News, Research and Commentary about the Floyd Landis doping allegations.
CLOSED 31-DEC-2008
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One of TBV's sons gives Landis a "thumbs up" at the Tour of California, February 21, 2006 -- before things got complicated.
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Finding Ways to Help Others is on a big charity ride/survivor-like event, and Landis was on hand for a send-off:
Floyd Landis was present this morning to wish us all a fair well and safe riding up the coast. His words of wisdom where to ride hard the first 3 or 4 days so that we are tired out by the time we reach our last leg of our journey so we won't beat him up too much. He plans to connect with our group on Oct 24th.
Posted by DBrower at 10/12/2008 08:47:00 PM
What was a daily roundup became an "irregular report" of links with specific Landis interest, with brief comment. We avoided bashing, gushing, or gross stupidity. Unless it was funny.
We're still around for mail, but don't expect much or quick response. Thanks!
Comments are welcome, but may be edited/moderated or deleted for propriety and relevance. The decision of the judges is final. Your milage may vary, taxes and license additional.
"As always, Trust but Verify has the best coverage, if you want to delve into it." (Doucheblog)
"Floyd Landis: Blog on Landis Doping Allegations" (LA Times [better than nothing])
Total Poindexter Website Prize: to the fabulous geniuses over at trustbutverify, who not only are perhaps the most impassioned defenders of Floyd Landis' virtue beyond only the boy himself, but actually seem to understand the detailed scientific arguments they put out that the rest of us (well, me) are too stupid to even coherently summarize. Floyd, you better be innocent, or you owe these folks a *major* freakin' apology! (racejunkie)
"TalkingpointsBeforeVeracity " (Will@topix, our #1 fan)
"For another solid synopsis of the latest developments check out the always trenchant Trust But Verify site." (JohnnyBaseball)"For more in-depth daily coverage, go to trustbut.blogspot.com)." (Martin Dugard, author of Chasing Lance)
"Who does awards for blogs? I sense a nomination is in order." (Carlton Reid, of BikeBiz)
"Hands-down champion of full-and I mean full-coverage of this hearing is the blog Trust But Verify. You'll have to have excellent background knowledge of the issues, and wade through page after page of detail to get to anything interesting, but it's raw and unfiltered and all there. The guy who runs the site, a cycling fan from Northern California, began casually providing a clearinghouse for Landis case news nearly 10 months ago, and now he has the haunted look of a man whose life has been hijacked and wants it back. (Loren Mooney, co-author of Positively False, at Bicycling)"thank you for you balanced look at what is happening with floyd." (Michael Farrington. Green Mountain Cyclery, Ephata, PA.)
"This genuine Floyd basher would like to thank you for the hard work you put into this great resource." (Spinopsys Phil)
" Trust but Verify, the essential clearinghouse blog about the Landis case" (Mark McClusky of Wired magazine)
"if you want the latest news on the Floyd Landis case, Trust but Verify is the go-to site. The author is biased in favor of Floyd (so am I) but the reporting is neutral and comprehensive." (12string musings)"Great blog. You're tagged. " (BikingBis. Great, more work)
[More...]Thanks to Free Floyd for the idea, and Groklaw for some inspiration.
PK/Strbuk is similarly inclined.Bill Hue is a passionate about fairness and justice, and is relatively indifferent to Landis' guilt or innocence
Marc is an American living in Paris.
If someone who leans towards guilt would like to contribute directly, please inform us.
Sharing a diversity of viewpoints is the best way we know of to arrive at the truth.
5 comments:
UM, is that Haven Hamilton to the right? Seriously. I'm askin'. It looks like her, at least.
Scratch that - I think it's Mari Holden. She moved to CA not too long ago.
Hokay, kiddies. Today is Kohl's turn in the barrel:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/oct08/oct13news4
Once again, we've labelled a cyclist a doper based on the results from an "A" sample.
But golly, note the change in standard here. Maybe this is just a CN journalistic slip up, but it says we've decide the guy is a doper because his "A" sample was "non-negative." WTF? Meaning you're a doper if they (you?) can't prove you're not?
Reminds me of this exchange:
http://dobermann.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/very-small-rocks/
Cyclists might be made of wood.
Re: Kohl
I understand your point about nothing being proven by an "A" sample, but WOW!
In what is supposed to have been the "cleanest" Tour in years, we are now seeing five stage wins, a polka dot jersey and a podium finish implicated.
I'm a fan of neither witchhunts nor cheaters. Here's hoping they all go away.
It would seem AFLD, in the fall of 2008, feels no ethical, legal, or professional obligation to follow the rules related to the reporting of AAF’s associated with an athlete’s A-Sample. On the other hand, perhaps the results are being reported to the team and a “betrayed” Holczer is running to L’Equipe with the story? Either way, it’s not in the athlete’s interest for news of an A-Sample AAF to be made public prior to analysis of the B-Sample. But then again, it matters little. AFLD will validate its own results related to the A-Samples. That’s understood and the same as it’s always been. (I’m assuming the same senario with Kohl. Guilty or not, they’re always guilty)
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/oct08/oct14news2
Stefan Schumacher has a bit more time to ask for his B-sample of his positive doping test to be analysed. The usual five-day period has been doubled for Schumacher and he will have to demand the B-sample analysis with the French Anti-Doping agency (AFLD) directly, rather than through his national federation.
The reason for this change in procedure is the fact that the Tour de France was not held under UCI regulation this year. Therefore, the French rules apply for the doping procedures. AFLD gives athletes who live in a foreign country ten days to ask for the B-sample.
Schumacher had received documents from the French prosecution one week ago, which his lawyer, Michael Lehner, forwarded to the German federation (BDR). After checking with AFLD, the UCI (international cycling union) and NADA (German national anti-doping agency) the BDR will wait before deciding on any further action. "The 2008 Tour de France was not done under UCI regulation, but under French national law. AFLD will forward the results to us after they are done with their investigations," said BDR's Secretary-General Martin Wolf.
(Rather generous of AFLD. An extra five days for non-French riders to decide upon the inevitable.)
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