Landis Raising Funds in Houston to Fight Doping Charge
Tons of typos in this news blurb which misses that it took place in Houston, Texas:
Cyclist Landis raises more money for doping fight as tests go on
Emabattled 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis made a fundraising appearance at a suburban bicycle store here Tuesday even as retests of his doping samples were being done in France.
The 31-year-old American is combating the positive doping test he received after stage 17 of last year’s French cycling classic, showing he had a ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone that was higher than allowed.
Landis claims errors by the French lab processing the tests, including improper labels and contamination of samples, caused the positive outcome and makes the result unreliable.
Next month, Landis will make his case to the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) at an arbitration hearing with a goal of clearing his name and reputation and preserving his triumph.
“We can’t undo the damage that’s been done. We can’t fix it,” Landis said. “But we don’t want the next person to have to go through this.”
The same French lab Landis has complained about started analyzing the “B” sample of Landis’ urine tests on Monday at the request of USADA and process is expected to take about 10 days, although Landis argued against having the samples tested by the same labs he says botched his earlier tests.
Landis, who argeed not to race in this year’s Tour de France to delay a French probe into the matter, would become the first rider in more than a century of Tour de France history to be stripped of the title and could face a four-year competition ban that would effectively end his career.
“I didn’t do anything to cause this,” Landis said. “I was clearly convicted in the court of public opinion.”
At his appearance, supporters paid at least 25 dollars for an autograph and the chance to pose with Landis for photographs.
It was the latest stop on what has become a nationwide tour to raise money to defray legal costs of his fight - more than one million dollars so far.
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It is amazing to me that WADA and USADA can break all the rules in the book without having thier livlihood yanked away from them. What a bunch of self important morons. All Floyd wanted was an observer. This looks to be taking a step backwards.
Brian
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