AAFrequentFlyer

What a great race.....

I could only kick myself for not betting on the man back in February in the Bellagio Sportsbook...(if my memory is correct, he was ~1000:1)

I could have been very rich today!

Congrats!!!

bettyk

Yeh, with Lance Armstrong out of the way, I bet the French never thought another American would win. Hooray!!

BTilke

Congrats to Landis indeed. Hopefully the French will restrain themselves from another vicious, endless rumour mill about the victor taking performance enhancing drugs.

LLindaC

The Mennonite Menace is the 5th American to wear the crown. His story is amazing, too. Plus, he has a reputation of being a really nice guy.
http://www.floydlandis.com/about/

BTilke

Well then, double congrats! I didn't know he was a fellow Dutchie--although too bad he isn't a Moravian Menace instead of MennoniteMenace ;-)
An article from the Lehigh Valley's Morning Call, written yesterday (before he'd won the race)
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-...l=all-news-hed

ImitationOfChrist

Congrats to Landis, who is from Pennsylvania!!!!!

Underhill

Whoopee! And adieu to the unplesant Jean-Marie Blanc; perhaps all the nastiness about Lance Armstrong (and American cyclists in general?) will go away now.

Robdaddy

Simply a terrific, inspiring win for Landis. And, as if that cake needed icing, I just saw that Tiger Woods has won the British Open, the first golfer in over 20 years to win back-to-back.

After America's abysmal showing in the World Cup, this is welcome news for our sports fans.

ezlivin

America also had an abysmal showing at Wimbledon. Actually, no Yank showed up!

StephenG

congrats!! but beside american Lemond and Lance, and Landis, who else wore the yellow at the end?

Dukey

Lemond, Armstrong, and Landis are the only USA winners.

LLindaC

mea culpa, I thought the announcer said 5th. I had to double check that. I remember when LeMond won, gosh was that exciting.

AAFrequentFlyer

Americans won 11 times in the last 21 years....

LeMond - 3 times
Armstrong - 7 times
Landis - this year

SAnParis

Based on our showing at the World Cup, a good rebound indeed.

Barbara

Landis has lived in Murrietta, CA for the last several years. They're planning a big celebration when he returns.

starrsville

<<< Congrats to Landis, who is from Pennsylvania>>>

Son of Mennonnite parents BTW. Who had to bike over to a neighbor's house to see the coverage on their TV.

GeorgeW

Did Zidane congratulate Landis?

Underhill

Eleven out of twenty-one wins is pretty impressive.

enzian

LLindaC---I think that might have been 5 yellow jerseys worn by Americans at some point during the race, but only three at the finale in Paris.

Next year the Tour will start in London--one day of prologue around the streets of London, then Stage 1 goes from London to Canterbury. We might be there then. . . very exciting.

audere_est_facere

Sorry too tell you, but he's just failed a dope test (actually he's failed a hormone test).