Floyd Landis: Please Wait and See......

Wow. I had my heart ripped out, got punched in the gut, and had my legs chopped out from under me all from one quick item in the morning sports update. It seems that Floyd Landis, the winner of Le Tour de France, tested positive for using testosterone. Floyd had been a very strong inspiration to me in the last couple of weeks. We have been moving out of an apartment that we lived in for 16 years and there was an awful amount of work to be done, in the summer heat no less. I looked to Floyd and the other men of Le Tour for strength and the never say die attitude that I need to get the job done. But now was it all a lie? Are there no happy endings, no faerie tales. Well I say let's wait and hear the ENTIRE story. Cause something smells real bad about this and it ain't Floyd's bike shorts.

1) Are there any athletes in another sport that undergo more drug testing than the bikers in Le Tour? Why would any rider even tempt fate, knowing he would be tested? And why with a drug that is detected with a simple blood test like testosterone. Hell, I have had my levels checked. If you go to the doctor and complain of fatigue and muscle pain that is one of the tests the doctor should order. Synthetic testosterone is available at your local pharmacy with a prescription. With all the designer and so called undetectable steroids out there why would a rider mess with testosterone in the first place. If Floyd did this I would put akin to Barry Bonds standing on top of the dugout injecting himself in front of the crowd.

2) If it was in his system, was he aware of it? Could Floyd have been slipped a 'mickey'? Riders know not to take food or water from the crowd, but when Floyd bonked on stage 16 could he have slipped and taken say a water bottle from the crowd? Perhaps. It is no big secrete the France did not want to see another American win Le Tour.

3) Can we trust the test? Lance Armstrong has been accused on numerous occasions of doping or taking steroids, but nothing has ever stood up to close scrutiny. I feel that Floyd will be vindicated.

Well time will tell and we shouldn't rush to judgment. I think the real story will come out and Floyd will remain the champ......