In case you didn’t hear it yet, Floyd Landis admits to the Wall Street Journal that he took performance enhancing drugs beginning in 2002. CNN.com has a good article, as does the WSJ (subscription may be required).
Not content to simply clear his own conscience, Landis accuses Lance Armstrong and other current cyclists of doping as well. Landis says he spent up to $90K a year on drugs and has used up the entire $1M plus that he raised for his defense against doping allegations following his Tour de France victory. Of course Floyd says on that particular occasion he actually wasn’t using testosterone (though he had in the past) but why would you believe a doper?
I guess that whole Floyd vs. Lance showdown at the Leadville 100 is finally off the table once and for all. 🙂
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May 21, 2010
Yes, Floyd seems to have turned his back on his Mennonite upbringing and threw everything under the bus, but some of the greatest names in cycling have also tangled with the "dope". Least we forget Merckx in the early 70's, our 1984 Olympic squad...Hegg, Twigg, the classics riders of Delgado, Riis and Pantani, plus the other homegrown dope head like Tyler Hamilton. Isn't Rock Racing based upon former Test Failures?
Did Lance play dirty?? Only time will tell. Jury is still out.
May 23, 2010
May 21, 2010