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Would have the Tour de France officials tested Landis for "high testosterone" if he hadn't been American? |
In other words, are Europeans tired of seeing their precious bicycle race won by Americans and had to try and dequalify him?! They test the yellow jersey holder, the stage winner, and another six random cyclists every stage. Floyd was the winner of Stage 17, the stage where he came back from more that 8 minutes down, so he was tested. The test showed him positive for elevated testosterone. Testosterone is a naturally occurring male hormone that is banned when it is found in a ratio greater than 4:1 to another hormone, epitestosterone. Landis said his test results had nothing to do with doping, and that the high level of testosterone in his body was the result of his natural physiology. They tested Floyd because he was the stage winner, not because he is American. The fact that the French laboratory that conducted the test on Landis was the same one which was involved in some of the allegations against Lance Armstrong, well that's another question... Source(s): http://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news;_ylt=agr... Let me geuss your American? He cheated, he got disqualified, it dosnt matter if hes american or not. In almsot every sport the winner gets tested for performance enhancers. There not picking on him because hes American. If he was spanish, or french the same tests would of gone on. He cheated, and therefore deserves to get disqualified (By the way im not european) Yes they would... It is not because he is american... Ullrich, Basso, Mancebo and several other non-american was also excluded without any clear evidence... Why should they? It must be fair for all and when someone (american or non-american) cheats they must be disqualified... Yes, all stage winners are tested regardless of nationality. After each stage the Yellow Jersey, stage winner, and two random riders are tested. I'm sure the Europeans are tired of seeing us win the Tour, but the France is the only country not winning anything. Belgium, Spain, Germany, and Italy are all winning big races regularly. SLITHER THEY ALL GET TESTED MA |
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