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The surge you get is not enough to skew the epi/test ratio as much as is nececcary to get an out of bounds reading. But who knows, perhaps that, plus the cortisone shot, might explain it? I don't think it looks good though.

Having said that, its not like Testosterone would give you a one-shot boost. So he didn't win stage 17 due to Testosterone, any more than he didn't win most of the previous stages, due to Test. You could expect a one-shot boost from an amphetimine (banned), or ephedra(banned), alot of caffeine (which they are allowed to drink), and who knows, maybe EPO or blood doping. The effects of Test take a week or two (at least) to notice. That said, he COULD have been using Test for a while, but I thought they already tested for that before the race..?

Thanks for the info Paradox. It doesn't look good.

I just explained to my nephews about Ulrich and the other dopers, but also promoted the heroism of the supposedly clean riders. They were looking up to Landis. Don't these guys care about that, multiplied by millions of kids? If this is true Landis to me is no better than Britney Spears. In fact, I like Britney better. She's scoring megadollars at the expense of the youth, but at least she's not a liar.