http://www.tdf-tours.com/Sadly, Spyns Tour de France 2010 clients won't see a Landis comeback. That's because he'd be arrested the minute he sets foot on French soil.
Poor Floyd. Humiliated in 2006, dragged through the legal mud for four years, and now an arrest warrant by French authorities on a bizarre computer hacking charge.
Landis is an incredible athlete. There was speculation last fall that he might join Team Radioshack and be reunited with former US Postal teammates Armstrong & Leiphheimer. Sadly, the rumours proved false. I was disappointed. It would have been a vindication for Landis and an opportunity to benefit from Lance Inc's lustre. A recent arrest warrant has guaranteed the once-talended Floyd will become a game-ending trivia question.
French authorities have accused Landis and his doctor-trainer Arnie Baker of hacking AFLD (French Anti-Doping Agency) computers. They further accuse the pair of accessing classified files about Landis' urine tests. A French judge issued an arrest warrant last month. The whole thing is ridiculous.
Landis can bike, but as a cyber-criminal mastermind he's a bit of a tough sell. I've just watched about a half dozen Landis interviews and press conferences. Underwhelming is the word that comes to mind. Floyd may look like an IT nerd, but he strikes me as someone who calls tech support rather than hacking secure computer systems. Moreoever, there are several glaring oversights: Landis doesn't speak French. I can only assume that most of the files hacked were on French computers, in French offices, using French software. Who's leading the investigation: Inspector Clouseau? Another error perhaps: weren't all of these files already released as part of the 2 lawsuits and 2 arbitration hearings about the doping scandal?
It's a sad end for a great athlete. Unfortunately, Lance Inc. is America's only cyclist and the sport isn't popular enough there to support one superstar (Armstrong) and one fallen angel (Landis). Spyns clients may have rooted for Landis under the Lance banner during the 2010 Tour de France, but on his own, the poor boy can only hope for a second-rate reality TV show. We wish it had ended differently for this great athlete.
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