We probably will not have an answer for months, maybe never.
it does look damning, but why would the guy dope with a substance easily tested for, after all his previous tests in the race were clean?
was he framed, or just that desperate (and stupid)?
something's not right here- but I'm not sure if it's a suspiciously convenient test result in a sport where Americans are generally hated or just incomprehensibly stupid actions on the part of Landis.
hopefully, time will tell; but if he's guilty, he deserves to become a pariah for blackening the most premier race in the sport of cycling
PING
"Euro-peons"obviously cannot understand the high testerone levels but it is actually simple.Landis is an AMERICAN MALE!Problem solved.
He's toast and his career is over. Unless he can prove someone tampered with his sample, his anemic attempts to explain the increased levels of synthetic testosterone just don't wash. I, for one, am EXTEMELY disappointed with him.
"I want to believe him, but the evidence is beginning to be pretty damning."
Not coming from a French laboratory, especially after the way Lance Armstrong was hounded so unmercifully he turned and sued them. They just can't stand it when an American wins.
I don't trust those French knicker-knotters one bit. I believe Floyd Landis. The suspicion is on the French authorities, and they have earned it.
He's toast. Stick a fork in him.
Hoe do you explain that testosterone only showed up in one test? Besides, what benefit would taking steroids the night before a race have? Blood doping, yes. Steroids makes no sense.