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SPORTS Saturday 6 OctOber 2018
Circling around: Floyd Landis starting own cycling team

By EDDIE PELLS me, and a lot was justified. whistleblower lawsuit that
AP National Writer A lot was PR from people triggered the case.
Floyd Landis is using money who didn't like the fact I ex- Now 42, Landis runs a busi-
he earned by taking down posed (the doping). One of ness in the Colorado moun-
Lance Armstrong to start his the main arguments was, tains, Floyd's of Leadville,
own cycling team. 'He ran out of money and that specializes in marijua-
The man whose own dop- that's why he did it.' It was na and hemp-based prod-
ing saga cost him the 2006 never the case. But there's ucts that are designed to
Tour de France title and no way to disprove that, relieve chronic pain.
eventually helped expose and if people don't believe His company will spon-
Armstrong's cheating says me now, there's nothing I sor the new cycling team,
he's building a develop- can do about it." which will take some riders
mental team for 2019 that Three years after losing from Silber Pro, a team out
will be based out of Cana- his doping case, Landis of Canada run by former
da. provided key information teammate Gord Fraser that
He says this is his way of try- about his own doping and is shutting down at the end
ing to rebuild trust inside a that of Armstrong and his of this year. The team will
cycling community that U.S. Postal Service team, all also open opportunities for
has viewed him skeptically of which led to Armstrong's other young riders whose
since he lied about taking lifetime ban. teams were dismantled af- In this July 30, 2010, file photo Floyd Landis sprints to the finish
performance enhancers in Landis is using part of the ter losing sponsors. line after racing a 2.3-mile time trial section during the Tour of
a much-publicized hearing proceeds from Armstrong's Landis is well aware his the Catskills cycling race in Tannersville, N.Y.
in 2007. lawsuit settlement with the detractors will shake their Associated Press
"That's the main motivation government to fund the head at his attempt to
of the whole thing," Landis team. Landis and his legal get back into the cycling he said. "I hope I can con- it go. Most people in cy-
said in an interview with team split around $2.75 game. "I don't like ridicule, vince everyone that I'm cling know that any support
The Associated Press. "A lot million off the settlement obviously, and sometimes it contrite, I'm living my life, they can get for the sport is
of things were said about because he brought a looks like I'm looking for it," and hopefully they can let good and helpful. q

NASCAR WAGERS said. "I'll be watching the becoming the sixth state
Continued from Page 17 window that weekend. I'll with sports betting
Because of a failed sports have to ask if people are "I'm not sure I'm ready to
lottery experiment in 1976, constantly betting through- bet on a NASCAR race,"
Delaware was partially ex- out the race. If you have team owner Roger Penske
empt from the 1992 federal people who really like to said.
ban on sports gambling gamble and want to get McGlynn said NASCAR has
that was recently struck into a new form of it, may- been "pretty quiet. I don't
down by the Supreme be they'll come out and necessarily know how to
Court. That exemption led give it a shot. I don't think read that."
to broader sports betting it's a bad thing. It's a cool "There's been no guidelines
legislation passed in 2009, little deal that they're allow- related to auto racing,"
and Delaware enacted an ing in that state." McGlynn said. "Right now,
NFL parlay wagering sys- Outside the casino, bets In this Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 file photo, Kyle Busch competes there are no rules that I'm
during the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Dover International
tem, which combined to can be placed Saturday Speedway in Dover, Del. aware of about what com-
give the state a head start and Sunday at a station set Associated Press petitors can and can't do.
in offering full-scale sports up not far from the track's I think it would be smart for
gambling. signature Monster monu- that NASCAR wagering has Tiger Woods for the sport," the competitors not to en-
At Dover Downs and Dover ment. raked in just $60,000 since McGlynn said. gage in it. But I've not had
International Speedway, "I won't be making a visit June 5 — less than 0.2 per- NASCAR driver Brendan any dialogue with NASCAR
single-game and champi- to that just because I don't cent of the total $39.77 mil- Gaughan raised eyebrows along those lines."
onship wagering on profes- gamble," Blaney said. lion wagered on all sports in the sport when he placed NASCAR declined com-
sional baseball, football, Johnson can extend his so far in the state. a bet on himself in Las Ve- ment this week and re-
hockey, basketball, soccer, own track record (11 wins) "We don't anticipate a gas to win the 2004 Day- ferred to a statement from
golf and auto racing are with a victory on Sunday. huge movement from a tona 500. Gaughan didn't earlier this year that said it
now offered, with betting "As far as the bets go, I've revenue standpoint for the get in any trouble, but the will "continue to monitor
lines supplied by William Hill. never paid attention to it," gaming company," McG- potential for thorny situa- what the (Supreme Court)
There are magazines that he said. "But if I can make lynn said. "What we're hop- tions could arise without a ruling will mean for individu-
tout "Sports Betting: Vegas somebody some money ing for is, just the ability to gambling policy. Signs are al states and our sport."
Style" in hotel rooms. this weekend, I hope I can." broaden the field of wa- posted in baseball club- NASCAR at some point will
"They can do it all here," Blaney says he won't bet gering on sports to include houses and most sports likely partner with a task
McGlynn said. on himself, but there are no NASCAR will somehow in- locker rooms warning of the force to monitor integrity
Ryan Blaney, who won last rules prohibiting drivers or crease the interest in it." severe consequences of within the sport and per-
week's race at Charlotte anyone affiliated with the McGlynn said sports betting betting on sports. NASCAR haps write guidelines for
Motor Speedway, said he series from betting on the won't save NASCAR but it teams could make their the rulebook.
wouldn't tell his friends to race. Dover is counting on could be part of the cure own gambling policies, McGlynn said he's not sure
bet on him to win Sunday's fans to drop a few bucks on for a sport impacted by especially as more states he'll bet, but if he does, he's
playoff race. At 20-1 to win the race, though the sport sagging ratings, dwindling plan to legalize sports bet- going with 2012 Dover win-
at Dover, that's probably has not yet ignited bettors' attendance and longtime ting. Pennsylvania, one of ner Brad Keselowski.
good advice. passions. sponsors pulling out of the the nation's most aggres- "If you win, remember
"If I lose them money, I'm The News Journal of Wilm- series. sive gambling states, ap- where you got that tip," he
going to feel bad," he ington reported this week "It doesn't replace having a pears weeks away from said.q