Will Floyd Landis ride again in the pro peloton? If a rampant rumor is true, the answer is yes. And it may happen as soon as next February. That’s when Landis, the dethroned 2006 Tour de France champion, can return to compete following a two-year suspension for an abnormal testosterone ratio. And none other than Tyler Hamilton, the 2004 Olympic time trial gold medalist who also served a two-year suspension for the presence of foreign blood in his system, got the rumor circulating.
Carlos Sastre, 33, won the 2008 Tour de France on Sunday after leading the race for he final five stages following a solo victory in the 17th stage to L’Alpe d’Huez. Sastre was victorious over Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) of Australia by 58 seconds and by 1 minute and 13 seconds over Bernard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) of Austria.
A French rider hasn't claimed the Tour since Bernard Hinault in 1985, so sometimes fans resort to etching favorite former riders' names in chalk on race roads.
It’s been 27 years since Jonathan Boyer of Carmel, California, became the first American to compete in the Tour de France. And every year since, the number of U.S. riders, like the race itself, changes. This year, only four Americans will compete in the 2008 Tour de France.
