Merckx: "I'm convinced Landis can win the Tour"

Reiterating his comments made earlier about his team-mate and recent Paris-Nice winner Floyd Landis, Axel Merckx is confident that together with his Phonak team, the 30 year-old American can win the Tour de France.

As the team's "Captain de Route" (captain on the road) piloted his team through a challenging Paris-Nice and helped the Californian to achieve his greatest athletic triumph, Merckx said afterwards: "Everything went perfectly. We had no problems to speak of."

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