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Article: Tour de France Champion Floyd Landis to Race 2007 Leadville Trail 100.

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December 19, 2006
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MURIETTA, California, December 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Landis' Hip Recovery and Training on Pace to Return to Competition; Looks Forward to Competing with Former Teammate Lance Armstrong

2006 Tour de France champion Floyd Landis today announced that he has accepted an invitation to compete in the 2007 Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race in Leadville, Colorado. The invitation, extended last week by race director Ken Chlouber, will give Landis a chance to return to mountain biking for the first time since he began road racing in 1998. Landis will have the chance to once again race against seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, setting-up a ...

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