Thing is that even on the day he 'supposedly' doped he didn't do anything extrodinary. If you look at his power output he was WELL within his daily range. The Peleton didn't think he was a threat at all and just let him ride away.
Then nobody wanted to take on the responsibility of chasing him down. Same thing as they had done two days before with the spaniard. That's one of the reasons Kloeden was so upset with Telekom. He could have won the race if they would have just led the Peleton on those two days to prevent them from taking off to far.
We're in agreement. How could his blood and urine be fine both the day before and day after even in the very unlikely situation his body "screened" the banned substances. I think the laboratory made an enormous mistake and it's just pulling teeth to get the truth out of them.
The simple fact-of-the-matter is other riders and their race managers made HUGE tactical errors in estimating how much Floyd Landis wanted to be victorious in this race. It's like the old story of Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich a few years ago regarding preparation and desire:
...It was the middle of Christmas Day and Jan Ullrich was tired from a night of celebrating the holiday. He wanted to see what his friend Lance was doing and send along his best Christmas wishes. Lance answered the cellular telephone huffing and puffing and informed Jan that he was out for a quick training ride before the holiday dinner. They chatted for a few minutes and laughed about things...and when he hung-up the phone, Jan allegedly stated, "I just learned I've lost the next Tour de France..."It is my feeling that Floyd Landis won this race fairly. I haven't heard a shred of evidence yet that would make me feel differently, and I'm not even particularly enamored with the guy. He was the best one sitting in the saddle and putting his feet to the pedals during those hot summer months. He deserves the recognition.
~ Blue Jays ~