Battling Landis holds on to complete vintage Tour win
The 30-year-old American won in an overall time of 89 hours, 39 minutes and 30 seconds — 59 seconds ahead of closest challenger Oscar Pereiro — to make it an eighth successive win for his country after the now-retired Lance Armstrong dominated the Tour for the previous seven years.
Landis, who will have a hip replacement operation in the coming days, finished 59th in the Paris stage but completed a remarkable recovery after seemingly dropping out of contention in stage 16 to La Toussuire.
