While Landis was a leading favorite even before the Spanish doping scandal came to light, in an epic eight-minute loss of performance in Stage 16, it appeared he had lost all hope to finish on the podium, much less win.
Lendis İspanya doping skandalı gün ışına geldiğinden önce önde gelen favoriyken bile, in an epic eight minute loss of performance in Stage 16, podyumda bitirmek için bütün ümitlerini kaybetmiş görünüyordu.