Landis: It's a conspiracy! C-O-N... spiracy

Posted on Mon Aug 07, 2006 at 01:35:40 PM EST in Other Sports
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By now, you know that Floyd Landis' second blood sample came up positive for synthetic testosterone and he's been stripped of his Tour de France title and his career is over. Well, Landis is now grasping onto the railing of the Titanic of excuses. In addition to naturally high testosterone. thyroid medication, cortisone cream, Jack Daniels, and dehydration, you can add conspiracy to the list.

There's some kind of agenda there. I just don't know what it is. I put in more than 20,000 kilometers of training for the Tour. I won the Tour of California, Paris-Nice and the Tour de Georgia. I was tested eight times at the Tour de France, four times before that stage and three times after, including three blood tests.

Only one came back positive. Nobody in their right mind would take testosterone just once. It doesn't work that way.

Or, Floyd, perhaps another way to look at this is that you didn't get caught during the Tour of California, Paris-Nice or Tour de Georgia. We shouldn't be asking whether there's a conspiracy but what's wrong with the testing system in those three races. Man, you got caught. All this protestation in the media isn't going to help your cause at all. Just slink away and let us get back to real sports.

Links:
[MSNBC]: Landis claims 'agenda' behind test results
[Reuters]: Landis begins campaign to win hearts and minds

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