Disgraced pro cyclist Floyd Landis is making some bombshell disclosures regarding doping in the peloton, especially during his time with the US Postal Service team.
Landis rode alongside Lance Armstrong on that team for several years. During this year's Tour of California, Landis disclosed that the use of performance-enhancing drugs and illegal techniques were prevalent during that time. Landis is reiterating those assertions in "Blood Brothers," a Wall Street Journal article published Saturday, the first day of the 2010 Tour de France.
Armstrong says the WSJ article is "full of false accusations" at LanceArmstrong.com.
[Updates with reaction from Armstrong, Hincapie and WADA]
In a series of e-mails written to cycling officials and sponsors disclosed by the Wall Street Journal and ESPN.com, Floyd Landis admits to doping to enhance his performance during his cycling career.
More explosive, however, are his assertions that Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, George Hincapie and David Zabriskie all participated in various forms of doping while they were together at the U.S. Postal Service cycling team.
Armstrong immediately rejected the accusations, but the World Anti-Doping Agency says it will investigate the charges.
Armstrong reacted before the beginning of Stage 5 of the Tour of California, with team manager Johann Bruyneel at his side:
"It's our word against his word. I like our word. We like our credibility. We have nothing to hide. Nothing to run from." ... more»
The head of France's anti-doping agency says that a French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for Floyd Landis in a computer hacking case at the Chatenay-Malabry laboratory.
That's the lab that found elevated levels of testosterone in Landis's samples during the 2006 Tour de France and eventually led to his two-year banishment from professional cycling.
Landis is not being accused of hacking into the computers at the lab, according to what I've read. The judge, Thomas Cassuto, does want to question Landis about how the allegedly hacked files ended up being used in his defense, though ... more»
"I don't think it's a possibility next year, or ever, for that matter. ... I can't foresee what the politics in cycling will possibly lead to but the organisations in control are not working well together. There are people caught in the crossfire and I happen to be one of them, so I don't know if the opportunity will come up again. I would like to. But it's very sensitive.
"I would need a team to invite me and they would have to be willing to take the risk that they wouldn't be used as some sort of... The UCI and Tour de France don't get on well at the moment and they like to use whatever they can, whatever pawns are in the middle, to try to make a point. Most teams are afraid of giving them any reason to make them the pawn."
-- Floyd Landis, the disgraced 2006 Tour de France champion discussing his chances of returning to race the Tour de France ... more»
That's not OUCH as in "owee." That's OUCH as in Occupational Urgent Care and Health Sports Medical Center of Temecula, California.
OUCH is the new primary sponsor of the former HealthNet-Maxxis cycling team. One of its first actions is to hire cyclist Floyd Landis when he becomes eligible to compete on Jan. 30, 2009.
Landis, 33, is currently serving a two-year suspension for doping during the 2006 Tour de France after a contentious and unsuccessful battle for more than a year to clear his name .... more»
The day after Lance Armstrong confirmed he's returning to professional cycling, here's news that Floyd Landis will ride his bicycle for the team currently sponsored by HealthNet - Maxxis.
Landis has been serving a two-year suspension for doping at the 2006 Tour de France. His lost his final appeal earlier this year.
CyclingNews reports that when Landis returns in January 2009, he'll join the team run by the Momentum Sports Group that's known by its sponsor, HealthNet-Maxxis. ..... more»
The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced this morning that it has rejected Floyd Landis's appeal of the doping case raised after the 2006 Tour de France.
The decision by the Switzerland-based board means that earlier rulings against Landis stand. The 32-year-old American cyclist had previously lost his championship for the 2006 Tour de France and had been banned from professional cycling for two years, beginning Jan. 30, 2007.
The CAS also ruled that Landis must pay the US Anti-Doping Agency $100,000 for the costs it incurred in fighting the latest Landis appeal... more»
The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it will announce its verdict in the Floyd Landis doping case at 11 a.m. (EST) Monday.
For nearly the past two years, the 32-year-old cyclist has been fighting accusations that he used testosterone to boost his performance during the 2006 Tour de France.
Along the way, he has been fired from his team, stripped of this 2006 Tour de France championship and been banned from professional cycling until Jan. 29, 2009. Now, he must wait three more days to learn whether those decisions will stand ... more»
Ten months ago, I wrote the headline "Floyd Landis doping case begins today."
Well, it's deja vu all over again. The Floyd Landis doping case begins again today, only it's in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport and it's behind closed doors.
Although it's an appeal of the 2-1 split decision in the original case heard last spring, the Court will hear the evidence as if it's a new case. Those who study this case say both sides will probably make presentations similar to last time.
The hearing will last about five days, then Landis goes back to waiting again for a decision. If it goes against him, he can't compete until his two-year suspension is lifted in January 30, 2009. If it goes in his favor, he can compete as soon as he lands a team and gets back in shape for racing.
One of the best places to find out about the case is at the Truth But Verify blog. Landis has been Topic No. 1 there since the site was created shortly after the 2006 Tour de France. Check out the "Eve of appeal Q and A" for answers to frequently asked questions.
Personally, as I'm often willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt, this case has had more ups and downs than 200 miles of stage racing through the Pyrenees.
Here are some highlights of the case so far paired with my ever-shifting personal opinion at the time ... more»
Several big names in recent cycling lore probably won't be competing in 2008 because of continued appeals of doping allegations or retirement after facing suspensions. There is, however, a surprise return engagement. Let me wrap up some highlights:
Floyd Landis, who was banned from pro cycling until January 2009, is appealing that decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Switzerland-based panel is the last stop for the American bicycle racer, whose troubles started in August 2006, soon after the conclusion of the Tour de France.
A hearing lasting up to five days with CAS is tentatively scheduled for March 19 in New York City. Unlike his USADA appeal, it will not be open to the public more»
Floyd Landis has begun filing appeals with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the last stage in his attempt to regain the 2006 Tour de France championship and overturn a 2-year ban from pro cycling.
The 90-page "brief," as reported at CNN, states that Landis is committed to removing dope from the sport of cycling.
"However, to wrongly strip a champion of his victory due to a flawed test is much worse than to have an athlete cheat his way to victory .... more»
So Oscar Pereiro is the new winner of the 2006 Tour de France* after cycling officials stripped Floyd Landis of the title and handed it to the Spaniard 15 months after the finish of the race.
Standing on the podium in Paris on July 24, 2006, I'm sure the only dream of a Tour de France win for the Caisse d'Epargne rider involved efforts in 2007 or 2008.
Little did he know that in less than a week, the beaming American standing on the top step of the podium would be accused of doping and eventually be stripped of his yellow jersey. ...... more»
Floyd Landis is taking his doping case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in an attempt to overturn the ruling that threatens to ban him from cycling until Jan. 30, 2009.
There are no more appeals left for Landis after the Swiss-based court hears the case.
Landis announced his appeal from his defense-fund website, the Floyd Landis Fund.
“Knowing that the accusations against me are simply wrong, and having risked all my energy and resources – including those of my family, friends and supporters – to show clearly that I won the 2006 Tour de France fair and square, I will continue to fight for what I know is right." ... more»
Silent for more than a week on Floyd Landis losing an appeal on doping charges, Lance Armstrong now says he doesn't understand how the arbitration board arrived at its 2-1 decision.
"When you are giving someone the death penalty, which they essentially did, you cannot tolerate shoddy work, which they clearly did. I don't understand that type of rationale. I don't understand the verdict.
"It's tough for Floyd; it's tough for cycling. But at the same time, it's also really tough and unfortunate for the fans of all athletes. You never know when you're in that position, when an athlete's in that position, and you want to make sure that everything's done right." ... more»
The three-judge arbitration panel that heard the doping case of Floyd Landis this spring has voted 2-1 to uphold the allegation that the American used synthetic testosterone during last year's Tour de France.
The ruling means that Landis faces a two-year ban from professional cycling, retroactive to Jan. 30, 2007, and that he must forfeit his Tour de France championship.
Oddly enough, however, Landis won a major part of his argument about the French lab doing sloppy work, but lost the case.
The panel rejected the results from testosterone-epitestosterone ratio tests .... more»
You never know who you're going to meet on a bicycle at a 10,000-foot mountain pass in Colorado.
Howard at the Why Howard Laughed blog, for instance, stumbled across Floyd Landis at the Tennessee Pass rest stop on the Colorado Cyclist Copper Triangle bike ride on Saturday.
That's why you should always carry a camera. Howard did, and now he has a picture on his blog of Landis posing.... more»
It looks like both Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong will be racing at the Leadville 100 mountain bike race on Aug. 11 afterall.
Rob Lucas at UltraRob Adventures first had the scoop last week, as he pieced together some info about Armstrong riding part of the Leadville course with trainer Chris Carmichael and scheduling a charity event in Colorado Springs -- 3 hours away -- on Aug. 9 ... more»
Seattle area cycling fans gave a warm welcome Thursday to Floyd Landis at perhaps his best appearance so far on a cross-country book tour to promote "Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France."
"You guys in Seattle got 'em all beat. Even better than Lancaster, Pennsylvania," Landis told me as he neared the end of a 1-1/2 hour session signing books (and shirts, and posters, and a bike).
Maybe he was just playing to the locals, but he did fill a room adjacent to Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park with some 500 cycling fans, many fresh off their bikes, who gave him a standing ovation when he entered. ...... more»
If you're interested in the Floyd Landis case and you have a half hour, head on over to the National Public Radio and listen to his Wednesday interview on "Talk of the Nation."
It's part of his nationwide book tour to publicize "Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France."
If you don't have a half hour, you can read an excerpt from the book that describes his ride on Stage 17 of the Tour de France. ... more»
Floyd Landis will be visiting the Seattle area this Thursday to sign copies of his book, "Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France."
The timing could prove interesting, as a decision by a three-judge arbitration panel on the doping charges brought by the US Anti-Doping Agency could be announced at any time.
Landis is scheduled to appear at 7 p.m. Thursday at Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park Towne Plaza, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. That's the shopping center right across the street from the intersection of the Burke-Gilman Trail and Ballinger Way ... more»
If you've already seen and heard enough of Floyd Landis, well, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
Landis' book, "Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France," comes out June 26 and he'll immediately start a book-signing tour that will take him to bookstores across the country.
I'd expect Landis, and maybe co-author Lauren Mooney of Bicycling magazine, to appear on radio and TV talk shows at the same time.
And don't leave out Landis's doctor, Arnie Baker.... more»
Eating too many doughnuts lately was Floyd Landis' excuse for an 8th place finish in the hill-climbing competition at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail.
Waiting to hear the results of a three-judge arbitration panel that could ban him from professional cycling for two years, Landis visited the extreme games event to meet and greet the public.
Floyd Landis finally got to the witness stand on Saturday to testify -- I assume to no one's surprise -- that he did not take performance-enhancing agents to win the 2006 Tour de France.
The surprise is that Landis was present, but unaware, when his business manager made that infamous call to Greg LeMond threatening to make public the story that LeMond had been sexually abused as a child.
Apparently they were sitting apart at dinner on Wednesday night, and Landis saw Will Geoghegan make a short phone call. Soon thereafter he got a call back but didn't answer it. Later, Geoghegan appears shaken up and tells Landis what he did. ... more»
Floyd Landis wanted a full and open hearing to defend the accusations that he doped during the Tour de France so the public could judge the veracity of the evidence against him.
What viewers got on Thursday was a tawdry peep show that had little relevance to the accusations, but revealed much about the depths that each side would sink to gain an advantage.
It happened when three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond was called to testify about a phone call he'd had with Landis soon after the doping allegations surfaced last year. ... more»
The US Anti-Drug Agency vs. Floyd Landis is now available in live video streaming and with video replays of previous testimony.
Simply, follow this link to the Floyd Landis case website, then follow the instructions there. On Wednesday, viewers were directed to a login page at Courtroom View Network where they logged one using a "Username" and "Password" provided on the Floyd Landis website.
I'm not repeating the username and password here, because they're different than the ones offered initially on Monday and might change again. However, problems encountered on Monday appear to be resolved. ... more»
(Updated) The US Anti-Doping Agency vs. Floyd Landis hearings, which began Monday, will be made available for viewing online at the conclusion of the days' proceedings.
Almost from the start, the Landis defense team has sought total visibility for the process used to try athletes for doping allegations. Making the videos available through Courtroom View Network is the latest manifestation of that. ... more»
After months of previews, the long-awaited Floyd Landis Show hits the courtroom this morning at a public arbitration hearing expected to last a couple of weeks at Pepperdine University in Malibu.
Landis will be fighting for his cycling life against charges issued by the US Anti-Doping Agency that he doped during the 2006 Tour de France.
It will be the first time that such an arbitration hearing to determine an athlete's future will be open to the public. I'm hoping to read informative first-hand coverage online, and I'll be looking specifically to the cycling press. ... more»
Memo to the US Anti-Doping Agency: You do not ask someone who has just won the Tour de France to rat out a former teammate who has won it 7 times and whose reputation is up there somewhere next to Mother Theresa.
But, according to Floyd Landis, the USADA lead attorney Travis Tygart approached Landis' attorney Howard Jacobs with such an offer last year.
Landis said Thursday that Tygart had told Jacobs that Landis could walk away from these doping allegations with "the shortest suspension they've ever given an athlete" if Landis could provide information on Lance Armstrong. ... more»
A French anti-doping laboratory has found synthetic testosterone in seven "B" samples taken from Floyd Landis during the 2006 Tour de France.
Landis, who has long-criticized the procedures at the lab, immediately said a representative of his defense team was blocked from entering the lab to observe technicians perform some of the tests. See FloydLandis.com.
The follow-up tests were ordered by the US Anti-Doping Agency, which is preparing a case against Landis, who was found to have a high testosterone/epitestosterone ratio after one stage of the Tour de France.
Probably a surprise to no one, the results were leaked to the French newspaper L'Equipe, which appears to be the publishing arm of the Laboratoire National de Dépistage du Dopage. No one else has seen the results. ... more»
Cyclist Floyd Landis' attorneys are objecting to a ruling that allows retesting of his Tour de France urine samples that had previously been found to be negative.
To add insult to injury, the samples will be retested at the same French laboratory where Landis alleges mistakes were made that resulted in positive results on "A" and "B" urine samples and led to charges of blood-doping against the 2006 Tour de France winner.
Landis has been battling the doping charges since shortly after the conclusion of the Tour de France. If he loses his upcoming case (scheduled to begin May 14 in Malibu) and any subsequent appeals, he would be stripped of his Tour de France championship and be banned from professional cycling for two years. ... more»
The place to learn some inside scoop about the Tour de France on Saturday was inside the noisy former seaplane hangar that hosted the 2007 Group Health Seattle International Bicycle Expo.
Cycling commentator and former pro Frankie Andreu (left) -- himself a veteran on nine Tour pelotons -- said the 2006 Tour de France was one of the "most amazing" he'd ever seen, because he never knew what was going to happen next.
That uncertainty continues to this day, as Andreu says he can't guess what the future holds for Tour winner Floyd Landis, who prepares to answer doping charges at an administrative hearing in May.
Andreu noted that Landis and his defense team have pointed to "a lot of inaccuracies" at the French lab that analyzed the urine samples that led to the doping accusations. But, "we've only heard from one side," he said. He wants to wait to hear from the other side -- the anti-doping agency and its witnesses -- before he decides about the case. ... more»
Cyclist Floyd Landis' hometown paper got the inside scoop about the beleaugered Tour de France winner's new book from a close source, Floyd's mother Arlene.
Entitled "Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won The Tour de France," the book is being written with Bicycling magazine associate executive editor Loren Mooney and is scheduled for a June 26 release, just before the Tour de France and after the results of his hearing on doping accusations are known.
I'm thinking they should have borrowed the title from Lance Armstrong's first book, and called it, "It's Not About the Drugs." more»
Floyd Landis promised French anti-doping authorities on Thursday that he won't race in the upcoming Tour de France, or any French bike race, this year.
In return, the French anti-doping agency said it would postpone its case against Landis until after the US Anti-Doping Agency rules on the charges.
This should be a surprise to no one. Here it is February. Landis has no team, he's running around the country trying to raise money for his defense, he's still trying to get back into shape after hip surgery last fall, and he has already been quoted that he's "pretty much" ruled out cycling for this season. I'd say no 2007 Tour de France for Landis was a foregone conclusion. ... more»
Last year's winner of the Tour of California, Tour de Georgia and Tour de France has pretty much ruled out professional cycling this year, Floyd Landis said in an interview at ESPN.com.
The pokey pace of his doping case means he's written off the 2007 season, even if he's vindicated.
I'm glad Landis has stayed motivated the past few months and held onto the prospect of cycling this year, but it doesn't seem much of a surprise that this case has dragged out so long. ... more»
In the irony of ironies, Spanish cyclist Oscar Pereiro is being questioned by French anti-doping authorities for two failed drug tests during the Tour de France.
The number 2 finisher in last year's Tour, Pereiro, left, had been all but annointed with the yellow jersey as 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis fights accusations that he doped during the Tour. If Landis loses the fight, he loses the Tour title.
If Pereiro can't satisfactorily respond to the doping accusations, the title might go to -- bear with me while I look this up -- No. 3 finisher Andreas Kloden (Germany) of T-Mobile. But the French newspaper Le Monde says six other unidentified cyclists are being challenged.
As we go down the GC, we don't get to a Frenchman until AG2R's Cyril Dresser in No. 7. That might sound a little fishy, but Le Monde reported that some of the cyclists being challenged were Frenchmen. .... more»
Do you think Floyd Landis is getting a raw deal? Supporters have launched the Floyd Fairness Fund in hopes of raising $2 million to support the costs of his defense.
Landis, winner of the 2006 Tour de France, is defending his title and career against doping allegations that arose shortly after the Tour.
A French laboratory alleged that Landis's testosterone ratios did not fall within accepted levels. Landis is preparing to defend himself ... more»
One of the hottest match-ups for the coming year -- Lance Armstrong vs. Floyd Landis at the Leadville 100 -- has apparently fizzled out.
Armstrong announced at The Paceline website that he will not be racing in the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race on Aug. 11, 2007, as previously indicated due to a "scheduling conflict."
I'm marking that date on my calendar just to see ... more»
While their son talks to reporters from newspapers and magazines in Europe and the US, Floyd Landis's parents talked to the local Rotary Club this week.
Landis's strict Mennonite upbringing by his parents became an interesting sidelight to his career in 2006 as he racked up more and more bicycle race wins. But his parents were thrust into the news with the accusations that their son doped to win a stage of the 2006 Tour de France. Paul and Arlene had slightly different takes on their experiences since the doping allegations ... more»
This is like one of those fantasy matches: "What if Satchel Paige pitched against Ichiro," or "What if Johnny Unitas' Baltimore Colts took on Peyton Manning's Indianapolis Colts?"
The Floyd Landis camp issued a press release Tuesday that their guy is going to get on his mountain bike and race in the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race, scheduled Aug. 11, 2007, in Leadville, Colorado.
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong had already agreed to ride in Leadville. This sets up a challenge between two Tour de France winners in a slightly different contest.
Who's missing? Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, of course. Wouldn't that be a wild contest? ... more»
Floyd Landis is saying he'll quit the sport of bicycling if a review of his doping case by US authorities leads to a long suspension.
Doesn't it seem a little early to be making those kinds of threats? Landis has been working up a defense to the doping charges and trying to raise doubts about the veracity of the lab tests. His case will be heard before the US Anti-Doping Agency early next year. He hasn't lost yet.
If the charges are upheld, the authorities might be all too willing to test his threat ... more»
A few sports columnists have resorted to "turkey" or "what I'm thankful for" lists this Thanksgiving, and some of those have named bicycle racer Floyd Landis.
Carl Seward mentions Tour de France winner Landis, a few places below Randy Moss, in his Turkeys of the Year at insidebayarea.com:
"Floyd Landis. Boy, did Landis ever take us for a ride. All those years suspecting Lance Armstrong of doping, and this dude gets caught in his chain .... more»
While doping charges cloud his future in cycling, Floyd Landis visited the El Tour de Tucson bike ride that drew 8,125 participants this year.
Landis helped start the event on Saturday, watched from a scaffold, and talked with some of his supporters. He didn't participate in the 109-mile ride itself, although he has ridden in past years and actually won the race on a tandem in 1997.
The tandem's pilot that year was Dr. Arnie Baker, Landis' personal physician, who expanded on the cyclist's doping defenses ... more»
(Updated) The latest news of the weird concerning the doping case against American cyclist Floyd Landis is that someone has hacked into the French lab's servers and is sending bogus e-mails.
French police are investigating the virtual break-in after fake e-mails from the Chatenay-Malabry lab near Paris were sent to other anti-doping groups, such as WADA, the IOC, UCI, etc. The e-mails questioned the lab's responsibility in the Landis doping case and attached internal documents.
Although this is probably an outside job, it gives credence to the speculation that the lab isn't run as tightly as it should be. ... more»
This year's Tour de France runner-up Oscar Pereiro is expected to be the star attraction at the 2007 Tour de France route presentation on Thursday.
Beleaguered winner Floyd Landis won't be there; he's busy fighting doping charges. He wasn't invited anyway, as his team folded after tests on his urine samples showed out-of-balance levels of testosterone in his system.
It will interesting to see if Landis is even mentioned at the event ... more»
"It is a public relations effort by Landis to get public opinion behind him. It is easy to make up a power point presentation and put what you want on it."
That's the reaction of Pat McQuaid, head of the Union Cycliste Internationale, to a PowerPoint slideshow prepared by Floyd Landis doc Arnie Barker. The slides suggest problems with tests performed on Landis' urine samples, specimens were mishandled or mislabelled, and could have been contaminated.
McQuaid has more than a passing interest in ensuring Landis is found guilty ... more»
US bicycle racer Floyd Landis presented his defense against doping charges on his website Thursday. He cites the French lab for analytical errors, incorrectly labeled samples, not following international standards and lack of evidence chain-of-custody.
At least that's what I read in a couple of early news stories. By the time I logged on this morning to read the case he was making, the FloydLandis.com website was swamped or had crashed. Either way, I couldn't get in.
You might not think that "white-out" would be one of the materials used by technicians at a world class doping investigation lab.
But cyclist Floyd Landis' defense team claims that lab officials in France wrote down urine sample numbers on testing forms that did not match Landis' Tour de France bike race sample number. The mistake was covered over with white-correction fluid, USA Today reports, and Landis' number was written in. ... more»
Cyclist Floyd Landis expressed his sympathy to the Amish community near his hometown in Pennsylvania that was the site of Monday's schoolhouse shooting that left five girls dead.
He also pledged in a blog post at FloydLandis to donate funds to those affected by the shooting and urged anyone who would like to help to visit the Coatesville Savings Bank website for the Nickel Mines Children's Fund and the Roberts Family Fund.
Landis is recovering from hip surgery he underwent last week. He's also working on his defense against doping charges that could result in a 2-year ban from professional cycling and the loss of his 2006 Tour de France. ... more»
Cyclist Floyd Landis received word this week from the US Anti-Doping Agency that he's been formally charged with using performance-enhancing drugs during the Tour de France bicycle race.
The next step, a hearing before a three-person arbitration panel, could occur by January. The 30-year-old American cyclist has said he wants that hearing to be open to the public.
If Landis fails to convince the arbiters that the tests carried out by the French lab were flawed, the whole thing will end up in the lap of the Court of Arbitration of Sport. That's the last stop before Landis would be suspended from professional cycling for two years and lose his Tour de France title. He's already ... more»
Floyd Landis will launch his defense against doping charges next week when his attorney submits materials to a US Anti-Doping Agency review board that there's insufficient evidence to proceed against this year's Tour de France winner.
In a press release posted at FloydLandis.com, attorney Howard Jacobs says he and a team of scientific experts found "inconsistencies in the testing protocol and methodology" after reviewing 370 pages of documents provided by the French lab. ... more»
OLN bicycling commentator Phil Liggett was interviewed about the Floyd Landis affair last weekend by Carlton Reid of UK-based BikeBiz, a bicycle industry newsletter. Reid posted the interview online at YouTube.com in his Cycling News & View series.
"I'm still very skeptical about the whole thing," Liggett says. "The Laboratory (Châtenay-Malabry) is unscrupulous to say the least, because they shouldn't know the sample they're testing." ... more»
“And the more you get out there and talk about it, I have to talk about it. The best is just to let the process play out and get out of the media. ... I would have encouraged him just to lay low. ... more»
Floyd Landis appeared on Jay Leno's Tonight Show to offer still another possible reason why he tested positive for a high testosterone level in the Tour de France.
"I don't know if it's somehow or some way I ingested something that caused the tests to be that way,'' Landis told Leno. ... more»
If you still want to believe in Floyd Landis, then you'll want to read his interview in USA Today.
Landis, who's holed up at his home in Murrieta, California, blamed the leaks from Union Cycliste Internationale for his having to scramble to try and come up with an explanation for the out-of-whack testosterone-epitestosterone ratio. ... more»
It's a black day in cycling. As most everyone expected, even Floyd Landis, the much-anticipated "B" sample came back positive.
The 30-year-old Tour de France winner was immediately fired by the Phonak team. He'll probably lose his Tour de France championship as well, depending on the action of the US Anti-Doping Agency. ... more»
While we all sit around waiting for the French lab to test "B" sample from the Tour de France, here's what's happening on the Floyd Landis front.
Nothing. But that doesn't stop the flow of information. Here's a news item, a blog about organic chemistry, the reliability of lab tests, Bob Roll asking questions and a video from the Steven Colbert Report:
Landis has hired Howard Jacobs of Los Angeles as his attorney. Jacobs specializes in athlete-doping cases and was Tyler Hamilton's attorney. ... more»
Synthetic testosterone was detected in the Floyd Landis urine sample taken after Stage 17 at the Tour de France, an unidentified worker in the Union Cycliste International's anti-doping department told the New York Times.
If true -- none of this is official, the latest comes from an unidentified source -- it would fly in the face of the Tour de France winner's contention that the high ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone was a natural condition of his physiology. ... more»
Since a doping allegation is no frivolous matter in the sport of cycling, Floyd Landis skipped the Jay Leno show Friday night for an interview by Larry King on CNN.
"I'm going to do my best to defend my dignity and my innocence," the Tour de France winner told King.
Lance Armstrong spoke on the show in support of Landis' character. ... more»
We may know as early as Monday the results of an analysis of Floyd Landis' "B" sample and whether the American cyclist will be able to keep his 2006 Tour de France championship.
Making his first public appearance on Friday, Landis told a press conference that he has naturally high testosterone, and that he would undergo further testing to prove the high testosterone ratio is due to natural physiology. ... more»
Disgraced pro cyclist Floyd Landis is making some bombshell disclosures regarding doping in the peloton, especially during his time with the US Postal Service team.
In a series of e-mails written to cycling officials and sponsors disclosed by the Wall Street Journal and ESPN.com, Floyd Landis admits to doping to enhance his performance during his cycling career.
So Oscar Pereiro is the new winner of the 2006 Tour de France* after cycling officials stripped Floyd Landis of the title and handed it to the Spaniard 15 months after the finish of the race.
As the end of summer rolls around, I get this terrible feeling that there's something out there I'm forgetting about; something undone.
Floyd Landis will be visiting the Seattle area this Thursday to sign copies of his book, "Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France."
If you've already seen and heard enough of Floyd Landis, well, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
After months of previews, the long-awaited Floyd Landis Show hits the courtroom this morning at a public arbitration hearing expected to last a couple of weeks at Pepperdine University in Malibu.
Memo to the US Anti-Doping Agency: You do not ask someone who has just won the Tour de France to rat out a former teammate who has won it 7 times and whose reputation is up there somewhere next to Mother Theresa.
The place to learn some inside scoop about the Tour de France on Saturday was inside the noisy former seaplane hangar that hosted the 2007 Group Health Seattle International Bicycle Expo.
Cyclist Floyd Landis' hometown paper got the inside scoop about the beleaugered Tour de France winner's new book from a close source, Floyd's mother Arlene.
In the irony of ironies, Spanish cyclist Oscar Pereiro is being questioned by French anti-doping authorities for two failed drug tests during the Tour de France.
Do you think Floyd Landis is getting a raw deal? Supporters have launched the 
One of the hottest match-ups for the coming year -- Lance Armstrong vs. Floyd Landis at the Leadville 100 -- has apparently fizzled out.
Floyd Landis is saying he'll quit the sport of bicycling if a review of his doping case by US authorities leads to a long suspension.
This year's Tour de France runner-up Oscar Pereiro is expected to be the star attraction at the 2007 Tour de France route presentation on Thursday.
You might not think that "white-out" would be one of the materials used by technicians at a world class doping investigation lab.
Cyclist Floyd Landis received word this week from the US Anti-Doping Agency that he's been formally charged with using performance-enhancing drugs during the Tour de France bicycle race.
