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"Floyd's Record Breaking Performance at Leadville"
September 5, 2007

Floyd Landis continued his fight against Osteoarthritis in his record breaking performance last week and produced a landmark medical achievement with his prosthetic hip. Read the entire story .

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FLOYD LANDIS Three Month Medical Progress Update
Brent W. Kay, M.D.
January 11, 2007

Murrieta, Ca. -- Floyd has now passed the 3 month mark following his Birmingham hip resurfacing. Click for the entire story .

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"LANDIS NOW" in Road Magazine
Jan/Feb 2007 edition

Floyd Landis and Dr. Kay talk recovery. Click for full article in pdf format .

FLOYD LANDIS Two Month Medical Progress Update
Brent W. Kay, M.D.
November 30 , 2006

Murrieta, Ca. -- Floyd has now passed the eight-week mark since his Birmingham Hip Resurfacing procedure. Click for details .

Floyd Landis and Axel Merckx headline WHEELS OF WONDER
October 27 , 2006

La Jolla, Ca. -- Wheels of Wonder held a Gala and Fun Bike Ride on October 21-22 to benefit Canine Companions for Independence .

FLOYD LANDIS One Month Medical Progress Update
Brent W. Kay, M.D.
October 31, 2006

San Diego, Ca. -- On Wednesday Sept 27, Floyd Landis underwent a state of the art hip resurfacing procedure at OASIS Healthsouth Surgery Center in San Diego. Click for details .

LANDIS UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL HIP SURGERY
Procedure Maximizes Chance of Cyclist's Return to Top-Level Competition
September 28, 2006

San Diego, Ca. -- Tour de France winner Floyd Landis yesterday underwent surgery on his injured right hip in San Diego, Ca. The two-hour procedure was performed by Dr. David Chao, lead surgeon in two previous operations on Landis' injured hip. The state-of-the-art replacement will maximize Landis' chance of returning to top-level competition.
Landis announced last July that the broken hip he sustained in a crash while training in January 2003 near his home in Murietta, Ca., caused a condition known as avascular necrosis. The disease resulted from decreased blood flow to the head of Landis' right femur and caused progressively increasing pain as the joint deteriorated over time. The surgery revealed greater damage to Landis' hip than initially shown in MRI screenings, but was performed successfully and without complications.
Landis returned home Thursday morning and will immediately begin a six-week course of physical therapy to increase range of movement and strength in the hip. He can begin low intensity training on his bicycle in one to two weeks.

Landis visits Ventura’s newest coaching facility
August 11-13, 2006

Floyd Landis joined coach Robbie Ventura at the grand opening of his new Vision Quest Coaching facility in downtown Chicago this past weekend. Friday night, Ventura hosted a VIP opening for members and friends of Vision Quest. This was followed by a public grand opening Sunday afternoon. Landis was joined by Marine captain and pro triathlete Eric Kapitulik, pro triathlete Jessi Stensland, and CSC teammates David Zabriske and Christian Vande Velde.

Landis Clinches Tour Title
Tour de France Report: July 23, 2006

The strong performance in the time trial placed the 2006 Tour’s final yellow jersey squarely on the shoulders of Floyd Landis. His Phonak team controlled much of the stage leading to the finish into Paris before stepping aside to let the sprinters teams have one final chance. Thor Hushovd won the stage when the field pulled back the breakaway in the closing laps on the Champs Elysses. Floyd had a safe ride and netted America its 8th consecutive and 11th overall Tour de France victory. About his victory, Landis commented, "I'm a bit more relaxed [about the surgery] now with this victory. It would have been much worse if I hadn't won the Tour because of an accident or whatever. I certainly know that I'll fight as long as it takes to come back next year, or the following year. Whatever it takes, I will do it to be here again, because it's a dream to me."

For a complete report of Stage 20 see www.cyclingnews.com

Landis Reclaims Yellow Jersey
Tour de France Report: July 22, 2006

Floyd’s dramatic comeback ride on Stage 17 put him within reach of the yellow jersey, just 30” behind race leader Oscar Pereiro. Favored to finish ahead of Pereiro by at least that margin in the Stage 19 time trial, Landis produced a stellar ride. He clocked a time of 1 h 8’ 55” for the 57 km course, good enough for third place behind Stage 7 time trial winner Serihy Honchar and teammate Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile). Moreover, his winning margin of 1’ 29” over Pereiro put Floyd comfortably back into the jersey going into the race’s final stage into Paris.

For a complete report of Stage 19 see www.cyclingnews.com

Landis Has Ride of His Life
Tour de France Report: July 20, 2006

After relinquishing the yellow jersey for the second time on a devastating Stage 16 finish at La Toussuire on Wednesday, Floyd Landis lost more than eight minutes to new yellow-jersey wearer Oscar Pereiro of Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears. He set out to make things right on Thursday's Stage 17. After putting his Phonak team to work on the early slopes of the Col de Saisies, Floyd attacked alone and was first over the summit on three of the stage’s five mountains, including the beyond-category Col de Joux-Plane, before making a daring descent into the finish in Morzine. When the dust settled, stage-winner Landis had clawed his way back up from 11^th position on GC at 8'08" back to 3^rd place at 31" behind race leader Pereiro and 11" behind stage runner-up Carlos Sastre (CSC).

For a complete report of Stage 17 see www.cyclingnews.com