[whattajoke]

My storybook fantasy would be to see a resurrection of Floyd Landis to give him his just reward for being screwed over by UCI and French media witch hunters. Lance must have some compassion for what FL went through

Your storybook fantasy is just that - fantasy. Floyd cheated - blatantly. His ride to yellow that fateful day was simply impossible. His testosterone %'s were insanely high. His excuses shifted all over the place from "bad test" to "I did a shot of Jack Daniels the night before" to "I've got big balls."

Americans cheat too. Don't tell me you believe Tyler Hamilton too? Barry Bonds? Roger Clemens? Bill Clinton?

[PeteB570]

“Your storybook fantasy is just that - fantasy. Floyd cheated - blatantly.”

Many would disagree with your statement. Mostly on the fact that the tests before and after the hot one were normal.

Lots of “odd things” were brought out in the next years fighting about the way samples were taken, tested and stored. Enough that a lot of changes were made.

Floyd's side raised enough questions that he would have been innocent in a jury trial. But the charge would have to stand or all Hell would have broken loose with other riders.

At least this years TdF was clean - so far.