airborneskins Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=2539409 PARIS -- The B sample of Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has tested positive for the male sex hormone testosterone, the International Cycling Union said on Saturday.The result confirms the American's initial positive drugs test given after his victory on the 17th stage of the Tour on July 20. Saturday's announcement capped a wild two weeks of accusations, speculation and denials, the latest of which is that dehydration might have caused Landis' elevated testosterone level. [/Quote] the rest at link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamingwolf Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 why would anyone care? he rides a bicycle. its like kicking cripples, I dont understand the fascination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborneskins Posted August 5, 2006 Author Share Posted August 5, 2006 why would anyone care? he rides a bicycle. its like kicking cripples, I dont understand the fascination. It was a slow night. Gimme a break. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbasye Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 uggg... what a downer- this was quite a heroic story. the one thing that bob roll (former Armstrong teammate and cycling commentator) pointed out is that absolutely no illegal substance has been found, just elevated testosterone which could be naturally occuring. no one has confirmed the "sythetic testosterone" story that the NY times reported the other week. Its hard to tell if the testing is just so hypersensitive, and the french are piling on because they never could bust lance, or that landis truly did cheat. either way, he's probably going to lose the yellow jersey to oscar pierra. bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbasye Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 just in case you want more coverage.... http://www.olntv.com/tdf/ The newest American Tour de France champion has run afoul of the anti-doping establishment in Europe, just as Lance Armstrong had done -- both through no fault of their own. Their most egregious discretion being much better at racing a bicycle than their European contemporaries. One thing that has been underreported in the popular media is that no illegal substance has been found in Landis’ system. If we look just beyond a narrow ratio of epitestosterone vs. testosterone and the French conceit regarding American Tour de France winners, it is easy to see an anti-doping system that is random, seriously flawed and that most importantly provides zero recourse for an athlete who is falsely accused of a doping offensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Someone explain to me why we should believe Landis? It seems to me he got caught red handed... so his natural levels of something were out of whack for just one race... the one where he had a miraculous performance. After all the baseball players, track stars and other cyclists... I really don't buy this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiebear Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Who cares.. The entire news story was: France loses again.. ha ha.... the rest was just fluff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdskn4Lyf21 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Doping or not, the Tour de France is one hell of a bike ride and they should get credit just for finishing it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdskn4Lyf21 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Who cares.. The entire news story was:France loses again.. ha ha.... the rest was just fluff... :laugh: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scskin Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 as if ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Embarrassing. Americans shouldnt need to cheat to crush all opposition at anything and everything. Bicycling must be the most corrupt sport in the world. And thats saying A LOT when its competing with boxing, the olympics, and baseball. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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