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30 Jun, 2008 3:03 pm
... answered. Drugs in cycling are ubiquitous. They always have been. So, the fact that Floyd Landis
has exhausted his appeals of a positive doping test after Stage ... any athlete whose sample analysis resulted in an adverse analytical finding, Mr Landis had every opportunity to present his case to hearing panels at different stages ... procedural violations were not grounds to overturn the positive
doping test, return Landis' Tour title, or overturn his two year ban from cycling. Furthermore, the statement ...
23 Dec, 2006 12:05 pm
Some of you may recall that Floyd Landis is fighting allegations by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and
World Anti-Doping Agency that Landis used testosterone to win the Tour de France. Today's L.A. Times has an article about the fight ... about
how to attack the evidence when the case goes before an arbitration panel." The approach is being called the wiki defense. Landis's move seems
to accomplish at least two things: 1) He is forcing an otherwise closed process into ...
15 May, 2007 7:00 am
Expert witnesses will be questioned by a three-member arbitration panel in the Floyd Landis hearing
to determine if the cyclist used banned synthetic testosterone during the Tour de France. Performance Enhancing Drug Experts will answer questions from arbitrators and the opposing
party. Cycling Experts are also expected to testfiy. Landis could be banned for two years from cycling competitions and stripped of his title,
something that's never happened in the ...
5 Aug 7:16 am
Floyd Landis all but disappeared from cycling after a positive doping test 3 years ago. He's back,
and he's a new man. "Literally," as Chicago's Daily Herald explains. He has an artificial hip. He has undergone a relatively new (to the US, anyway) procedure known as the "Birmingham
Hip Resurfacing" that is supposed to be perfect for active people afflicted with osteoarthritis of the hip. Although his return hasn't been widely covered in the press, those in the
know are excited. Read more ...
27 Apr, 2007 2:01 pm
Floyd Landis, with his Tour de France championship in question, says he may soon have to declare
bankruptcy. He said his legal bills already amount to more than $1 million, half of which have been paid by donations.
18 May, 2007 1:49 pm
... arbitration at Pepperdine Law School... the blog to read is Trust But Verify -- News, Research and Commentary About the Floyd
Landis Doping Allegations -- from David Brower. Pepperdine Law Professor Roger Alford also has some thoughts on witness tampering on Opinio
Juris. Trust But Verify - Floyd Landis Doping Allegations Blog I am pretty sure Landis is going to lose anyway, but threatening Greg LeMond, and his buddy's phone call... not good. The raw information ...
7 Jul, 2008 6:35 pm
Here is the Opinion of the Court of Arbitration for Sport upholding the decision to disqualify Floyd Landis and strip him of his Tour de France Title. The panel concedes that the initial testing by the French which found traces of synthetic testosterone in
Landis's urine was seriously flawed and departed from the standards by which such tests are governed. Still, three arbitrators found against
Landis who had reportedly spent ...
22 May, 2007 12:05 pm
There are over 75 members of the press who are here at Pepperdine Law School covering the Floyd Landis doping arbitration. They include...
21 Jun 3:02 am
... people? With these questions in mind, I listened to the news on the eve of the Iranian election and heard there was a good chance President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (above left) would
not be reelected. Then, just like Floyd Landis (right) blowing past the opposition to win the 2006
Tour de France after having fallen hopelessly behind (or so it seemed), he was announced the landslide winner. My husband and I joked about doping and were not ...
31 Jul, 2008 7:32 pm
... 1:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) Here is the Opinion of the Court of Arbitration for Sport upholding the decision to disqualify Floyd Landis and strip him of his Tour de France Title. The panel concedes that the initial testing by the French
which found traces of synthetic testosterone in Landis's urine was seriously flawed and departed from the standards by which such tests are
governed. Still, three arbitrators found against Landis ...
3 Jun, 2007 6:55 pm
... the Floyd Landis doping arbitration. They include the BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, AP, RAI,
Reuters, ESPN, LA Times, NY Times, Sports Illustrated, the Guardian, USA ... that deserves special mention: Trust But Verify. It is an amazing blog devoted exclusively to covering the
Landis doping case from start to finish... ...If there is any doubt as to whether bloggers deserve press credentials for something like the
Floyd Landis hearing, those doubts have been dispelled in my mind. In his post Flying ...
23 Dec, 2006 6:05 am
Landis putting lab to the test - pdf Experts for Tour de France champion Floyd Landis, tapping a worldwide pool of scientific knowledge via the Internet, are marshaling a detailed rebuttal to charges that the cyclist took testosterone to
... . This step, unprecedented in an anti-doping case, has allowed independent scientists to study the evidence against Landis - 370 pages of
technical documentation. The result is a vigorous debate on Internet message forums and bulletin boards about the science ...
27 Sep, 2007 6:04 am
... avoiding, waiving or challenging arbitration on this forum that we often forget where arbitration is the norm: sports. American cyclist Floyd Landis received a shocker when the arbitration panel stripped him of his 2006 Tour de France cylcing title ...
drugs. The full Sports Illustrated story is here. The three arbitrator panel was split 2-1. Landis apparently can challenge the ruling with the
Court of Arbitration for Sport. This international entity apparently invokes its jurisdiction strictly by ...
27 Aug, 2006 8:00 pm
I watched on television Floyd Landis' stirring victory in the hard mountain-ascending stage 17 of the
Tour de France after he stumbled badly in the difficult previous stage. Landis went on to win what seemed like a remarkable victory, but tests
taken after stage 17 showed abnormally elevated levels of testosterone. The French then stripped him of his title as winner of the 2006 Tour. Professional cycling ...
27 Mar, 2007 5:01 pm
... Starn? Grant Farred?) calling for dismissing the case because the investigation "has been so screwed up"-as if what occurred in Durham were a version of Floyd Landis' Tour de France drug test, with strong evidence of guilt accompanied by the lab having "screwed up" by
mislabeling part of Landis' B-sample. And just to make sure everyone got the message that it's still possible that "something happened,"
Roberts noted, "As the father ...
13 Sep, 2006 2:19 am
... part of the culture of professional cycling. That means the scandal is circling Lance Armstrong where, we must keep in mind, it may never land. Meanwhile, the Floyd Landis defense continues with new attacks on the reliability of the testing procedures. This comes right after
I had the pleasure of hearing a talk by a Sports Illustrated reporter on steroid use in baseball. The initial reaction to all this is that doping of any kind is ...
17 Feb, 2007 11:21 pm
... raised $250,000 for asbestos cancer research last week in an effort to promote further exposure to the deadly disease and health condition. The fund raiser included performances by
the Grammy Award- winning jazz trumpeter Chris Botti and the 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis
who gave their support in an effort to bring awareness and support to the worthy cause.
17 May, 2007 9:05 pm
The Floyd Landis doping arbitration that is being held at Pepperdine Law School in Malibu, California
took a bizarre turn yesterday, with...
3 Jun, 2007 3:02 pm
Floyd Landis won the Tour deFrance in 2006. After what was perhaps the most incredible single day
performance, normal drug testing samples were taken - as they always are from the winners. Several days later, negative results of the tests...
31 Jul, 2007 1:16 pm
... his team after a positive test for a banned blood transfusion. Vinokourov has retained Maurice Suh and Howard Jacobs to represent him, according to ESPN.com. The two lawyer have
experience in these matters: They defended Floyd Landis against similar charges last year. Suh, a
partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in L.A., is taking the lead on the case, reported ESPN. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Suh served as L.A.'s deputy mayor for ...
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