Floyd Landis has no more fucks to give. That's one of the immediate takeaways from the sit-down Cyclingnews recently had with the man who followed Lance Armstrong's footsteps onto the Tour de France podium in 2006, before the title was stripped within weeks when an anti-doping test came back positive for testosterone.
Landis wears the armour of someone who has endured every possible criticism and insult and then simply decided not to care. He seems comfortable with where he's at now, whether it's beer in hand on the stage at the Cascade Cycling Classic criterium in Oregon or pitching his cannabis business in Colorado and online. And he certainly holds nothing back when talking about cycling's past, present and future.
Landis, 41, and Floyd's of Leadville business partner Dave Zabriske, 38, were in Bend, Oregon, last month to help longtime Landis supporter Roger Worthington promote Worthy Brewing, Worthington's brew pub on the east side of town. The pair had travelled to Bend with their mini entourage from a stop at Portland's River City Bicycles, where they unveiled a new Floyd's of Leadville product, CBD hemp oil gel tablets with purported anti-inflammatory and recovery benefits.
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Worthington sponsored the Saturday evening criterium stage of the Cascade Classic, and so he invited Landis and Zabriske to join him on the dais for a little announcing, with the key word being 'little'; the duo didn't have much to say.
Landis and Zabriske were also billed as headliners for the Cascade Classic after-party at Worthy Brewing that Sunday evening and, as of that Saturday afternoon, they were still trying to decide what exactly their performance would entail. It's safe to say Zabriske was having second thoughts.
Cyclingnews sat down for lunch at Worthy Brewing the afternoon before the criterium with Landis, Zarbriske, Floyd's of Leadville spokesperson Scott Thomson, and several others. Although multiple people participated in the conversation, this transcript is limited to Cyclingnews' questions and Landis' responses. The transcript was also edited for length, clarity and legal considerations.
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