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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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 Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:36 am Post subject: Landis tests positive |
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http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2006/news/story?id=2531225
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Phonak: Landis had positive drug test after Stage 17
LONDON -- Tour de France champion Floyd Landis tested positive for high levels of testosterone during the race, his Phonak team said Thursday on its Web site.
The statement came a day after cycling's world governing body said an unidentified rider had failed a drug test during the Tour.
"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.
Landis failed to show up for a one-day race in Denmark on Thursday, a day after missing a scheduled event in the Netherlands.
Danish organizers said they had arranged a contract and plane tickets for Landis and Phonak teammates to participate in the Grand Prix Jyske Bank race in Silkeborg, about 150 miles west of Copenhagen.
"He was not on the plane," said race organizer Jesper Tikoeb. "We don't know where he is. It's pretty mysterious. We know nothing, really nothing at all."
He said his calls to the Phonak team went unanswered.
Landis also failed to appear for the Acht van Chaam race in the Netherlands on Wednesday.
Dutch news agency ANP quoted his teammate Koos Moerenhout as saying that Landis had pain from his hip problem and had gone to see his doctor in Germany.
He plans to have hip replacement surgery this fall to ease pain in the arthritic joint still aching from a 2003 crash during a training ride.
"We were told by the other two riders that he couldn't join because he was traveling with team manager [John] Lelangue to his doctor in Germany," event organizer Theo van der Westerlaken said. "That's all we know."
Landis did take part in a criterium race Tuesday in Stiphout, Netherlands, winning the event.
Cycling Services, which booked teams for both Dutch events, said it has been trying without success to get in contact with Phonak for an explanation.
Landis won the Tour de France on Sunday, keeping the title in U.S. hands for the eighth straight year after Lance Armstrong's record seven victories.
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:42 am Post subject: |
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WOW.
Just goes to show that the sport of cycling is all about the long term, keep doing whatever to get wherever.....'
I always knew (as a runner) that cyclists were very superficial, cosmetic and sensitive to any new fashion....this proves this observation, most just think of drugs, like bananas. Something to ingest to get better....
Wow
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:34 am Post subject: |
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| most just think of drugs, like bananas |
Can't you just feel the cool factor sliding down into negative triple digits? |
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canuckistan
Mod Team
Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:42 am Post subject: |
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I wonder what Landis' explanation will be, if any.
Geez, the party didn't last very long did it. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder what Landis' explanation will be, if any. |
Deny.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060727/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_floyd_landis_23
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Landis denies cheating to win Tour By JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press
PARIS - American cyclist Floyd Landis denied that he cheated to win the Tour de France, but said Thursday that his career will forever be stained by his positive test for high testosterone during the sport's premiere event.
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"Unfortunately, I don't think it's ever going to go away no matter what happens next," Landis said during a teleconference.
Landis' Tour de France victory was thrown into question earlier Thursday when his team said he tested positive for high testosterone levels during stage 17, when the 30-year-old American champion began his stunning comeback with a gritty charge into the Alps.
The Phonak team suspended Landis, pending results of the backup "B" sample of his drug test. If Landis is found guilty, he could be stripped of the Tour title and fired from the team.
"I think there's a good possibility I'll clear my name," Landis said. "Regardless of whether this happens or not, I don't know if this will ever go away."
Landis said he wouldn't be surprised if people were skeptical of him and the sport of cycling, but he pleaded for time to clear his name.
"All I'm asking for," he said, "is that I be given a chance to prove that I'm innocent. Cycling has a traditional way of trying people in the court of public opinion before they get a chance to do anything else.
I would like to be presumed innocent until proven guilty � since that's the way we do things in America."
Asked repeatedly what might have tripped his positive test, Landis refused to lay blame on anything in particular. "As to what actually caused it on that particular day, I can only speculate," he said.
Landis said he was still in Europe, but declined to say exactly where. "Not to be elusive, I have to figure out a way to get to the airport and get home." |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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And - most troubling of all (to me anyway last night...) - he failed to appear as a scheduled guest on Jay Leno's Tonight Show.
Leno, though, offered his vote of confidence that he'd be cleared of charges...
It's possible... And, I wouldn't put it past some envious competing anti-American interests to have set him up ... Then again, I wouldn't put it past any American (or someone of any nationality...) to cheat either - especially when there's a lot on the line... |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Rteacher"]
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| And - most troubling of all (to me anyway last night...) - he failed to appear as a scheduled guest on [i]Jay Leno's Tonight Show |
he was just on Larry king this morning.
The test could be faulty and the clinic conducting the tests is questionable (apparently). it all hangs on a test of the B sample.
lance Armstrong and now this, the Americans are sensing a European conspiracy against their competitors. |
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keithinkorea
Joined: 17 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Junior"]
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| And - most troubling of all (to me anyway last night...) - he failed to appear as a scheduled guest on [i]Jay Leno's Tonight Show |
he was just on Larry king this morning.
The test could be faulty and the clinic conducting the tests is questionable (apparently). it all hangs on a test of the B sample.
lance Armstrong and now this, the Americans are sensing a European conspiracy against their competitors. |
Paranoid cheating seppos;) |
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buymybook
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Telluride
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:37 am&nb | | |
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