Floyd Landis tests positive
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Mattydv
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a bit off topic but does anyone know if Armstrong is even going to consider coming back to competive cycling? Whether its tour standard or just more local rides like the Ride of the Roses but Ive been getting an idea that from The Paceline (his website) That he is considering a return to cycling. Just not as big as he was.... can anyone clarify? or even speculate 
k3n!f
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Mkay, Landis was apparently on thyroid hormone for a thyroid problem. The deal with this is that its known to cause the release of some testosterone from being bound to proteins, and it moves into the bloodstream. This is why his overall level was low/normal but the ratio of his free:bound testosterone was abnormally high. Now all he has to do was tell the judge exactly what I just said, whether true or not, and he will most likely get off.
gravelclimber
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Apparently Landis' testosterone ratio from the A sample has come back 11:1. No way that's natural. Could still be saved by the B sample though.
And now Justin Gatlin's been done. World and Olympic 100m champion and co-world record holder. He's up for a life ban at 24.
Both idiots.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/15155384.htm
And now Justin Gatlin's been done. World and Olympic 100m champion and co-world record holder. He's up for a life ban at 24.
Both idiots.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/15155384.htm
bazza
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sorry i stopped reading a bit through the posts but this is the most frustrating thing of all.
why the (yes im going to use language because it deserves it) FUCK has floyd landis been put in this position of being pretty much charged guilty with drug cheating even though they havent conducted all the tests yet. how fucken pissed of would you be if you were landis after just winning the TDF and this happens, as well as his team who i am sure put a large amount of $$$'s behind him. absolute crap. and by the time the other results come through and he is proved guilty it will be far from back to the news paper or 2nd or 3rd page story or if it will even make the 6 o'clock news at all. yer thats my steam blown off about this situation.
why the (yes im going to use language because it deserves it) FUCK has floyd landis been put in this position of being pretty much charged guilty with drug cheating even though they havent conducted all the tests yet. how fucken pissed of would you be if you were landis after just winning the TDF and this happens, as well as his team who i am sure put a large amount of $$$'s behind him. absolute crap. and by the time the other results come through and he is proved guilty it will be far from back to the news paper or 2nd or 3rd page story or if it will even make the 6 o'clock news at all. yer thats my steam blown off about this situation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/5233476.stmJob gone:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41941000/jpg/_41941640_landis16stage270.jpg
And the winner is:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/5249116.stm
Cadel may now become the highest placed Australian ever to complete the Tour.
Andy.
scratchy
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The fact that Pereiro got away on stage 13 and was allowed with a bunch of other riders to get a 29 minute break, because "none of them were serious contenders" and then go on and win the tour shows you how open it was this year. A great race to watch, despite the recent soap opera.