Landis Tests Positive

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Phonak confirms Landis positive

Floyd Landis (Phonak)
Photo ©: Sirotti

The Phonak team has confirmed the speculation that Floyd Landis returned a positive A sample after his win in stage 17 of the Tour de France. "The Phonak Cycling Team was notified yesterday by the UCI about an unusual level of Testosterone/Epitestosterone ratio in the test made on Floyd Landis after stage 17 of the Tour de France," said the team in a statement. "The team management and the rider were both totally surprised of this physiological result.

"The rider will ask in the upcoming days for the counter analysis to prove either that this result is coming from a natural process or that this is resulting from a mistake in the confirmation. In application of the Pro Tour Ethical Code, the rider will not race anymore until this problem is totally clear.

"If the result of the B sample analysis confirms the result of the A sample, the rider will be dismissed and will then pass the corresponding endocrinological examinations."

Honestly folks, is this really surprising? When I was involved in cycling I knew Cat 5s who wanted to juice. So, it should come as no surprise that at the highest levels of the sport doping is rampant. There is simply too much money involved. What about Lance, you ask. He's never tested positive you might say. Well, neither has Barr Bonds. Do you think he's clean? The fact of the matter is that people don't want to believe that Lance doped. He's a hero. He's a cancer survivor. He wouldn't do that, would he? Right. Just be sure and have the Christmas list ready for Santa Claus on time b/c if you believe Lance is clean then you're probably gullible enough to still believe in Father Christmas. Fool.