[GeronL]

Not that it will matter.

[aft_lizard]

I understand the test(s) he was given is notoriously unreliable, according to my professor the test requires consistant results over about a a dozen times to determine whether there is increased testosterone in the blood from a drug.

[llevrok]

Floyd made a comment today in his defence that struck home. He tested negative in other stages he won. Yet in the one he tested positive for, the level was high enough to presume he'd been doping for days. Yet he was negative recent enough to suggest there was no way to get to the levels he was positive on.

Something doesn't fit. I suspect there are many failures and they are picking on the Americain to create a smoke screen

[Hong Kong Expat]

It could be one of three things:
1) two false positives in a row on the same sample
2) He screwed up his masking schedule
3) He figured since he was 8 minutes behind, and everybody thought he was finished, he took "something."

[Sax]

Damn these guys are good!

Except for the one guy.


PS: He wound up being ok.

http://mtbbill.com/videos/milescrash-500k.mpg

[JamesP81]

The French are pissed that Americans continually win their sporting event.

[Gay State Conservative]

I've seen several references to "synthetic testosterone" in this matter.If blood tests can differentiate between "synthetic" and "natural" testosterone then it seems to me that there's nothing to discuss.

[Scotswife]

When I first heard the news about the second postive test - I thougt "I don't feel sorry for this guy"

After reading his comments in the news today...I'm thinking he may be innocent afterall. Especially considering how awful the french treated Armstrong for years.

They just cannot stand an American champion.

[Hong Kong Expat]

From what I've read, every rider who was flagged for the imbalance, was eventually vindicated. The real issue is the synthetic testosterone in his system.

[nutmeg]

Tour de France ping! (Sorry I'm a bit late with this)

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