*** SPOILER *** Interesting facts from Landis' book - Page 5

The only other web site he goes to is the paceline.

No, saluki is the owner of "PR Spin but verify"

It comes across that LA/Bruyneel were subverting his talent. But Floyd is so naive it seems. LA and Bruyneel could see Floyd's aspirations. Everyone knows that on USPS/Discovery it was ALL about ensuring a Lance victory and nothing else. Domestiques are supposed to soft pedal the ITT. Asking for a practice bike (when quite often it was difficult for Lance to get one in time to properly trial it before the race) was like saying, "f*#K the soft-pedal, I want to advertize my abilities to all the other teams so I can get a team leader job or a better salary".

In one instance, Bruyneel, anticipating Floyd was going to ride the Tour de France ITT hard, reminded him to go easy to save himself for the next day's stage. Floyd came in 22nd(?) or something and Bruyneel was irate. Floyd said he was going easy. Anyhow he went on the next day to do a great job leading Lance up the final climb, which supposedly proved his point.

I think it was obvious to Lance and Bruyneel that while Floyd was shy and naive, he also had a "I won't to show them and everybody else how good I am" streak that risked conflicting with the Blue Train's goal. He obviously had aspirations to be a team leader himself.

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It was risky to perform well on Postal/Disco. Bruyneel and Armstrong would pour your rest day blood bag down the drain to teach you a lesson.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

I can picture them doing Floyd's transfusion the night before the ITT and saying, "Now Floyd, we don't want you using all this extra haemaglobin tomorrow, we want you to save it for Stage 14 when we really need you". What they didn't know perhaps was that Floyd also had an extra stash of Testosterone for Stage 14.

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I honestly can't believe anyone would buy this book. He shouldnt be able to make any more money from his "cycling career". He should try getting a proper job like most people seeing as he ****ed up his "cycling career" and further ****ed up the sport in general.

Lies, lies and more lies. He has built a career on lies.

An unfortunate revelation for him in the book was how close he was to Will Geoghegan, his best buddy, and the first person he called for help when his positive was announced in the media post Tour de France, 2006. Seems like the Lemond phone call couldn't have happened without his knowledge.

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