Tour de France 2006 Outside Online
I was glad to see another American winning the Tour de France, if only to show a triumphant American face to the world after Lance Armstrong was dragged through the mud with accusations of drugging. Now Phonak has confirmed that Floyd Landis has tested positive for drugs. http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2344
You may recall that Irish sports reporter, David Walsh leveled drugging accusations aganist Lance Armstrong in 2001, in an article for the London Sunday Times. I hated that, because I always liked Lance, and thought he was a straight-up guy. I didn't want to believe that he really, knowingly took performance enhancing drugs. Why trash the guy now, besmirching his greatest accomplishments after-the-fact?
In their article of July 6, 2006, Armstrong Drops French Lawsuits, Procycling Magizine had this to say:
Armstrong received a ruling in his favour last week at the High Court in London in a case against the Sunday Times, which had run extracts from the Walsh and Ballester book. That followed the recent decision of an arbitration tribunal in Texas ordering insurance company SCA Promotions to pay Armstrong $7.5 million dollars on an unpaid policy which the company had refused to hand over, citing allegations from the book.
No telling where it will all lead, but I'll be very sad and disappointed if it doesn't turn out to be a false positive test, or false accusations.
Here's the story as the LA Times reported it on July 28, Tour de France Winner in Limbo After Drug Test.
I was glad to see another American winning the Tour de France, if only to show a triumphant American face to the world after Lance Armstrong was dragged through the mud with accusations of drugging. Now Phonak has confirmed that Floyd Landis has tested positive for drugs. http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2344
You may recall that Irish sports reporter, David Walsh leveled drugging accusations aganist Lance Armstrong in 2001, in an article for the London Sunday Times. I hated that, because I always liked Lance, and thought he was a straight-up guy. I didn't want to believe that he really, knowingly took performance enhancing drugs. Why trash the guy now, besmirching his greatest accomplishments after-the-fact?
In their article of July 6, 2006, Armstrong Drops French Lawsuits, Procycling Magizine had this to say:
Armstrong received a ruling in his favour last week at the High Court in London in a case against the Sunday Times, which had run extracts from the Walsh and Ballester book. That followed the recent decision of an arbitration tribunal in Texas ordering insurance company SCA Promotions to pay Armstrong $7.5 million dollars on an unpaid policy which the company had refused to hand over, citing allegations from the book.
No telling where it will all lead, but I'll be very sad and disappointed if it doesn't turn out to be a false positive test, or false accusations.
Here's the story as the LA Times reported it on July 28, Tour de France Winner in Limbo After Drug Test.