Floyd Landis Might Compete in the Tour of Britain

Floyd Landis doesn't seem to get enough of cycling. Winning the Tour de France last weekend seems to have taken him back in his rookie years as a professional rider. Hardly has the French competition ended, that the American already wants to compete in the British Tour. He must have forgotten that he has a hip operation to undergo in the next few weeks. If he will go ahead and compete in Great Britain's one-week race, Landis will become the first Tour champion to race in the British Tour after Miguel Indurain in 1994.

And Phonak seems very confident that their rider will be able to compete in Great Britain. Of course, it all depends when the hip operation will be scheduled. Landis stated, after first taking the "yellow jersey" in Le Tour, that he will undergo the medical procedures on his hip soon after the Tour will end. "I have been riding like this for a long time and it's time to fix it. I see my body just like a car. When one of its components breaks, I'll have to replace it".

Everyone was stunned to find out about Landis' medical condition. Still, the American went on and won the Tour de France, knowing that he will be implemented with an artificial hip later this year. Now, after clinching the Champs Elysees' "yellow jersey", the Phonak cyclist is very trustful in competing in Great Britain before the operation.

"If the doctors set a date before the beginning of September he will not ride in Britain, but if the date is later he is highly likely to start the British Tour", said a Phonak official. The Great Britain Tour will start on the 29th of August and end on the 3rd of September. If the first stage will see the cyclists start from Glasgow, the last one will (probably) find Landis on the same roads as the prologue in Tour de France this year.

As for having the American competing in their competition - which will certainly increase the competition's popularity, a member of the British Tour organizing team stated, according to Eurosport, that: "We'd be delighted if Floyd decided to ride".