Dave Sez

Landis has had a second chance to respond to these alligations, but curiously, he isn't challenging the test results, but what the tests mean. That is, he offers that whatever results the test measure, the content is all natural, and he's NOT appologetic. Makes me wonder, IF the results are high, will the ruling bodies give him time or offer a way to see if these results can be duplicated naturally? Or are they under the gun to prove that the recent 'doping' storm that has arrived in cycling is being dealt with by sacrificing the new 'king' of the Tour?

Will wait to see...

acchalfbreed wrote:

Landis has had a second chance to respond to these alligations, but curiously, he isn't challenging the test results, but what the tests mean. That is, he offers that whatever results the test measure, the content is all natural, and he's NOT appologetic. Makes me wonder, IF the results are high, will the ruling bodies give him time or offer a way to see if these results can be duplicated naturally? Or are they under the gun to prove that the recent 'doping' storm that has arrived in cycling is being dealt with by sacrificing the new 'king' of the Tour? Will wait to see...

I don't claim to know all about the various testing rules, but I do know that officially the results mean nothing until the B sample is tested in the presence of Landis (or his representatives). I think I heard him say that he expected those results to come back the same, which supports his claim that it's a natural increase. Unfortunately for him, from what I've read, alcohol can't raise your ratio the amount necessary to explain his ratio.

Evidently there is also a test that can distinguish between natural testosterone and synthetic. If he used a patch, which is the inference, I assume that this test could tell the difference. Given the importance of this result, it would be crazy not to run this test. If it shows that he did not take synthetic testosterone, it might point out that the initial test is critically flawed (it has been challenged in the past). Or maybe that there's a new doping method/drug out there.