Floyd Landis Doped?

[Tippster]

Still trying to confirm, but that's what CNN is reporting.

Edit: found this on our wire:

LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) - Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has given a positive drugs test for the male sex hormone testosterone, his Phonak team said on Thursday.
"The Phonak Cycling Team was notified yesterday by the UCI of an unusual level of testosterone/epitestosterone ratio in the test made on Floyd Landis after stage 17 of the Tour de France," Phonak said in a team statement.

[BLOOD SWEAT STEEL]

Of course he doped. It's not possible for an American to win without it, just ask france.

[iggyskier]

BBC is reporting it too.

"The American, who claimed victory in the Tour de France on Sunday, has tested positive for the male sex hormone testosterone."

[mooseknuckle]

I hope the results/report can be explained.

[rideit]

LANCE IS FUCKING DIRTY, TOO. Anyone who really follows this sport is most likely not surprised in the least. There has never, ever been a 'clean' tour. Why all of the denial?

[Trackhead]

I think they are waiting for the "b" test still. It was reported a couple days ago on CyclingNews.com

[Dexter Rutecki]

Maybe he's just a very manly man.

Seriously, I think everyone dopes, it's just not possible to beat all the other guys who are doping if you're not doing it yourself. It's unpossible.

[Sutter]

Maybe Floyd is just so overwhelmingly seething with man-ness that his testosterone levels are bulging from winning the tour. I sympathize, it's a tough lot we face as uber-men.

[CS]

Ha!

Stupid cheating roadies.

[Trackhead]

From velo

The Phonak Cycling Team issued the following statement Thursday, confirming Landis as the rider in question:

The Phonak Cycling Team was notified yesterday by the UCI of an unusual level of Testosteron/Epitestosteron ratio in the test made on Floyd Landis after stage 17 of the Tour de France.

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.

Please understand that we cannot at this time give you more detailed comments.

[Trackhead]

Wonder if he'll show for this one?

Landis is still scheduled to appear Friday on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in Los Angeles.

[cj001f]

I hope the balls for that stage didn't come from a bottle

[greg]

Of course he doped. It's not possible for an American to win without it, just ask france.

no way he is an upright american. how could he ever be cheating?

[rideit]

well, I suppose the racers are just emulating our politicians, that is the american way.

[BLOOD SWEAT STEEL]

no way he is an upright american. how could he ever be cheating?

With all that testosterone, I don't think Floyd has a problem being "upright."

Upstanding, perhaps.......

[Trackhead]

I guess Bjarne was right.....

[shmerham]

If that chick he's married to was my wife, my body would be creating abnormally high amounts of testosterone as well.

[peterslovo]

I sincerely hope this is not true and he is cleared by the B-test.

[f2f]

suck it, frenchies!

oh, wait...

[Woodsy]

I so scooped you
in the right furum
go buy yoself a rerun hat.

[warthog]

I sincerely hope this is not true and he is cleared by the B-test.

There will be no living with the French, if it is true.

[Tippster]

More info:

LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) - Confirmation of a positive drugs test for Tour de France winner Floyd Landis on Thursday is the final blow for a race beset by doping problems before it had even started.
Landis's main rivals for the title, Jan Ullrich of Germany and Ivan Basso of Italy, were withdrawn immediately before the start of the Tour in Strasbourg after they were linked to a Spanish doping investigation.
Ullrich, the 1997 champion, and Giro d'Italia winner Basso both denied any involvement. Ullrich was subsequently sacked by his T-Mobile team.
T-Mobile also suspended his team mate Oscar Sevilla and sporting director Rudy Pevenage.
The entire Astana-Wuerth were withdrawn after five of their riders were found on a list provided by the Spanish police.
As a result the peleton was cut from 21 to 20 teams and from 189 to 176 riders.
The investigation came to light in May when the Spanish Civil Guard raided addresses in Madrid and Zaragoza and found anabolic steroids, equipment used for blood tranfusions and more than 100 bags of frozen blood.

[glademaster]

If that chick he's married to was my wife, my body would be creating abnormally high amounts of testosterone as well.

Amen to that. I really hope this isn't true, as it would be a damn shame for the sport worldwide but mostly American cycling. I wonder what the definition of "abnormally high" is too, is there a realistic chance that he is just a ridiculously manly man?

[peterslovo]

I wonder what the definition of "abnormally high" is too, is there a realistic chance that he is just a ridiculously manly man?

He is hairy...for a cyclist. I mean all that facial hair and all...

[philippeR]

What's interesting is that the 17th stage is the one where Landis did an un-expected come-back after crumbling 10 minutes behind the previous day...

Smells bad.

In one of the most audacious and bravest rides seen in the modern era of the Tour de France, Phonak's American rider Floyd Landis turned the despair of his stage 16 implosion into a stage-winning breakaway that put him back into the role of favorite to win this extraordinary race.
Landis stunned Tour de France observers when he lost more than 10 minutes on the slopes to La Toussuire on Wednesday; but they were floored by his performance in Thursday's 200.5km stage from St. Jean de Maurienne to Morzine, the last day in the Alps.