If you can’t trust a sport like bicycle-racing, what’s next? Football? Ice-skating? Bridge?
“Washington Post
Landis Fails 2nd Test; Title Likely Gone
By JEROME PUGMIRE
The Associated Press
Saturday, August 5, 2006; 10:58 AM
PARIS — Floyd Landis was fired by his team and the Tour de France no longer considered him its champion Saturday after his second doping sample tested positive for higher-than-allowable levels of testosterone. The samples contained synthetic testosterone, indicating that it came from an outside source.”
“2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis of the U.S. waves the U.S. flag as he rides down the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris following the final stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race between Antony, south of Paris, and Paris, in this July 23, 2006 file photo. Landis’ backup “B” sample confirms high levels of testosterone, the International Cycling Union announced Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, in a result that could see him stripped of his Tour de France title and banned for two years. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski) (Bas Czerwinski - AP)” (INSET PHOTO IS PARTIALLY ARTIST’S CONCEPTION)
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