Oscar Pereiro (photo by Graham Watson), back in yellow after Stage 16, on his former Phonak teammate, Floyd Landis:"I appreciate Phonak, I know them very well, I spent four years with them. I had a bad time personally when I saw Landis struggling. I wouldn't have wanted that for anybody."
Landis on his dashed hopes:
"I don't expect to win this Tour anymore. It's never easy to get back eight minutes but I'll keep fighting till the end and try. ... I'm disappointed and I would be lying if I didn't say I wanted to forget about it. I did everything I could to be the best at this Tour and I would change what happened today, but I can't. I understand that a golden opportunity to win has gone. ... Seeing Oscar in yellow certainly doesn't disappoint me in any way. He's a great person and a former teammate."
Here's Floyd's post-race interview.
I trained with a former pro last night that had this to say about Floyd. "Well at least this confirms that he's cleanER than the rest"
ReplyDeleteHe also went on to say that that during his pro tenure (90's) that EVERYONE in Europe was doping. He said that you couldn't compete there without "the juice". He said it's rampant on the domestic circuit as well.
So we're back to the same basic question: Who really is the winner of the Tour?
Which of course leads to MY basic question: Who really gives a shit?