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To: leilani

Found it, it was in the NYT article:"Pat McQuaid, the president of the cycling body, which is known by its French acronym, U.C.I., said last night that the organization had contacted the French lab at 5 p.m. in Paris to see if Landis’s request had been received. When the lab said no, McQuaid said U.C.I. asked the lab to analyze Landis’s B sample, which he said was allowed under the organization’s rules. McQuaid wanted the test to be concluded before the lab closed for a two-week vacation this Friday. If the tests cannot be finished before then, the results may not come until late August or early September, he said."


131 posted on 08/01/2006 6:08:09 AM PDT by leilani
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To: Ready4Freddy; All
Found this comment from Carpani @ at Supercycling out of South Africa "The result of Tour de France winner Floyd Landis' backup doping test will be announced in Paris on Saturday. The analysis of Landis' "B" sample is expected to take place Thursday through Saturday at the Chatenay-Malabry anti-doping lab outside Paris, International Cycling Union spokesman Enrico Carpani said on Tuesday."

snip. More:"UCI president Pat McQuaid said Tuesday he had not seen the lab findings and could not confirm the report, but the cycling body had asked the French lab to speed up its analysis.

McQuaid said the uncertainty was not good for the sport.

"The longer it goes until the 'B' sample is tested, the more speculation, and the more denial and the more of everything that goes on," he told The Associated Press by telephone.

Analysis of the B sample is a "2-1/2 day operation," he said, and the lab closes this weekend for the August vacation period.

Landis' lawyers in Spain filed an official request for the "B" test late Monday. But Carpani said the UCI had already filed its own request earlier Monday because of concerns about the case dragging on.

132 posted on 08/01/2006 6:19:22 AM PDT by leilani
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To: leilani

Thanks, leilani, I was pretty sure I'd seen that somewhere.


133 posted on 08/01/2006 6:19:53 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Ever had Vuja de? That feeling that you've never ever been here before?)
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To: leilani
don't know why my link 4 above quote didn't take, will try again w/ a tweak here
134 posted on 08/01/2006 6:23:44 AM PDT by leilani
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