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January 18, 2011
Floyd Landis Quits Cycling: After four unsuccessful years of trying to get on a team, former Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has announced his retirement from cycling. "I've spent five years trying to get back to a place that I can never really go back to, and it's causing more stress than is worth it. There must be more to life than this," Landis told ESPN. "I don't want it to come across that I'm quitting because I'm bitter," he added, bitterly.
Funnily enough, I initially read this in my RSS feed as "Floyd Landis Quits Crying."
posted by holden at 04:29 PM on January 18, 2011
former Tour de France winner
In the same way that Ben Johnson is a former 100m gold medalist. (and yes, it is very likely that both of them were just the ones unfortunate enouogh to get caught)
posted by deflated at 06:21 PM on January 18, 2011
"I don't want it to come across that I'm quitting because I'm bitter," he added, bitterly.
Excellent, subtle work.
posted by evixir at 07:55 PM on January 18, 2011
Not to mention his health concerns . . .
posted by geekyguy at 09:36 PM on January 18, 2011
Are we sure he's quitting bike riding and not using steroids in an on-and-off fashion?
posted by yerfatma at 09:11 AM on January 19, 2011
Maybe he just looking for the freedom to take whatever substances he wants.
posted by kokaku at 10:45 AM on January 19, 2011
I thought cycling had retired from Floyd Landis years ago.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:57 PM on January 19, 2011
Who knew he was still considered "active"?