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Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France | 
| Author: Floyd Landis Creator: Loren Mooney Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating: 55 reviews Sales Rank: 64775
Format: Bargain Price Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 320 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9 Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.8 x 1.2
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.62092 ASIN: B0013A05VU
Publication Date: June 17, 2007 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description THE SERIES OF EVENTS surrounding Floyd Landis's 2006 Tour de France was as improbable as anything in the history of sports: He showed up nine seconds late for the race's opening prologue, donned the leader's yellow jersey twelve days later, and lost his lead only to regain it in remarkable fashion just before the Tour's final stage into Paris. Winning the Tour should have been the culmination of a life's dream, but a mere three days later, Landis was accused of using banned performance-enhancing drugs. Released by his team and threatened with the removal of his Tour title, Landis went from winning the most prestigious race of his career to being unfairly labeled as a cheater, a liar, and a doper.Positively False is at once a memoir and a powerful indictment of the unchecked governing bodies of cycling that have compromised theintegrity of the sport as a whole. From leaving the Mennonite community of his youth in order to pursue his passion for cycling, to riding alongside Lance Armstrong for three years -- with whom he shared the same work ethic and competitive desire -- Floyd Landis details the highs and lows of his career with unabashed honesty. It is this same honesty with which he will clear his name once and for all, as he lays bare the inner workings of the cycling world -- a place where athletes are subject to the antiquated science, flawed interpretive protocols, and draconian legal processes of the anti-doping agencies -- and finally lays to rest the scandal that threatened to destroy everything he's worked so hard to achieve....
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Fascinating September 20, 2008 I came away feeling there's no way that Floyd Landis doped or cheated. The anti-doping organizations of the world are so desperate to clean up the sport and prove they're worth the funding being given them. Unfortunately, it appears that they and the labs they use are guilty of bad science and sloppy work. Floyd's talented, trained extremely hard, has a single minded determination and focus, and a phenomenal ability to suffer. The story of his upbringing in Farmersville, Pennsylvania and his road to professional cycling is fascinating. Ride on, Floyd!
Alarmed August 29, 2008 Great stuff. Floyd is such a winner, looking forward to seeing him race again. It's an alarming shame the trial process is such a sham.
Positively False August 26, 2008 The book was an eye opener to the world of drug testing - good reading too
Positively False August 11, 2008 One of the best books I've read recently, it was very well written. I believe Floyd was falsely accused, in part because of things he said or did before or even during the race. I feel it was a way to get back or get even with him. Sad but true that sometimes happens. We know Dr. Arnie Baker and feel that if he backs Floyd, Floyd must be innocent. I will be passing this book along to friends so they might reach their own conclusion.
A must read August 4, 2008 This book is a great read, and clearly sets forth what you won't hear in the news. He did not fail the drug test, and the USADA should be ashamed of themselves -- I can't believe my tax dollars supported the USADA garbage.
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