Floyd Landis

Floyd Landis is impossible for me to think about without the doping case looming over everything. He effectively won the 2006 Tour de France, then lost it after a positive test, with the title going to Oscar Pereiro. What fascinates me is the talent that was never really in doubt: an all-arounder who could climb, time-trial, and descend, which is a rare combination. The Pennsylvania roots and the eventual fall make him a genuinely tragic sports figure to me, less a villain than a cautionary tale about an era. I keep wondering how the sport would remember him if that one test had come back clean.

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Name (English)

Floyd Landis

Name (Japanese)

フロイド・ランディス

Reading

ふろいど・らんでぃす

Born

October 14, 1975 (age 50)

Origin

Farmersville, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

sport cyclist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rabbit

High school

Conestoga Valley High School

• Official sitehttp://www.floydlandis.com/blog
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd%20Landis
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220791

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• sport cyclist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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