Landis claims parents’ teaching key to Tour win

FLOYD LANDIS hailed the patience and persistence that his parents instilled in him in his youth as he swept to victory in the Tour de France to become the first winner in the post-Lance Armstrong era.

Landis claims parents’ teaching key to Tour win
Tue, 25 Jul, 2006 - 01:00
John Wilson

The 30-year-old American came home 57 seconds ahead of Spaniard Oscar Pereiro for one of the slimmest margins of victory in Tour history.

Landis demonstrated all the traits of a winner, digging in in the Alps over the final few days of the 2,000-plus mile race.

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