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Cyclists use a cutesy term to describe the complete loss of energy during a road race. They've "bonked." Let's be honest. American Floyd Landis didn't just bonk when he surrendered his maillot jaune, the Tour de France's yellow leader's jersey, during a steep Alpine climb...
To drown his sorrows? No way. "He was mad," says Landis' coach, Robbie Ventura, who met with his rider two hours after the stage. "He was like, ?You know what, I'm the strongest guy in this race, and I'm going to do something about it.' He was going...
So a day after his big-time bonk, Landis, who suffers from a degenerative hip condition that will require replacement surgery, staged the most spectacular comeback in Tour de France history. He blazed over three steep, lung-burning mountain passes, shredding the field to win the day's 125-mile...
Tour de France Is Landis the next Armstrong? U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis powered through the Pyrenees last week, emerging with the Tour leader's yellow jersey. But his arthritic hip and the arduous Alps stand between him and a top-of-the-podium finish in Paris on July 23.
That leaves the Tour de France field, already wide open in the wake of Armstrong's retirement, an even wilder mishmash. Asked shortly before the race began about his improving prospects, American Floyd Landis just sighs. "Jesus," says Landis, "I have to wait to know who's here--which is...