[Steve_Seattle]

"and that he thought the results would be buried by the Tour directors so its reputation wouldn't be further sullied."

If he thought that, he WAS insane. The Europeans have been bristling over American domination of the TDF for years, and if Landis thought the directors would cover for him, he was crazy.

[RichardW]

Forget the Europeans. This is not about Europe or the French. This is about cheating and we can't lower our own standards just to bash France. We're better than that. If we can't win it fair and square we shouldn't win it at all. The only thing we can do is to demand that EVERYONE be treated exactly the same. Nothing more and nothing less.