Floyd Landis speaks...

[Triskeliongirl]

That was me

I hate to do the 'I told you so' but I have long given up on the idea that any of these guys are riding clean.

But to me its not just the riders fault, its the fans fault too, and what has become of the sport. They don't blow up those mountains on gu and water.........

When all this started, one of the biochemists here on TE said of the results

Well, ladies, it looks like we can finally rule out that he's a plant

*(http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?p=105391 post #10) -- one of my all time favorite TE quotes.

[Triskeliongirl]

But you guys know, now I do admire Floyd for speaking out because he is trying to clean up the sport. Better late than never, like the rest of these guys.

[ny biker]

But you guys know, now I do admire Floyd for speaking out because he is trying to clean up the sport. Better late than never, like the rest of these guys.

I disagree. Anyone who keeps on lying and lying and lying while asking total strangers to donate money to pay his legal bills deserves nothing. I just feel bad for his mother.

David Millar did it right -- confessed immediately and was one of the first big names to join the first team that was built on an anti-drug policy.

And p.s. if DZ needs drugs then Garmin would be the last team he would want to race for.

[Nanci]

I disagree. Anyone who keeps on lying and lying and lying while asking total strangers to donate money to pay his legal bills deserves nothing. I just feel bad for his mother.

I agree. He's gotta be getting a huge paycheck for this. Probably an even better book deal; Poor Little Floyd Tells All. Insider's Guide To TDF Doping.

[kenyonchris]

I agree. He's gotta be getting a huge paycheck for this. Probably an even better book deal; Poor Little Floyd Tells All. Insider's Guide To TDF Doping.

Absolutely. When it becomes more profitable to confess than to continue to deny, confession becomes a business decision.

[Thorn]

When it becomes more profitable to confess than to continue to deny, confession becomes a business decision.

You one-upped me in the cynic department...although I don't at all disagree with your assessment.

But, as long as there is money to be made, someone, somewhere will find a way to cheat.

[zoom-zoom]

Lance gives his side of things:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/arms...news_headlines

[Jiffer]

Yeah, this totally bums me out. I even met Floyd at a thing he did at our LBS and my husband had a "epic ride" with him. Still have photos of the event in our bike cabinet. Not to mention hubby read his book, bought the book for others and was given the book as a gift by at least two or three people. He seemed to lean toward believing Floyd, but luckily was never 100% convinced.

As for Lance, however, hubby says he's the most tested athlete in the world. The winners of the big races always get tested and when they do random testing, Lance seems to "randomly" get tested far more than anyone else. He has also been tested voluntarily many times, because he wants to prove he's clean. So, hubby has a harder time believing that accusation. I really hope the accusation is false. Nine Tour de France wins and one of the biggest names in sports. What a let down that would be.

[ridebikeme]

Well, like many of you I find this very upsetting. And if the truth be known, i truly did believe in the innocence of Tyler.

At any rate, after reading all of these emails, emails that were posted by Radioshak... it still does not set very well with me. There's still something that is missing from all of this.( at least that is what my gut tells me) I thought about this alot today, while walking the dogs, work, and then doing yoga tonight. The one thing that keeps popping in my head is why did Frankie Andreau, Greg Lemond and now Floyd all accuse Lance of doping? All at different times, but still the threat is there. Truly I want to believe that Lance is clean and that this is a misunderstanding, jealously or whatever... but the fact remains that many many cyclists have cheated and have for many years. How is it that a "clean" cyclist could compete and conquer against these people for so long? Obviously he has always had a very strong team, but is his strong will and strong team the only reason?

I don't know the answer(s), but what I do hope for is that the truth comes out, and that all of the doping procedures be reevaluated and all members of a team, director, cyclists, massage therapist, etc... be strongly evaluated as well. Whether now or sometime in the future, the truth will come out and I hope that the rest of the sporting world is listening and taking notes.

[tiva]

Doping has a long, long history in cycling. The wikipedia article is pretty amazing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ses_in_cycling

From the very beginning of cycle racing, doping has been a big part of it. Doping wasn't even outlawed in racing until the 1960s. In 1930, doping was so accepted that the organizers of the Tour de France warned racers that they'd have to bring their own drugs; the tour organizers weren't going to be giving them away for free anymore.

I'm not saying doping is safe--look at all the racers who have died from bad drugs. But it's part of the sport and it always has been, so why not just regulate it for professional racers, making it safer and fairer? That way, most racers wouldn't get an advantage that the very few people who abide by the rules don't get. Cycle racing could become like cross-country ski racing (which has separate races for classic technique, and for the much faster skate technique--faster, but for a while, outlawed.) Divide races into two classes: drugged and undrugged. Let racers chose which class they want to race in, and let doctors regulate the drugging so it stops killing racers.

[TrekTheKaty]

I disagree. Anyone who keeps on lying and lying and lying while asking total strangers to donate money to pay his legal bills deserves nothing. I just feel bad for his mother.

What she said.........