American Landis Wins The Tour de France
- on 07.24.06
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Floyd Landis has won the Tour de France and kept cycling’s most prestigious title in American hands for the
eighth straight year.”I kept fighting, never stopped believing,” Landis said, shortly after he received the winner’s yellow jersey.
eighth straight year.”I kept fighting, never stopped believing,” Landis said, shortly after he received the winner’s yellow jersey.
Landis picked up where another American left off last year, when Lance Armstrong completed his seventh and final Tour triumph. With the victory, Landis becomes the third American — joining Armstrong and three-time winner Greg LeMond — to win the Tour.
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