[commish]

My MY my how convenient -- Floyd gets off, but the Frenchies still can howl "It's only a technicality"

This lab should be shut down immediately. They have bungled almost ever major doping case. Leaked Confindential information on both Landis and Lance Armstrong. They have run a smear campaign against Armstrong for years.

As far as I am concerned I hope the case ends just this way. Let the French and the lab have a big black eye for being incompitent morons.

[Rodney King]

Of course, with Lance Johnson gone, bike riding is falling back into total obscurity anyway, where it belongs. And yes, I know it is popular in Europe.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

Landis wounded himself with his feeble and constantly changing excuses when this all unfolded. He can cycle but he certainly can't properly defend himself.

[miele man]

I agree with you completely one this particular lab. I've thought from the very beginning that they were suspect and maneuvering to protect all things French.

One thing that perplexes me is the fact that both the "A" and "B" samples are taken at the same time (as I understand the procedure and I might be incorrect). If so, then how in the world would it make any difference at all which lab analyzes the "B" sample since both will contain the same urine?

[af_vet_rr]

The French laboratory that handled the test results may have allowed improper access to Landis' urine samples, the newspaper reported, citing records that had been turned over to the cyclist's defense. A similar lapse in protocol previously has resulted in doping cases against athletes being dismissed.

According to the report, two technicians who conducted the "A" sample on Landis were involved in tests on the second "B" sample, which is used to confirm the first test. International lab standards do not allow the same technicians to work on both tests to prevent them from attempting to validate their original findings.

Good Lord, how incompetent are these people?

[luv2ski]

Tour de France Ping! Help me out here, Nutmeg! I'm doing this from memory!