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Historic Overview Floyd Landis

Rider

Overall Rank727
NameFloyd LANDIS
Country
  United States
Date of birth14-Oct-1975 - Lancaster (Pennsylvania)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Floyd Landis

Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. At the 2006 Tour de France, he would have been the third non-European winner in the event's history, but was disqualified after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The competition was ultimately won by Óscar Pereiro.

Landis was an all-around rider, with special skills in climbing, time-trialing, and descending. He turned professional in 1999 with the Mercury Cycling Team, joined the U.S. Postal Service team in 2002, and moved to the Phonak Hearing Systems team in 2005. In January 2010, a French judge issued a national arrest warrant for Landis on computer hacking charges related to the 2006 Tour de France, stage 17 doping allegations.

In 2010 Landis maintained his innocence and mounted a defense. Although his legal team documented inconsistencies in the handling and evaluation of his urine samples, the disqualification was upheld. He was suspended from professional competition through January 30, 2009, following an arbitration panel's 2-to-1 ruling on September 20, 2007. He appealed the result of the arbitration hearing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which subsequently upheld the panel's ruling. In January 2011, he was unable to find a new team, which effectively ended his professional career. On May 20, 2010, after almost four years of contesting the allegations, Landis admitted to doping, and revealed that Lance Armstrong and many other top riders who rode on his team doped as well.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Paris - Nice 2006
Volta ao Algarve 2004
Tour of California 2006
Volta ao Algarve - stages 2004 (1)
Tour of California - stages 2006 (1)
Tour de Langkawi - stages 2000 (1)
More results

Seasons

Floyd Landis - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1999 Mercury Cycling Team 98 453
2. 2000 Mercury Cycling Team - Manheim Auctions 184 334
3. 2001 Mercury - Viatel 102 486
4. 2002 US Postal Service 684 85
5. 2003 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 646 93
6. 2004 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1666 18
7. 2005 Phonak Hearing Systems 863 58
8. 2006 Phonak Hearing Systems 2239 8
9. 2009 Ouch p/b Maxxis 0 3623
10. 2010 Ouch - Bahati Foundation 12 1431
Overall: 6494 727