Floyd Landis accepts defeat in 2006 Tour

Floyd Landis was deeply disappointed after losing any chance of winning the Tour de France on Tuesday but true to character he accepted defeat with simple philosophy.

?I had a very bad day on the wrong day. I suffered from the beginning of the stage and tried to hide it but couldn?t go and that was the best I could do,? he said from the entrance to his hotel a couple of hours after the stage to La Toussuire in the Alps.

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