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Floyd Landis
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Key facts
- 2009
- OUCH–Maxxis
- 2010
- Bahati Foundation
- Full name
- Floyd Landis
- Born
- ( 1975-10-14 ) October 14, 1975 (age 50) , Farmersville, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Weight
- 68 kg (150 lb)
- Discipline
- Road
- Role
- Rider
- Rider type
- All-rounder
- 1999 2001
- Mercury
- 2002 2004
- U.S. Postal Service
- 2005 2006
- Phonak
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Farmersville
- Occupation
- sport cyclist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2005 UCI ProTour
- Sport
- cycle sport
- Position played
- climbing specialist
- Country for sport
- United States
- Official website
- www.floydlandis.com/blog
- Image
- Floyd Landis stage 18 Tdf 2006.jpg
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- date of birth
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Encyclopedic overview
Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. At the 2006 Tour de France, he would have been the third non-European winner in the event's history, but was disqualified after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The competition was ultimately won by Óscar Pereiro.
Landis was an all-around rider, with special skills in climbing, time-trialing, and descending. He turned professional in 1999 with the Mercury Cycling Team, joined the U.S. Postal Service team in 2002, and moved to the Phonak Hearing Systems team in 2005. In January 2010, a French judge issued a national arrest warrant for Landis on computer hacking charges related to the 2006 Tour de France, stage 17 doping allegations.
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