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Article: Victory awaits Landis: TOUR DE FRANCE
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- July 23, 2006
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MONTCEAU-LES-MINES, France - Floyd Landis' wild ride through
France should end in the sweetest way possible today on the Champs-
Elysees - barring a crazy finale and as long as his hip holds out.
In this Tour de France anything can happen.
With yet another stunning comeback in the final time trial, Landis
reclaimed the famed yellow jersey of the Tour de France leader
Saturday along with a 59-second lead that should land him atop the
victory podium in Paris.
The American would be picking up where another Yank left off just
last year, when Lance Armstrong completed his seventh and final Tour
triumph.
"I could not be happier," Landis said. "It's one of the best days
of my life."
The Phonak ...