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."
I had the similar thoughts. I find it very difficult to explain his results over the 3 day period in which he tested positive.( 1 day neg, next day pos., next day neg.)
(1)T/E changes in people daily. If he was high to begin with, as he has said,a couple really tough races would force the body to make more Tes to recover. It would be interesting to see his T/E average over all stages tested(including his +). I would bet that he would be negative.
(2) If he was on the gear. He would be concerned enough to not screw this one up. As it is just as important if not more important than the other.
(3) He would have to be the most stupid person in the world to piss away his million dollar contract with phonak over a TDF victory that where he knows they would nail him. Still how do you explain all the other negatives results. A boost will show up for a long time.
This is an interesting one.
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."
-He sure acted guilty at first. Not showing up for scheduled events, initial interviews showed him gazing at his shoes, somber and accepting that the 2nd test would show similar results. I agree, he didn't mask the test enough.