I just read the latest news article on Floyd Landis and if I were him I would just apologize and admit that I am guilty.  This latest statement by his attorney is laughable at best.  His attorney, Jose Maria Buxeda admits that the second sample will test positive and then went on to say,

 “However, Landis is "certain" he hasn't ingested banned substances and is "pretty sure" he can prove his innocence,”

Of course Landis is certain he did not ingest anything, he injected it into his rear end.  “Pretty sure” he can prove his innocence is not the same thing as I did not dope.  (I think this picture clearly shows that someone from Landis' race team is inserting a testosterone laced suppository up his arse.) His original statement in which Landis had to recite was bad enough, but now his attorney has all but admitted that Landis did the unthinkable.  There is an old saying that goes, “With friends like these who needs enemies.”  The same could be said for Landis’ attorney.  Take a look at this statement by Buxeda who is trying to explain why Landis could have a higher ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone,

"For instance, in cases of dehydration, maximum effort etc. sometimes the body does not behave as it usually does and that could maybe explain abnormal results, as it could be if the result is confirmed in our case,"

Once again trying to prove dehydration or any other natural cause for a high ratio does not explain the “synthetic” testosterone that has been confirmed to be the cause of the high ratio.  In other words, the fact is that the testosterone level was disproportionate because of something that was added to your system and not created by your body.

Let me be the first to congratulate Oscar Pereiro, picture to the right,  on his Tour de France win.   Pereiro was Phonak's lead rider from 2002-2005 until Floyd Landis moved over from Armstrong's team  to become their number one guy.  I find that just a wee bit ironic.

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