Floyd Landis to lose his TDF title?
Category: Sports (Pro/College/HS)...
Posted Saturday, August 05, 2006 at 07:13 AM [GMT-6]

By now you've probably seen it: the second sample confirmed the findings of the first, and Floyd Landis now faces the very real possibility of being stripped of his Tour de France title and suspended from the pro cycling circuit for two years for used of a banned substance (testosterone, in this case). He's already been fired by Phonak, his Swiss cycling team.

Landis continues to maintain his innocence, and we can expect to see months of legal wrangling about this, as not only his reputation but also millions of dollars is at stake.

Interestingly, Greg LeMond, 3-time TDF winner and the first American to win Le Tour, has already passed judgment:

"When I heard it was synthetic hormone, it is almost impossible to be caused by natural events. It's kind of a downer," said LeMond. "I feel for Floyd's family. I hope Floyd will come clean on it and help the sport. We need to figure out how to clean the sport up and we need the help of Floyd.

"He's a victim that needs to be held accountable. Just by pinpointing him is not enough. He needs to tell who did it, how they did it."

I still say there's something fishy about this situation; prepared to be surprised by future revelations.

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I felt really betrayed when I heard that some of the testosterone was synthetic, because it obviously punches a huge hole in Floyd's story about naturally-high levels. And yet... something still doesn't feel right about this story.

Either Landis will turn out to be an incorrigible liar and unworthy of the respect I've given him or—as you suggest—truth will turn out to be something much more amazing.

Posted by: Foo at August 6, 2006 05:50 PM

Turns out Greg Lemond is the Santy Claus of doping cyclist. He always knows who's been bad or good. Maybe the UCI should just hire him and forget about all that unecessary testing.

I used to have a lot more respect for GL. I wish he would just shut up now.

As for FL, I refuse to take my tinfoil hat off. CONSPIRACY!!!

Posted by: Scotty at August 11, 2006 03:26 PM
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