[leilani]

Phil Liggett is saying he's skeptical about the whole Floyd Landis doping scandal. There are anomalies, he says, and the French lab at the centre of the scandal "unscrupulous to say the least"; he also blasts the UCI for the leaks. Says there's good case for a second test to be done in a separate lab & separate country from now on."It's not as transparent as we all believe..." Audio clip of an interview at the Phil & Friends Ride Saturday is now available on YouTube here, for those of you who miss the sound of Phil's voice (I do!!!!!) . Great interview, listen to the whole thing, about 11-12 min long.

And John Eustice has a good column defending Landis & also raising questions about the lab in today's IHT here

[Steve_Seattle]

Thanks very much for the links. I still remain unconvinced of Landis's guilt. Isn't this the same lab that leaked the results of Armstrong's seven year-old urine tests? They seem to be working in cahoots with L'Equipe to undermine American riders' reputations. And has anyone put together a doping scenario that would explain the specific results of Landis's tests?

[Vision]

Powerful interview leilani, good job! This the clearest conservation I've heard regarding the incident. Didn't figure Liggett to be such a great guy; ignorantly assumed he'd have a negative french attitude with his comments about how Landis couldn't come back in Stage 17. He really rocks and is the perfect Tour commentator. Gonna ping folks and listen to the last five minutes again.

[Vision]

leilani has an awesome mp3 discussion of the Landis incident from Phil Liggett in post 155.

[drew]

Great stuff, leilani. Thanks! I'm jonesing for any info that tries to clarify this matter.