COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Tour de France winner Floyd Landis failed to show up for a one-day race in Denmark on Thursday, a day after missing a scheduled event in the Netherlands. Danish organizers said they had arranged a contract and plane tickets for Landis and Phonak teammates to participate in the Grand Prix Jyske Bank race in Silkeborg, about 150 miles west of Copenhagen.
"He was not on the plane," said race organizer Jesper Tikoeb. "We don't know where he is. It's pretty mysterious. We know nothing, really nothing at all."
He said his calls to the Phonak team went unanswered.
Landis also failed to appear for the Acht van Chaam race in the Netherlands on Wednesday.
"We were told by the other two riders that he couldn't join because he was traveling with team manager (John) Lelangue to his doctor in Germany," event organizer Theo van der Westerlaken said. "That's all we know."
Landis did take part in a criterium race Tuesday in Stiphout, Netherlands, winning the event.
Cycling Services, which booked teams for both Dutch events, said it has been trying without success to get in contact with Phonak for an explanation.
Landis won the Tour de France on Sunday, keeping the title in U.S. hands for the eighth straight year after Lance Armstrong's record seven victories.
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Associated Press writers Toby Sterling in Amsterdam, Angela Doland in Paris and Bradley Klapper in Geneva contributed to this report.
