Landis details how to beat drug test

While I dislike the guy, I get the feeling he is positioning himself as the Jose Canseco of cycling (whether that is a good thing or bad things is a matter of opinion).

Canseco identified McGwire, Palmeiro, Giambi, and A. Rod as drug users. At the time, I think most people thought Palmeiro and A. Rod were clean. I hope the Landis accusations are false, but it wouldn't surprise me if he is 100% accurate.
 
This dirtbag has lost everything. He's positioning himself to profit from true and or false allegations for profit. Nobody should listen to a damn thing he says.
 
Although Canseco was seen as a gnat messing around with the steroid issue about 9 years ago, I think he actually had a lot to do with the recent changes to MLB. Count me in as one of the guys who said he was just trying to make a buck and disregarded him. And even if he was only in it for cash, it's undeniable to witness the changes.

Maybe that'll be the same thing with Landis, or at least I guess that's the best we could hope for. People who think he's 100 percent lying about everything are kidding themselves. Even if he's only 1 percent telling the truth, there might be enough in there to help change the outlook of the sport.
 
While Landis is obviously a very tainted person, the information in the article rings true (I am a physician).

Unfortunately, it casts a bad light on the sport that has been dirty for a long time.

I agree with the other poster that this might actually be the information that cleans the sport up.
 
Agreed - let's not kid ourselves. Doping in cycling and track/field has been an issue for quite some time. This is nothing new, and thinking they're almost entirely clean is probably being naive.
 
While I have no respect for Landis, I do hope that this information brings to light how people are cheating. It will be most interesting to me, to see if the results start to change dramatically for some other riders.
 
I tend to agree that something needs to be done to insure, or even re-establish the integrity of the sport. If it takes the exposure of real, or imagined dirty laundry to achieve that so be it. Hopefully the increased scrutiny will help weed out the cheaters and exonerate the falsely accused.
 
While I think it is a bit naive to think Lance isnt doing anything in a dirty sport, another part of me has an Occums Razor slant. If the most tested athlete in the world has never tested positive, maybe its because he is clean.

I mean, are Lance and his doctors the smartest guys on the planet so they can continually evade the tested game even as people are going through his trash looking for evidence of doping? That doesnt seem all that likely either.
 
Don't forget richest as well. They would have to ooze money to keep results quiet and pay people off to keep them from leaking to the press. Countless doctors and staff would make millions and millions being the person to get the story with facts out. Then there is the fact that many don't like Lance, especially over in Europe. It would be a win-win for somebody to get paid off big time and to disgrace him, the American.

I am not going to say he isn't doing something but like you said, he has not been caught and is tested vigorously. Way too much would have to take place to silence results like this of Lance Armstrong.
 
I still don't see what's wrong with what Landis said. Sure he's implicating Lance, but that doesn't mean that Lance has been found guilty or will be suspended.

Let the drug testers do their job with more information and let the cyclists risk all or play by the rules. Landis isn't tainting anyone's sample. He can talk all he wants. Much of what he says might be true. What's wrong with the truth? Why can't some people HANDLE the truth?
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I am not an attorney but doesn't libel or slander come into this? Landis may have the attitude that you cannot suck blood from a stone so he makes slanderous statements with no fear of being sued.
 
Ah, got it.

I wonder what it is that makes a person a public figure. I am not arguing at all that the ones he mentions are indeed just that. I am wondering exactly what position or success level one attains when they gain public figure status and lose the right to sue over accusations and what not.
 
Does anyone know how many people would have to be bribed to keep a positive test prior to the Tour de Switzerland quiet? How many people work in a cycling drug testing operation? That would be interesting to know.
How much would you have to pay each one to keep them from selling the story to a British or French tabloid which would pay very big money for such a story?
 
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