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Who are you kidding?! Do you think they want Nicky coming after them?! |
Posted on 07/27/2006 7:09:01 AM PDT by slowhand520
Just heard this on the radio. Reuters reporting. No link yet
"Landis had an unusual level of testosterone/epitestosterone after stage 17"
MSNBC said he had unusually high levels of testesterone.
Via Babelfish, sports news states Landis "has been caught on the use of doping"
http://teletekst.nos.nl/
3 balls?!
Here is a link:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CYC_FLOYD_LANDIS?SITE=NYNYD&SECTION=NATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Tour De France Winner Flunks Drug Test
LONDON (AP) -- Tour de France champion Floyd Landis tested positive for high levels of testosterone during the race, his Phonak team said Thursday.
The statement came a day after the UCI, cycling's governing body, said an unidentified rider had failed a drug test during the Tour
LONDON - Tour de France champion Floyd Landis tested positive for high levels of testosterone during the race, his Phonak team said Thursday.
The statement came a day after the UCI, cycling's governing body, said an unidentified rider had failed a drug test during the Tour.
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060727/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_floyd_landis_3
Its on Yahoo. A real shame if true. I'd thought we'd found a real hero. Looks like we may have just been witness to a cheater.
Yes, it's confirmed now by AFP and Reuters.
I am still stunned if it is Landis and this occurred DURING the Tour AFTER 20 some cyclists were disqulified for doping, if true not only venal but remarkably stupid. Some day, I assume that one of the accused cyclists is going to blow the lid off on the extent of doping in professional cycling and who knows which past winners might be dragged into it. At that point, they'll have nothing to lose and no reason to protect others. In any event, this is very bad news for the millions of us who are Tour fans and the young kids who would look up to Landis as a role model.
Both of them are highly trustworthy......./sarcasm
testosterone
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/specials/tour_de_france/2006/07/27/landis.doping/index.html
But still Reuters.
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Who are you kidding?! Do you think they want Nicky coming after them?! |
LONDON (AP) -- Tour de France champion Floyd Landis tested positive for high levels of testosterone during the race, his Phonak team said Thursday.
The statement came a day after the UCI, cycling's governing body, said an unidentified rider had failed a drug test during the Tour.
The Swiss-based Phonak said in a statement on it Web site that it was notified by the UCI Wednesday that Landis' sample showed "an unusual level of testosterone/epitestosterone" when he was tested after stage 17 of the race last Thursday.
"The team management and the rider were both totally surprised of this physiological result," the statement said.
Phonak said Landis would ask for analysis of his backup "B" sample "to prove either that this result is coming from a natural process or that this resulting from a mistake."
Landis has been suspended pending the results. If the second sample confirms the initial finding, he will be fired from the team, Phonak said.
do they now take the tour victory away from him??
If confirmed, yes, I would think so.
Ping.
I would hope so. And i'd hope for a lifetime ban. If true then I have little respect left for Floyd and he shouldn't be in the sport.
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