Thursday, July 27, 2006

Not Again! Say It Ain't So!

The anti-doping testers have found another target in Floyd Landis.  His sample taken right after the Stage 17 victory tested positive for a hit on testosterone.  We have to await the results on the B sample to confirm positive result.  All I can do is roll my eyes.  An American gets tagged for doping, after what happened even before the Tour started.  This American virtually climbed his way back into overall victory by winning the stage, something so audacious, and all winners get tested right afterwards.  And this American tests positive for steroids?  How stupid do you think Landis, Team Phonak, and the public are?  Testosterone cannot give you strength in one day to beat everyone else by over 5 minutes.  Why not a whole bunch of stimulant, or adrenaline, or some overcooked blood you collected in the Rockies while training?  But an anabolic steroid?  And the test is different than last year too.  The positive was for the ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone, which should be 1:1 for naturally occurring testosterone in the body.  The threshold last year was 6:1, but it was lowered to 4:1.  So, that was the hit.  Man, did someone spike Floyd's beer with man juice?  Look, I know that cycling is one of the dirtiest sports out there, but we have someone here who has never tested positive for anything in his life.  And this is an endurance sport, a whole bunch of muscle is not going to help you in the mountains.  This is ridiculous.

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