Floyd Landis Quotations

I was fortunate to win the time trial (on Wednesday) and then I just tried to maintain the race lead.

Lance is more relaxed. But it's a long race.

My technique in time trials is to start a little slower. I've made the mistake in the past of starting too hard and losing a bit at the end. So in my way of thinking it's better to save something for the end.

We'll see how it goes, ... I've recovered okay from the Tour, we'll see how the legs are. I don't want to make any promises.

But Paris-Nice is becoming a bit of an American race and I'm very proud to add my name to the winners' list of such a prestigious event.

There's one day left and it doesn't look too eventful.

The Tour (de France) is my main objective. I will do the Giro, two weeks after the (Ford) Tour of Georgia. It will be difficult to be in the range to be as good as I was last year, but it's in America, and it means a lot to me. And it was a great race last year (in Georgia), so I intend to well.

The way I can see it, there's no reason to waste extra energy chasing every single guy who wanted to attack. There was still a long way to go. But as we get closer to the finish, the more nervous I'm getting.

There will probably be attacks until the last day.

As far as I can tell everything went perfect. I don't know if this race would have been possible a few years ago. Obviously Lance brought a lot of fans to cycling, and hopefully we can keep them here.

There's a lot of capable riders coming that people haven't heard about.

It's gone quite well. I've done three races, and won two of them. I won the Tour of California in February, and then I also won the Paris-Nice a week after the Tour California.

I'm going to sleep first. And then I will work on a strategy and a preparation for the big race in July.

I knew I had good legs after my victory in the Tour of California but to take the jersey so early in the race comes as a bit of a surprise. I will do my utmost to keep the jersey now for it is very important for the team and the sponsor.

I'm Floyd, as you know. My fitness is good.

I haven't done any reconnaissance like the Tour, but I looked at the maps...Anyway, it is a case that if you're strong enough in the mountains, you can win the Vuelta. If not, you get dropped! There are seven mountaintop finishes, or something like that. So your strength is the most important thing. As for the time trials, I think the prologue is a bit short. But the last two are better for me.

I didn't know what other riders' times were, so at the end I was a little bit surprised. But the guys at the front were the guys I expected to be at the front, so we'll go forward from here.

Look, at some point, people have to tell their kids that Santa Claus isn't real. I hate to be the guy to do it, but it's just not real.

The guy who trains the hardest, the most, wins.

There's only one rule: The guy who trains the hardest, the most, wins. Period. Because you won't die. Even though you feel like you'll die, you don't actually die. Like when you're training, you can always do one more. Always. As tired as you might think you are, you can always, always do one more.

The course looks similar to last year. The time trial day (on Thursday), and I'm good at time trials, and then the climb on Saturday, those two days will decide the race. I should be OK.