. The last stage is for sprinters, who are all hours behind the general classification so there's no threat. None of the top three are going to risk their existing spots anyhow, plus they wouldn't have a chance at time bonuses against true sprinters like McEwen who are eager for a stage win.

Seems like some people need to learn a bit about cycling?

Like everyone said, you're a moron because the race isn't over.

Barring a disaster, Landis has it locked up, but it has nothing to do with sprinters. The last stage is a flat circuit race in Paris; and by custom, the remaining riders all want to finish the race safely. So it's highly unlikely that a contender could make a big break from the peloton.

I like Landis, but how could he stink so badly one day and rebound with such a vengeance the next? It's stuff like that that causes the French to accuse us of doping.

 

[SVT Cobra]

I think the OP just owned a lot of people. Landis has it in the bag, everyone lets the leader win last stage.