Landis Tests Positive

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"You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

[Lindercles 0]

Ok, so his sample tested positive for high levels of testosterone, but not for any actual drugs, and he's now having his second sample tested to try to rule out a bad test.

So what can they prove with that?

[jakee 1,596]

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Ok, so his sample tested positive for high levels of testosterone, but not for any actual drugs, and he's now having his second sample tested to try to rule out a bad test.

So what can they prove with that?

I'll repeat what I said in the SC thread, many (perhaps even most) forms of doping involve adding to substances already present in the body - transfusions to increase red blood cell count, Human Growth Hormone, testosterone, EPO - the list is long and ever increasing.

Sufficiently increased levels of any of these substances would be treated as proof that the rider has been doping.

There is a B sample that is probably being tested as we speak to rule out faulty testing of the first sample. If the B sample comes back with the same results then Landis will be kicked out of his team and will face a two year ban from pro cycling and possible criminal charges.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[WatchYourStep 0]

What can they prove with what?

"You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."

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What can they prove with what?

With the fact that he has elevated testosterone levels. But jakee pretty much just answered it.

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Yeah we both posted at the same time.

"You start off your skydiving career with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience up before your bag of luck runs out."