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He did it! Unbelievable. How did he do it? "I think I'm a person who works hard and I don't like to give up," Landis said. "Otherwise I'm just another human being."

Hal, Dave, and myself celebrated with some grappa hooch from Slovenia. Yum--especially at 10 in the morning. That stuff really is rocket fuel. Forget scotch club.

See VeloNews and Pez for full reports.

Today's top 10:

1 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile - 1.07.45 (50.48 km/h)
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile - 0.41
3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak - 1.11
4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears - 2.40
5 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner - 3.18
6 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC - 3.35
7 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel - 3.41
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto - 3.41
9 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak - 3.43
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital - 3.44


General Classification:

1. Floyd Landis (USA), Phonakn - 85.42.30
2. Oscar Pereiro Sio (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne-I.B. - 0:59
3. Andréas Klöden (G), T-Mobile - 1:29
4. Carlos Sastre (Sp), CSC - 3:13
5. Cadel Evans (Aus), Davitamon-Lott - 5:08
6. Denis Menchov (Rus), Rabobank - 7:06
7. Cyril Dessel (F), Ag2r Prevoyance - 8:41
8. Christophe Moreau (F), Ag2r Prevoyance - 9:37
9. Haimar Zubeldia (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi - 12:05
10. Michael Rogers (Aus), T-Mobile - 15:07