Landis may have lost last shot at yellow jersey

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2006

ST JEAN DE MAURIENNE, France (AFP) — American Floyd Landis has come to terms with his spectacular collapse on the 16th stage of the Tour de France in which he lost all hope of perhaps ever winning the yellow jersey.

After finishing over ten minutes behind stage winner Mickael Rasmussen, Landis gave up the race lead to Spaniard Oscar Pereiro, who ironically now has a chance of riding all the way to victory in Paris on Sunday.

Given that Pereiro was at Landis's Phonak team until last year, and that a Phonak-sanctioned breakaway by Pereiro a few days ago allowed the Spaniard to crawl back up the general classification, Landis has reason to feel robbed.

However the 30-year-old American, whose commanding performance on the Alpe d'Huez the day before gave him back...