Landis is the champ!

Isn't it ironic that a year after a cancer survivor won the toughest stage race in the planet a record 7 times, that he would be suceeded by someone who badly needs a hip replacement?


American Floyd Landis, who a few years ago raced as an unwanting domestique for Lance Armstrong, is this year's Tour de France champion. Despite racing with a arthritic hip for the past two years, the Phonak rider was able to ressurect an already scandal-ridden tour with his Lazarus-like performance in the last three stages.

Read how Landis story went here.

I think I know what Lance and Floyd were thinking on the sadle before they won their mallot jaunes, despite overwhelming personal odds: "After what I've been going through, it can't get any worse than this!"

Who knows, maybe in a few more years we'll see a kidney donor or recepient win the Tour de France.