Um, isn't a hip important?
You'd think having the full use of your right hip would be a pretty essential part of being a top-flight cyclist.
Apparently not if your Floyd Landis. The No. 2 guy right now in the Tour de France - perhaps even the favorite right now - reveals in this New York Times magazine piece (I think you can access it without registering) that he's riding on a rapidly decaying hip that he will replace with an artificial model in August.
How this is possible - unless the nerve endings in Floyd's legs are also gone - is beyond me.
As Jeff Carlton mentioned, is it posssible to have an American cyclist without an accompanying sob story? First Lemond's hunting accident, then Armstrong's cancer, now Floyd's hip.
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That might be Levi Leipheimer's problem - no personal drama. Speaking of Levi, he didn't look like he was exactly powering up that second climb today. What's up with that?
Posted on July 12, 2006 4:19 PM