The latest on Floyd

[Kalidurga]

velonews.com: Landis attorney seeks dismissal

'Floyd Landis's attorney Howard Jacobs said Wednesday that he intends to request the dismissal of the doping case against client based on "inconsistencies in the testing protocol and methodology" used to show that the 2006 Tour de France was positive for testosterone...

... In a press release issued Friday, Jacobs's office noted that upon "review of 370 pages of documentation provided by the LNDD laboratory at Chatenay-Malabry, Jacobs and a team of scientific experts have found inconsistencies in the testing protocol and methodology that support Landis' innocence. Jacobs received the official document package on August 31."

"In our review of the documents detailing the tests on both the ‘A' and ‘B' sample, we have found evidence that supports our request for USADA to drop the doping charges against Landis," said Jacobs. "While I cannot comment on the full details of our findings, we now have the foundation for a very strong defense should the case proceed to arbitration." '

I just can't wait to see how Diminutive-for-Richard Pound responds to this...

[dobielover1]

I wonder what the inconsistencies are.

I'm still hopeful that he'll beat this.

[emily_in_nc]

I'm still hopeful that he'll beat this.

What she said!

~Emily

[mimitabby]

me too. Talk about a broken heart! I hope the attorneys get to the bottom of it.

[latelatebloomer]

He asked us to keep the faith and I'm keeping it. I have heard so many smart people say that something about this just ain't right.

[Xrayted]

I'm from Floyd's neck of the woods and all of us still have our signs up in support for him. Our LBS - Green Mountain Cyclery in Ephrata, PA (my hometown) - still has everyone's well wishes written all over the front windows. I truly hope he beats this but I think it is going to be one heck of an uphill battle for him. All of us around here still consider him the winner.

[Nanci]

So if they dismiss the doping charges, does he get his win back?