Jul 29
Last Sunday my neighbor Floyd Landis (actually, he lives a few miles from me) won the Tour de France. A few days later, controversy ensued as ICE announced that one of his six tests during the race showed a higher than normal testosterone level. I don’t know Landis personally, and I truly hope he is innocent and exonerated. But I had to love Stephen Colbert’s take on the controversy on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report.
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July 30th, 2006 at 11:57 am
Very funny.
Call me paranoid but between Armstrong and now Landis, I am begining to feel like American cyclist are being targeted unfairly. Humor, for now, is a nice outlet.
I hope its not true, and if its not, hope the accused can laugh and shake it all off, too.
August 1st, 2006 at 7:52 am
Yeah, I hope it’s not a trend. Landis has been pretty vocal about his innocence. If the B sample comes back positive for artificially enhanced testosterone, it will hurt not only Landis, but the sport.
August 8th, 2006 at 1:43 am
Saw the end result of the enquiry, big shame about his title being taken from him. But I expected they would after the second test. I don’t think it will harm the sport though, as it happens at the olympics quite a bit. Let’s hope he can put it behind him and win without help next time.