Floyd Landis speaks...

[AMP]

Here are some jumping off places for blood doping in professional cycling:
*David Walsh, sportswriter for The London Times co-wrote
L.A. Confidentiel: Les Secrets de Lance Armstrong. I don't believe this book has been translated from the French.
*He also wrote From Lance to Landis.
*I also watched an hour-long interview with Greg Lemond on YouTube. The man is an artless speaker and not particularly charismatic; there was no slick "spin," but he convinced me of the problem of doping. I watched him and cried.

*www.velocitynation.com has a 4/20/2009 article with physiologist Michael Asheden that lays out the EPO testing ol Lance Armstrong.
Also same site today: Armstrong's former wife is cooperating with the invesigation.
These are just the briefest of starts.

Frankly there's just too much written on the subject of blood doping for me to ignore, pretend, or try to blame the French (which alarmingly keeps popping up.)

It is sad. But I would rather take the guy who came in dead last clean than a winner who cheats.
I don't buy the jealousy angle. Anger, yeah. But why isn't anyone attacking Michael Phelps if this is all about jealousy? Are cyclists the only jealous athletes?
The more I read about this, the more the subject of Omerta keeps coming up. There's just too much money involved. My husband read that the difference between doping and not doping is competing in world class races and million dollar deals or working in a bike shop.
I'm glad this spotlight is on the sport. I hope it does the good it's meant to.
My hero at this point is special agent Jeff Novitzky who led the investigtion against Barry Bonds and Marion Jones and will be lead on this one.
The professional racing side of the sport needs a thorough scrubbing.
'Nuff said.

[tctrek]

I think if Floyd was compelled to 'fess up and admit he was doping, that's fine. What I hate is that he is talking about 16 other riders that he says are doping. He didn't need to do that. I don't know what his angle is or why he's doing it, but that was over the top and unnecessary.

[Tri Girl]

i think if floyd was compelled to 'fess up and admit he was doping, that's fine. What i hate is that he is talking about 16 other riders that he says are doping.

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[maillotpois]

Here are some jumping off places for blood doping in professional cycling:
*David Walsh, sportswriter for The London Times co-wrote
L.A. Confidentiel: Les Secrets de Lance Armstrong. I don't believe this book has been translated from the French.

I read the book when it came out. I wasn't all that impressed, honestly. It was a lot of innuendo and trying to link Lance's cancer with his alleged prior drug use.

[Thorn]

*www.velocitynation.com has a 4/20/2009 article with physiologist Michael Asheden that lays out the EPO testing ol Lance Armstrong.

Fascinating read. Thanks.