Tour de France winner gives positive drugs test

[dplax]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/othe...ng/5221122.stm

And here I had been hoping that after the clean up just before the race it would at least be clean...

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

Hey dplax how have you been?

Anything special going on for summer?

..I think I'm spamming?

shouldn't it be: gives positive drug test?

[dplax]

I've been doing fine, apart from suffering from the heat like everyone else. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I'm still around on IW, just don't come out often from the roleplay section.

For the grammar...I went with the way BBC wrote it. I'm happy to be wrong, if they are also wrong. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

How've you been?

[Legolas]

These people should just bribe some officials and all the drug issues would be done with.

[dplax]

Cycling's not like football... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

I did see it spelled that way in the article. It just sounds funny.

Where are you for the summer re:heat?

I've been doing well. I've been working from homew for the last 3 months. Still with Staples but I don't need to go in anymore.

I've doing a lot of home renovations which have fun.

We're actually doing a little bit of Star Wars role playing on Wednesday evenings. It's pretty good.

[bubbe]

I don't get it, why do they dope them self? I mean, many times they get caught! and how fun is it to win when you cheat? bah! idiots!

[johnny]

I have to admit i found Landis' comeback in day 17 rather amazing and a little suspicious after being blown away the day before, but according to the experts, the stuff they found in the test doesn't work over one night, so he must have taken it way before his great comeback. Perhaps he had a vision he was going to collapse somewhere in the Alps ?

All i can say is that nothing surprises me anymore in the world of professional cycling. It's a shame that such a great sport is being corrupted by so many people. If it's true, Landis should be banned for life, and the same applies to the cheaters that got caught before the Tour even began. Cheating in sports, in ANY sports, really disgusts the crap out of me. How can you stand there with a medal around your neck, knowing that you willingly cheated on your employer, your teammates, your fans, and everyone with an interest in the game ?

[ 07-27-2006, 02:48 PM: Message edited by: johnny ]

[dplax]

I can only fully agree with that johnny. That comeback was unexpected to say the least, and the fact that it is the day when he failed the doping test only adds to the suspicion.

I'm not going to call him guilty yet, because there is still the second test, but if he is guilty I'm pretty sure that he would deserve to be stripped of his Tour title, which would then go to Pereiro, who I must say is a most unlikely winner...the peleton doesn't always allow you to get half an hour back.

[Legolas]

What I find strange about the whole thing isn't that it's happening, it's that you only (and always) hear about it in cycling. It's not like that's the sport where the big money is, nor are the other branches of sport remotely clean.

As for the testosterone, the guy won, is it any wonder he makes more?