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Friday, July 28, 2006

Heading for a soft Landis

By now I suspect that anyone reading this post is already aware of the news about TdF winner Floyd Landis and that small matter of testosterone. I think the really sad part about all this is that it isn't particularly surprising. Indeed, as long ago as last Sunday I remember one of my riding partners telling me that he was "cynical" about Landis recovering from eight minutes down to win with basically one devastating performance in the mountains. It's really sad that virtually any performance like that is going to attract suspicion. It's even sadder that this suspicion appears to be correct.

Of course, Landis is claiming innocence at this stage, and we're still waiting for the 'B' sample to be tested, but the likelihood is that he will be found guilty. Having suspended the likes of Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso on suspicion before the tour even started, the UCI will probably be left with no course of action other than to strip Landis of his victory. The world's media will probably have a field day with another cycling "scandal" -- even if there are just as many drug users in every other professional sport in the world (albeit less rigorously tested).

When something like this happens, I start to wonder why I bother watching the TdF at all. Maybe I'd be better off just concentrating on my own riding and forgetting about what the pros are doing.

2 Comments:

Blogger Allez said...

I don't follow the TdF at all... but what I don't understand is why would someone dope (or whatever he did) if they KNOW they'll be getting tested? Why would any of them take that risk???

10:31 pm  
Blogger Chris L said...

It's esse-shaped with a stroke through it. A friend of mine thinks he just asked for something extra after being dropped on the penultimate mountain stage... and there he was pulling all the time back.

Seriously, I don't think he was even thinking about being tested at the time, just about doing "whatever it takes" to win the race.

7:53 pm  

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