Dewey B <rubyd...@aol.com>

from procycling:  http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=1466

After queries from readers wanting more details about comments made by
Floyd Landis to L’Equipe that earned a rebuke from Lance Armstrong,
here are the relevant sections of the story that appeared in yesterday
morning’s paper:

“I will always remember the 2003 Tour, it was the only time that people
thought he could lose. Everyone around him was concerned, even us, his
team-mates. But the most surprising thing was that he didn’t show
anything. I will always remember that he directed the other riders
around like the boss of a company. For him, the race was business and
he was the boss.

“In some teams they often talk about their friendship, but in a team
like that with someone who behaves as if he really is the boss, I don’t
think you can go that far in talking about friendship. In everyday life
it’s hard to be friends with your boss. I don’t believe that Lance has
ever had that kind of friendship with any of his team-mates, even with
George Hincapie, whom he has known since he was 17. Friendship can’t
exist when you give orders and direct others. It’s not necessarily a
negative thing. It’s by acting in this way that Lance has been able to
win the Tour so often.”