Landis Back In Yellow

Pangloss62 · 07-22-2006, 03:38 PM

Landis cranked out another strong ride and has reclaimed the Yellow Jersey, and likely claimed the Tour itself.

Major props to Floyd and his crew!

Griff · 07-23-2006, 07:41 AM

He is the first celebrity that I recall, whose accent sounds like mine. Wonderful ride!

Undertoad · 07-23-2006, 08:13 AM

It turns out the guy is from a Mennonite family in Lancaster County and left because he felt it was too conservative and backasswards.

Griff · 07-23-2006, 08:55 AM

They say his folks have warmed up to his lifestyle and are now supportive of him.

Kitsune · 07-27-2006, 10:10 AM

Whoops.

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Team to dismiss Landis if excessive level of testosterone confirmed.

What kind of doping would raise testosterone?

Clodfobble · 07-27-2006, 12:08 PM

Steroids

Elspode · 07-27-2006, 12:21 PM

The sports world is focused on steroid use amongst athletes these days, so tell me...why do they continue using them and getting caught? These people know they're going to be tested. How do they think they will get away with it? Is it just the promise of the wealth that awaits the highest level success stories that makes them take the risk?

What's up with that?

glatt · 07-27-2006, 01:13 PM

I'm going to reserve judgement until the results are double checked with the second sample, but steroid use hurts all the athletes. Will future generations look back at the last decade or two and question all the records set in all sports during this time frame? Or will they all be genetically enhanced and breaking those records anyway?

Griff · 07-27-2006, 01:49 PM

This is such a bummer. His actual testosterone level was low but his ratio was off, so let's wait and see. I'm not going to go the SanFranFan Barry denial route though.

Griff · 08-01-2006, 06:27 AM

Tests performed on the cyclist Floyd Landis’s initial urine sample showed that some of the testosterone in his body had come from an external source and was not produced by his system, according to a person at the International Cycling Union with knowledge of the results.

It is not looking good, if it really is synthetic Landis is sol no matter how it got in his system.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-01-2006, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I'm going to reserve judgement until the results are double checked with the second sample, but steroid use hurts all the athletes. Will future generations look back at the last decade or two and question all the records set in all sports during this time frame? Or will they all be genetically enhanced and breaking those records anyway?

Or will they look back and say, what the hell were those people thinking? They didn't even want athletes to use steroids, no less use stem cells to repair injuries.

Remember when Olympic athletes were shamed and stripped of their medals for playing pro sports?

footfootfoot · 08-01-2006, 07:54 AM

I'm working night and day on a conspiracy theory folks, be patient. You'll be the first to know how this *really* happened.

Pangloss62 · 08-01-2006, 08:47 AM

Jeez. This is getting nuttier and nuttier. So foot, you think he was slipped the testosterone? Will we ever really know?

glatt · 08-01-2006, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I'm going to reserve judgement

I'm willing to render my verdict now.

He's a lousy CHEATER.

wolf · 08-01-2006, 09:19 AM

I think the French tainted his water bottle.

07-22-2006, 03:38 PM	#1
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Landis Back In Yellow Landis cranked out another strong ride and has reclaimed the Yellow Jersey, and likely claimed the Tour itself. Major props to Floyd and his crew! __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

07-23-2006, 07:41 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	He is the first celebrity that I recall, whose accent sounds like mine. Wonderful ride! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-23-2006, 08:55 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	They say his folks have warmed up to his lifestyle and are now supportive of him. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-27-2006, 12:21 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The sports world is focused on steroid use amongst athletes these days, so tell me...why do they continue using them and getting caught? These people know they're going to be tested. How do they think they will get away with it? Is it just the promise of the wealth that awaits the highest level success stories that makes them take the risk? What's up with that? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-27-2006, 01:49 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	This is such a bummer. His actual testosterone level was low but his ratio was off, so let's wait and see. I'm not going to go the SanFranFan Barry denial route though. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-23-2006, 08:13 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It turns out the guy is from a Mennonite family in Lancaster County and left because he felt it was too conservative and backasswards.

07-27-2006, 12:08 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Steroids

07-27-2006, 01:13 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm going to reserve judgement until the results are double checked with the second sample, but steroid use hurts all the athletes. Will future generations look back at the last decade or two and question all the records set in all sports during this time frame? Or will they all be genetically enhanced and breaking those records anyway?

08-01-2006, 06:27 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Tests performed on the cyclist Floyd Landis’s initial urine sample showed that some of the testosterone in his body had come from an external source and was not produced by his system, according to a person at the International Cycling Union with knowledge of the results. It is not looking good, if it really is synthetic Landis is sol no matter how it got in his system. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-01-2006, 07:54 AM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm working night and day on a conspiracy theory folks, be patient. You'll be the first to know how this really happened. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-01-2006, 08:47 AM	#13
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Conspire Jeez. This is getting nuttier and nuttier. So foot, you think he was slipped the testosterone? Will we ever really know? __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

08-01-2006, 09:19 AM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think the French tainted his water bottle. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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