American busted doping in Tour De Wussie...

[Devastatin Dave]

This is just breaking so i don't have a link. It looks like there was a high amount of testosterone found in his system. I wonder if its a high amount of testosterone compared to the Euros, in which would be more understandable!!!
Oh, found a link...
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf200...ory?id=2531225

[Don Corleone]

I think his mother summed it up best. Let's wait until we have some facts back on this. If when they do, it comes to light that he doped, he should be stripped of the title. If not, so be it.

By the way, I know the racing purists in Europe cannot stand that Lance Armstrong won once, let alone seven times... but produce a positive test result that shows he ever doped or EDIT drop it.

Sorry about that. I didn't realize how harsh that sounded until I read myself quoted by Dave. I was making a play off an old expression 'Put up or shut up'. No offense to anyone intended.

[Devastatin Dave]

I think his mother summed it up best. Let's wait until we have some facts back on this. If when they do, it comes to light that he doped, he should be stripped of the title. If not, so be it.

By the way, I know the racing purists in Europe cannot stand that Lance Armstrong won once, let alone seven times... but produce a positive test result that shows he ever doped or shut up.

Good to see you Don!!!
I agree, this will probably turn out to be another, "The American won, so lets fake some tests and spread rumors about it since our riders are sissy girls compared to the superior American males."

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Tour de Wussie?

Jeez Dave, its not my fave sport either but "wussie?"

What do they have to do, run a "tour" from Kandahar to Tel Aviv via Bagdad, Tikrit and Beirut to score enough points for you?

Don C has dealt excellently with the substance of the controversy.

[L'Impresario]

I'm vaguely familiar with cycling, but even I had heard of the various scandals recently.

Speculation that Landis had tested positive spread earlier Thursday after he failed to show up for a one-day race in Denmark on Thursday. A day earlier, he missed a scheduled event in the Netherlands.

On the eve of the Tour's start, nine riders -- including pre-race favorites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso -- were ousted, implicated in a Spanish doping investigation.

The names of Ullrich and Basso turned up on a list of 56 cyclists who allegedly had contact with Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, who's at the center of the Spanish doping probe.

[English assassin]

I agree, this will probably turn out to be another, "The American won, so lets fake some tests and spread rumors about it since our riders are sissy girls compared to the superior American males."

Yeah, it could do. On the other hand I was watching the coverage of stage 16 when Landis blew it, and stage 17 when he made the most amazing comeback, and I for one am hoping that he is proved clean so that my memory of an incredible day's sport is unsullied.

Please don't tell any other Euroweenies or my membership of the satanlovers club may be revoked.

BTW is the Tour de France about the most hardcore sports event in the world, or what?

[Spetulhu]

Do you actually believe any of those guys are clean? Whole cycling stables go down every time the testers find out about a new doping method.

[Dutch_guy]

BTW is the Tour de France about the most hardcore sports event in the world, or what?

It most certainly is.

By the way, I know the racing purists in Europe cannot stand that Lance Armstrong won once, let alone seven times... but produce a positive test result that shows he ever doped or EDIT drop it.

Don't worry, only the French hate him for it .

As for me, I don't believe he used anything Illegal to win the tour, he was simply the best and was able to control the entire Tour because of his great team - that's why he won, 7 times.

Anyway, on Topic,

Who knows why he didn't show up at the race, according to what I've read the pain his hip caused was to much for him to participate. And yes, I know the link to drug use is an easy one, but let's wait what he has to say on the matter.

[Vladimir]

I'm telling you it was beer doping. That's probably why he didn't show up for those other two races.

[Reverend Joe]

Good to see you Don!!!
I agree, this will probably turn out to be another, "The American won, so lets fake some tests and spread rumors about it since our riders are sissy girls compared to the superior American males."

This is just breaking so i don't have a link. It looks like there was a high amount of testosterone found in his system. I wonder if its a high amount of testosterone compared to the Euros, in which would be more understandable!!!

Geez, Dave...you seem to be all out to prove your manliness, or at least the manliness of American men...

Do you harbor a secret love of European men? Come on, you can talk about it... you're amongst friends.

[Devastatin Dave]

Do you harbor a secret love of European men? Come on, you can talk about it... you're amongst friends.

Its the BO. Hygienically-challenged unbathed Euros simply make me all hot.

[macsen rufus]

All Europeans are psychologically ill.

We must be -- we sent people across one of the world's most inhospitable seas just to set up America. Nuts, total fruitbats, must be ......

I reckon with regard to sports, why not just have two sections: Open and Restricted? In the open section do any damn thing you like to enhance performance, in the restricted -- well, unnatural enhancements are restricted, and it'll all be down to training and talent alone. Guess that won't stop ALL cheating, but severe penalties could be applied....

[Spetulhu]

Its the BO. Hygienically-challenged unbathed Euros simply make me all hot.

We're enlightened, we know people don't die from a little dirt. And a Russian Shower saves time when you're running late.