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A very gusty ride to win teh tour. I had all but written him off after the bad day in teh Alps, however he showed what he is made of by kicking everyone's ass the next day to crawl back to within 30 seconds! Then to go and beat his closest competitors in the time trial on Saturday was spectacular!

And you guys changed the channel! Shame!

Failed test after stage 17

Dammit Floyd, don't fail me now! Of course this could get this thread some more run. They still need to look at whether it was caused by the cortisone shots he was receiving for his hip.

Yikes... dude better hope it's a mistake... lol

QUOTE(Buffmaster)It's offical, USA over the Frogs once again. Next week, Landis will be accused of doping by the French media.


I guess I got the French media part wrong.

Yea, I woke up this morning, turned on ESPNEWS, and this was the story I first came across. This is very, very sad. Here's the article if people want to read it

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2006/n ... id=2531225

And more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_s ... 221122.stm

Q: For a cyclist, what's the benefit of elevated levels of testosterone? Why would a cyclist use it?

A: It's certainly not one of the first-line drugs one thinks of for racing. Steroids can increase strength and improve recovery time and prevent the breakdown of muscle, maybe make him more assertive and aggressive. All of those could have some positive attribute. But most steroids are given in cycles [6-12 weeks] and in context of working out in a gym with weights. It makes no sense to me why an athlete would take testosterone the day of a race when it doesn't work that way. It doesn't make sense in terms of the pharmacology of the drug, and it really doesn't have the attributes that would be attractive to a cyclist -- particularly one running the risk of violating anti-doping regulations.



Something smells fishy about this crap