Posted on 08/03/2006 12:58:31 PM PDT by Vision
He's FOS. 10X the normal levels. Synthetic. Strip him. Next.
Landis should have requested that a 'neutral' lab do the test.
The French have nothing to gain by having their little game tainted.
The cool thing to do would be to have a race where any "drugging" goes, as long as the bike is being pedaled, who really would care?
It would just be something else to bet on, like boxing or chicken fights.
floyd, its time to stfu and go away. your many excuses are tiring, if you cant master the "medical" side of things like lance did you dont deserve the success he had either.
Stick a fork in him. He's done. Nobody makes synthetic testosterone in their bodies. Cannot be explained away.
As a French, I really hope that he's not guilty of doping, or it will be catastrophic for the Tour de France. It's a great competition, a great show, deeply rooted in french culture. In opposition to all the rubbish I can read sometimes here about a supposed plot against Floyd Landis because he's American, I can tell you that nobody has anything to win in this affair. Nor the sport, nor France, nor Landis and nor the Tour de France which is a private competition, organised by Amaury Sport Organisation, a compagny which belongs to the French press group E.P.A (Philippe Amaury Publications). A group who gonna lose a lot of money if Landis is guilty. For instance, the german TV channel ZDF is already planning to not retransmit the 2007 Tour de France...
What's the point. Everyone will dispute the results anyway.
Nope. That would violate protocol and automatically out him as per the UCI rules. Odds are that the B will show high level of estrogen and the Cheese Eatin' Surrender Monkies will bitch about that.
"Can anyone explain why a SANE person would take synthetic testosterone, knowing they test for it?"
That would go for any sportsman taking any drug that is tested for.
However, history shows that many of them do exactly that.
LOL Should MLB players do the same?
Ridiculous. Look at post #8
Good sensible post!
I agree completely.
I too hope Landis is not guilty, even though a lot of damage has already been done.
For all that love the Tour, this has been the a huge disaster.
And Republicain,
Thanks for a lot of interesting posts around the forum in general.
Cheers,
Euro.
It makes no sense. Synthetic testosterone does not enhance performance over the short term - it only helps with muscle development over the long term. So why would he do it? Why might some frog spike the beer he drank after the race before he produced his sample?
Testosterone isn't delivered to the body that way. Either it is injected or rubbed on as a gel.
Athletes do not get
the same education that
"normal" people get.
Match a stunted brain
to a hormonal system
freaked from doping, then
you get a young man
who makes decisions that don't
stand much scrutiny.
That's the way it used to be, but too many amped up riders were keeling over dead in the middle of races.
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