Landis 49th in MTB Race

[enduramil]

http://summitdaily.com/article/20070602/NEWS/70602005&SearchID=73283082731544

[Turn7]

Landis, 31, was passed on the second lap by the women’s winner, 38-year-old Durango resident Shonny Vanlandingham, who started more than a minute after the men. :grinno:


The rest of the race told a similar story: after a brief stint clinging to the front of the pack, Landis dropped sharply. He was in fifth place 300 yards into the race, but by the end of that lap, the first of three, he stood in 41st place.
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[ChunkyMonkey]

Here's the right attitude.
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Meanwhile, a few minutes after claiming one of the biggest wins of his career, local boy Jay Henry explained why he didn’t have a problem with Landis showing up — even though the 49th-place finisher had upstaged Henry on his home turf.

“If a third of these people are here to see Floyd,” Henry said, looking around at the sun-drenched masses, “I think it’s great. Because this is the biggest crowd I’ve seen at a mountain bike race in a long time.”

[nouseforaname]

He used to be sponsored by Norco BITD racing off road.
Norco and TWP IIRC. One of the first guys to run riser bars XC racing, at a time when flat bars and cantis were all that you needed, and Tom Ritchey wouldnt let his racers run suspension. Frischi still won.

Ahh those were the days.

[biopace]

'During the race, a pair of pros in 19th and 20th place on the first lap were riding high on the mountain, far from the throngs below. Apparently disappointed with their showing to that point in the race, one shouted to the other: “Look on the bright side! We’re in front of Floyd Landis and he’s on drugs!” '

:lol:

[nouseforaname]

'During the race, a pair of pros in 19th and 20th place on the first lap were riding high on the mountain, far from the throngs below. Apparently disappointed with their showing to that point in the race, one shouted to the other: “Look on the bright side! We’re in front of Floyd Landis and he’s on drugs!” '

:lol:

:lol: :cry: :lol:

[J-Dude]

Brutal. Poor Floyd. Props Jay Henry.