msnbc.msn.com — It is not confirmed that the Unnamed Tour rider that tested positive for doping is in fact Landis. MSNBC's website now lists a headline at the top of the page confirming that his team mates have indeed said he tested positive after recieving a drug test.
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timmygunzJul 27, 2006
While I'll be the first to say I'm not a fan of cycling, the amount of athleticism required to compete and finish the Tour de France dwarfs anything that a NASCAR rider could ever dream of!
jugalatorJul 27, 2006
"It's inaccurate because even the article says it's not confirmed."The title says it's confirmed he gave a positive drug test, not that it's confirmed he was disqualified. The title is not incorrect, it *has* been confirmed he was giving out a positive drug test. And now, he's going to do the B test too. But again, it has been confirmed he gave positive drug test A."There is no positive drug test."Yes, drug test A was positive. That's the news here.
lnxaddctJul 27, 2006
sorenlloyd, They still haven't confirmed it. They need to test his "B" sample and all of his other tests showed that he wasn't doping. This is probably some scandal trying to discredit Landis.
egghead152Jul 27, 2006
Athletes that use illegal performance enhancing drugs for international sports should be exiled. They disgrace America, and we don't need anymore degrease.
eddiemerckxJul 27, 2006
Good thing they don't test for estrogen, or we'd have no French riders.
eddiemerckxJul 27, 2006
Recovery products such as growth hormone and testosterone can be used with little risk of detection, at least with the current methods. Growth hormone is undetectable at the moment anyway, while testosterone can be injected as long as the athlete stays below the 4:1 testosterone:epitestosterone ratio. If his normal ratio is 2:1, that gives him a wide range to work within.There is no cast-iron test to detect use of testosterone. Rather, a limit is applied to the ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone in a person's urine.Most people have a ratio of between 1.5-2:1, but the limit - like the blood hematocrit limit of 50 percent - is 4:1 (for men) to allow for those with naturally high testosterone levels. If it's greater than this level, then it's considered a positive unless an athlete can prove that he is always this high.
xenolonJul 27, 2006
what's interesting is that cyclists dope with EPO, as you have stated. EPO enhnaces the oxygen carrying capacity of red blood cells. cycling (grand tour cycling) is an endurance sport, and that's what matters in an endurance sport, oxygen delivery.testosterone will help build muscle, but this is primarliy useful during training. taking it during the middle of a race would have little benefit for that day. also, tour cyclists have to focus on keeping their weight down to have the highest possible power-to-weight ratio, and huge muscles are of most importance to track sprinters.also, the masking agents for testosterone are much more well known and easier to detect than the masking agents for EPO.he may well have been juicing, as most professional athletes are, but it's interesting that they didn't say it was EPO.
meatmcguffinJul 27, 2006
larger army != better army
Closed AccountJul 27, 2006
First Lance Bass announces he's gay and now this. The world is truely coming to and end.
Closed AccountJul 28, 2006
@dsm0ndRTFA