So Much For Fair Competition

AP wrote:

LONDON (AP) -- Tainted at the start, the Tour de France may have been tainted at the finish, too. Floyd Landis' stunning Tour de France victory was thrown into question 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.

ShakesPeer wrote:

the crown will be passed to a Spainard if he is guilty.

W3bbo wrote:



ShakesPeer wrote: the crown will be passed to a Spainard if he is guilty.

Depends if he was cheating too

ShakesPeer wrote:



AP wrote: LONDON (AP) -- Tainted at the start, the Tour de France may have been tainted at the finish, too. Floyd Landis' stunning Tour de France victory was thrown into question 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.

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Pfft. Americans. At least the crown will be passed to a Spainard if he is guilty.

Cheers.
Will

"If these guys want to pump up on steroids, hormones, or crack, more power to em."

Yes!

Drug tests should be for amatures only.  Professional sports should strive to be as entertaining and as regulated as professional wrestling!

blowdart wrote:



W3bbo wrote:  ShakesPeer wrote: the crown will be passed to a Spainard if he is guilty. Depends if he was cheating too

Plus it is "just" testosterone, a drug for which the doping measurement was lowered a couple of years ago, sending the detections up by a factor of 10. And arguably some people do produce that much naturally, the problem being it's up to the compediter to produce medical evidence they're innocent, which can be damned expensive.

ShakesPeer wrote:



Pfft. Americans. At least the crown will be passed to a Spainard if he is guilty.

Cheers.
Will

wkempf wrote:



ShakesPeer wrote: Pfft. Americans. At least the crown will be passed to a Spainard if he is guilty. Cheers. Will

Eagle gets in trouble for remarks like this about non-Americans.  I hope you get called to carpet just as strongly.  This sort of talk is not appropriate for a forum such as this.

It’s wonderful to see at last people in the UK are interested in the sport of Cycling, I have testosterone in my body, not too sure about you two.

eagle wrote:

It’s wonderful to see at last people in the UK are interested in the sport of Cycling, I have testosterone in my body, not too sure about you two.

blowdart wrote:



eagle wrote:It’s wonderful to see at last people in the UK are interested in the sport of Cycling, I have testosterone in my body, not too sure about you two.

Here we go again

Nationality has nothing to do with this, but if you dont think the UK is interested in cycling you should investigate the results of the 2004 Olympic cycling events.

Floyd Landis had over 6 times more testosterone in his A sample than he had epitestosterone - that was taken from a sample on a stage where he had staged a remarkable recovery from the previous day where he had almost ground to a halt.

Ivan Basso, Jan Ulrich and the rest had allready made a mockery of this years race - Landis just drove the final spike in to the coffin. ZDF wont be covering the race in Germany any more and I suspect a lot more sponsors and TV companies will be dropping the tour like hot potatoes.

It a real shame as the sport has provided some genuine champions - I include Lance Armstrong in that list as he is an amazing athelete and inspirational character. Landis wouldnt even condemn others use of drugs after he won but before the failed sample came to light. He is certainly not the heir to Armstrong.

This is a trolling thread so why don't we save Charles the effort of having to warn people and lock the thread. Just ignore the thread and the troll and let it drop off the map.

Sorry bringing this "trolling thread" up again, but I'm sure C9 users
can discuss in a matter-of-fact way if they really want to.

Gatlin admits failing drugs test

Do you believe in clean sport?

Erisan wrote:

Do you believe in clean sport?

He could be incredibly manly and have huge balls and make more testostrone then the normal man. I know I do.