While the US has faltered awfully in recent international competition (World Cup, USA Basketball internationally), there is one sporting event where an American continues to dominate- the Tour de France! Several days ago, I commentted that it MIGHT be over for Landis after dropped back about 7 minutes behind the lead. Well, Landis took care of that deficit and has won the Tour. You can bet that many Europeans thought that the reign of America at the Tour was over with Lance Armstrong's retirement.