Lance Armstrong's legacy in Le Tour de France will go on. After 7 consecutive years in which the American fans got up in the morning just to watch another stage in the French competition, another US rider produced the same stunning performance. It was, probably, one of the most spectacular editions of the Tour de France. The "yellow jersey" was changed 13 times in 3 weeks time. It's a new record in the competition.

Nobody really knew what will be the end of it until the last meter. Considering how the competition went on, you would have believed that even the last stage will bring a major surprise in the leading trio. But it wasn't like that. After his time-trial performance, Phonak rider Floyd Landis took the "yellow jersey" for the last time and never let go until the end.

And there is no one in the competition that deserved it more. After being Armstrong's lieutenant for a number of years at US Postal, he decided to go on his own. It was clear for everybody that no one was going to win the Tour with Armstrong racing in it. And once he retired, Landis got the chance to show everybody what he's made of. With both Basso and Ullrich out of the competition, he took the "yellow jersey" in the first mountain stage and fought for it all the way.

One of his most humiliating performances took place at Alpe d'Huez. The nightmare stage on the 19th of July made him lose 10 minutes to his opponents and it seemed like everything was lost. But he came back the very next day and recovered 8 minutes to get back in the game. During the Saturday time-trial, Landis put almost a minute between him and Oscar Pereiro - his former Phonak teammate - and secured the yellow jersey for the last time in the race.

"I wished and hoped I would have the opportunity to become a leader and to wear the yellow jersey. I don't feel my life would have been a failure not having won the Tour but having won it, I'll be much more relaxed about it. I'll fight to come back next year or the following year, whatever it takes because cycling is a beautiful sport", said Landis after winning Le Tour. He will undergo a reconstructive surgery on his hip as soon as he gets home.

The last stage of Le Tour was won by Ukrainian Serhyi Honchar, the same man who won the time-trial on Satruday. He managed to beat Robbie McEwen on the last meters of the 20th stage on Champs Elysees.