shaunh Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Landis will know verdict FridayAccording to Belgian website sportwereld.be, American Floyd Landis will learn about his fate Friday (local US time) by the American Anti-Doping agency (USADA). The year-long case will know a verdict on the eve of the next Tour de France.Landis is accused of having used testosterone in last year's stage 17. If convicted he will lose his title of Tour de France winner. The French authorities will wait for the USADA outcome before continuing with their procedures, so even if found innocent by his country's agency the struggle for the Californian will not be over. The timing of the announcement a year after the Tour is puzzling, prompting Tour head Christian Prudhomme's to react, "It already wasn't very logical that a positive sample from last July was only juristically dealt with in May this year in the United States."
gatiep Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 yes, and the sadest of all is it took so long that the guy who came second missed a whole year of signing new endorsements based on "Winner of the TdF 2006". Thats how Lamstrong made his money, not durings the race but all the andorsements after winning.gatiep2007-07-05 09:53:54
Hendrik Petoors Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Is Prudhomme's reply not a bit fruity coming from a pre-judiced froggie who works for the Amaury Foundation who own TdF as well as L'Equippe who was instrumental in slandering American TdF wins out of jealousy for many years!!!!!!!
No Name Funrider Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Is Prudhomme's reply not a bit fruity coming from a pre-judiced froggie who works for the Amaury Foundation who own TdF as well as L'Equippe who was instrumental in slandering American TdF wins out of jealousy for many years!!!!!!! Very good comment;now petachi cant ride cos he used too much of his asthma medication;if landis rides again in the next 2 years it will be a traversty of justice;but what do americans know about fair play nowadays anyway.NNF
Tumbleweed Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Is Prudhomme's reply not a bit fruity coming from a pre-judiced froggie who works for the Amaury Foundation who own TdF as well as L'Equippe who was instrumental in slandering American TdF wins out of jealousy for many years!!!!!!! Very good comment;now petachi cant ride cos he used too much of his asthma medication;if landis rides again in the next 2 years it will be a traversty of justice;but what do americans know about fair play nowadays anyway.NNF reckon today's decision could see bush ordering an invasion of paris
Tumbleweed Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 this on the wires this morn: Landis will lose case: Armstrong ASPEN (Colorado): Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said he believes that last year?s winner Floyd Landis did not take banned substances but likely will lose his arbitration case against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Landis tested positive for synthetic testosterone after a dramatic and decisive win in the Tour?s 17th stage last year. After a 10-day hearing in May, Landis is awaiting the decision of the arbitration panel, which must decide whether to uphold the positive doping test. ?I think conventional wisdom is that he will lose (his arbitration hearing), because USADA has never lost a case,? said Armstrong, the guest speaker on Tuesday at an Aspen Ideas Festival health forum discussion. The arbitrators don?t ever rule for the athletes,? Armstrong said, according a story in Wednesday?s edition of The Aspen Times. ?Quite frankly, the system is set up against the athletes. Unfortunately for him, I don?t think he did it. That?s always been my position and still is today.? Armstrong is again the subject of doping allegations in a soon-to-be-published book, From Lance to Landis. Much of the material in the new book is based on testimony given in a legal dispute between Armstrong and Dallas-based company SCA Promotions, which had a bonus contract with the cyclist. Armstrong repeatedly has denied doping allegations against him both in court and the public arena. ? AP
Dirty_Harry Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Weather he gets disqualified or not, he still stood on the podium at Paris, if the second guy gets first now it won't matter
Evan Andreou Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Weather he gets disqualified or not' date=' he still stood on the podium at Paris, if the second guy gets first now it won't matter[/quote'] I hope that warm glow makes up for being labelled a drug cheat for the rest of his life
Dirty_Harry Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 didn't lance also get tested for some stuff a while back? it got throuwn out due to "technicalities"
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