http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/02/news/complete-transcript-paul-kimmages-interview-of-floyd-landis_158328
Totally engaging read, whether you like Floyd or not.
Totally engaging read, whether you like Floyd or not.
Great interview. Thanks for posting the link.
I hope Floyd manages to climb his way out of his depression - I didn't see much in the interview or follow-up emails to suggest he's 'cured' - even if he thinks he's fine now. Seeing his folks might do him a lot of good.
But good for him for telling his story.
Great interview. Glad I gave up on Lance years ago.
very revealing...I'm pretty convinced Floyd is speaking the truth.
This is my favorite part:
"Landis: I know Pereiro and I know he wasn’t going to have any new tricks that he hadn’t already tried so…I had talked to him about it and he told me that he had another blood transfusion to do but I still wasn’t concerned because I was a better time triallist than him regardless…
Kimmage: You talked to him about it?
Landis: Yeah, we talked openly about this in the peloton, that’s why I couldn’t believe no one did this before I did it. We literally just spoke openly; he did a blood transfusion and some artificial haemoglobin."
Can you imagine the head games going on in the Peloton? "Dude, you're going down today...I just emptied a bag!"
I certainly was in the "Floyd has no credibility camp" but after reading this interview Floyd may go from being one of the worst thing that ever happened in cycling to one of the best.
I also thought that going after Lance was a waste of time but, in reality, he has to go down in order for cycling to survive. Another Ironic twist of fate; LA saved cycling in '99 and he may well save it again 12 years later.
Excellent interview, thanks for the link. I now have a shred of respect for him for coming clean... the doper scum.