did floyd landis cheat?

Question

what do you think...did he cheat or is it legit?

Answer 1

I would love to believe that he didn't, because it would be great if the Americans kept the tour de france title for another year. However, it's quite a challenge for me to believe that he didn't cheat because of the rampant cheating at the tour this year. If it were natural then it would have shown up like this at all of the tests, not just the one.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The use of testosterone is pretty common among cyclists. It can be taken in limited levels. This is because the so called synthetic form is generally found in the body after consuming food like soy products. Now you have to eat huge and huge amounts of soy products to get your level up, but because of that possibility it is accepted to have a higher level then you and I would have. The trick is not to take as much as to get above that accepted level.

Almost all cyclists have a testosterone level that is higher then that of the average person and I don't think it is because they eat that much soy products.

In a way you can also compare it with speeding your car in between two traffic control checkpoints, they have to make sure that their level is down at an acceptable level at the right time. So yes, Landis cheated, but he is by no means the only one. He has done it in a more careless way though.

Answer 4

The effort he used on Stage 17 is completely possible and heres why. If you watched stage 17, he was eating and drinking like crazy, and if i kept eating energy gels and bars and use 70 bottles of water, i dont think i would bonk. On top of that, cycling includes strategy, something which he used for the race. It was a predominantly mountain stage, which means it is totally individually powered, no peloton drafting you, except on the short flat before the final mountain where he did lose time. And he is one of the best downhillers in the peloton, whihch means if one of the guys in the front of the peloton arent also one of the best descenders, he is yet again putting time on them. The other contenders didnt want to put out an effort on other climbs besides the last, so they took it easier and went slower and yet again, Floyd lost a little more time on the last climb because he was weaker, but made it up on the decent because he decends better than Satsre. Also, long solo breakaways are exactlly how people won the tour from the beggining to the years of Bernard Hinault, so people were doing this before performance enhancing drugs were used, or even existed. His coach even said that that is the way he trains, long and solo, after stage 17 in the oln post race show.

Epitestosterone, like testosterone can be taken as a drug, which means that you can have high levels of testosterone (which is what helps you) but a normal ratio. He tested for a suspicous ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone (11:1). Now he would have to be so stupid that if he was doping, he forgot to take any epitestosterone the day he knew he was going to be under intesnse speculation.You would have to be really stupid to do that. He knew he would be under intense speculation because they do make their strategy before the race starts and adust it accordingly as the race proceeds. So why would he, on the day he knew he would undergo intense criticism, forget to take epitestosterone to throw off the test. Most, if not all labs, only do ratio testing on Sample A, and if it is positive, then they do carbon isotope testing on sample B, which tells you whether or not there is synthetic testosterone. I dont think anyone, especially Floyd, would be that stupid, that if he was doping, forget to take epitestosterone with it, which would cause him to lose his carreer, dignity, place in history, and an inability to support his family, as far as cycling goes. Way too much pressure that if, you were doping, forget to do that.

Now, cycling to the French and Europeans is like baseball and football in America. If a French baseball player or team came into America and won the World Series and got MVP, i think Americans would be very angry too. Now, dont get me wrong, i don't hate the French or Europeans, but there are bad eggs in every ethnic bunch, including America (hillbillies, Bush, etc.)

In conclusion, the feat he accomplished was absolutley possible, if he was doping, why wouldnt he be taking epitestosterone with it, and cycling is extremelly important to the French. I am not a complete beliver of the French conspiracy theory either, but i do see it as a possibility. i have reason to belive Floyd didnt dope because of what i stated above. I hope you look at my answer with an open mind, and dont shun me because i might contradict what you belive.

Answer 5

i dont think he had any elevated levels of anything. those sport enhancers just dont magically disappear after 24 hrs. he was tested 3 more times after stage 17 and those test did not report a single thing. why not retest the B samples of those test?

if he was on something it would have shown up in those test was well. his body did not just get rid of the testosterone within a 48 hr period. i call foul in the ranks of the french lab and the UCI, not landis.

Answer 6

Yes,unfortunately,it looks like he did,the B sample was the turning point.The big question how many more cheated and got away with it.The sport is in a bit of a mess.

Answer 7

Well with the B sample being positive i tend to think he cheated or we'll just have to wait for them to say he was framed by the Saddam

Answer 8

no way the uci the lab and the meida are the cheats
FREE FLOYD LANDIS

Answer 9

No. Any organization that publicly releases preliminary results without giving the accused any due process is not to be considered reliable.

Answer 10

No way.
Signed,
Bobby Bonds
and OJ