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krim wrote:

yet helpful! :bow: :bow:

ju r welcome.

Tu_triky wrote:i was honored to wear the stain during the final stage....

i used to have a dog named "Stain"....sorry, old joke.

niko2x wrote:i used to have a dog named "Stain"....sorry, old joke.

talking about final stage and tour de france and ish....landis the american who won is now under scrutiny himself...



Landis Fails Drug Test After Triumph in Tour de France


By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: July 27, 2006
Floyd Landis, who on Sunday became the third American cyclist to win the Tour de France, tested positive for a banned substance after winning Stage 17 of the race, his team announced today.
Report on Stage 17

The Phonak team confirmed that Landis returned a positive gAh sample after Stage 17, in which he pulled off one of the most remarkable performances in cycling history. Landis struggled in Stage 16 the previous day, losing several minutes to his rivals. But in Stage 17, on July 20, he attacked over three grueling Alpine passes and won the final mountain stage of this yearfs Tour by nearly six minutes, regaining much of the time he lost the previous day.

gThe Phonak Cycling Team was notified yesterday by the UCI about an unusual level of testosterone/epitestosterone ratio in the test made on Floyd Landis after stage 17 of the Tour de France,h the team said in a statement, referring to the international cycling union. gThe team management and the rider were both totally surprised of this physiological result.h

A positive gAh sample does not prove that a rider used performance-enhancing substances; a second sample, the gBh sample, still must be tested to confirm the result.

gThe rider will ask in the upcoming days for the counter analysis to prove either that this result is coming from a natural process or that this is resulting from a mistake in the confirmation,h Phonak said in the statement. gIn application of the Pro Tour Ethical Code, the rider will not race anymore until this problem is totally clear.

gIf the result of the eBf sample analysis confirms the result of the eAf sample, the rider will be dismissed and will then pass the corresponding endocrinological examinations.h

Tour de France drug-testing protocols require that the stage winner and the overall race leader are tested after every stage, plus at least two random selections.

Landisfs mother, Arlene, said this morning that she talked to him on Tuesday but that they did not discuss the drug test.

gI didnft talk to him about that, but I know hefs taking medicine for the pain in his hip,h she said. gThey stirred up trouble for Lance, too.h

Landis has a degenerative hip condition and planned to have hip-replacement surgery this fall. He finished the three-week, 2,267-mile race 57 seconds ahead of Oscar Pereiro of Spain, a former teammate of Landis who now rides for Caisse dfÉpargne. Andreas Klöden of Germany, riding for T-Mobile, finished third, 1 minute 29 seconds behind Landis.

gI want to say thank you to everybody who kept believing, most of all my team,h Landis said after accepting the winnerfs trophy, with the Arc de Triomphe behind him and the United States flag raised on a flagpole in front. gWhen things werenft going so well, they kept fighting and never stopped believing.h

Landis, 31, kept the trophy in American hands after Lance Armstrong won it seven consecutive times before retiring after last yearfs race.

The early part of this Tour was overshadowed by a doping scandal that left four of the top five finishers from last yearfs race out of the event, among them Ivan Basso of Italy and Jan Ullrich of Germany, who had been among the favorites.

But Landisfs victory put the focus back on the race. His story of being reared in a Mennonite family in Pennsylvania, giving up mountain biking for road racing, then overcoming chronic pain to win cyclingfs marquee race was expected to make him a worldwide sports celebrity.

I read this this morning. Too funny. I like this part: "The Phonak team confirmed that Landis returned a positive gAh sample after Stage 17, in which he pulled off one of the most remarkable performances in cycling history."

Of course it's a false positive. :hehe:

tabana wrote:I read this this morning. Too funny. I like this part: "The Phonak team confirmed that Landis returned a positive gAh sample after Stage 17, in which he pulled off one of the most remarkable performances in cycling history."

Of course it's a false positive. :hehe:

A = amphetamines after partying with whores in France to celebrate his Tour win.

Hisashiburi Minna!

Okay, I just got myself to finish the last ep of bleach that's subbed. I got the husband into watching it too. Hehehe. I'm at ep 90 he's at ep 2. Oh well. Anyway, anything new with you guys?

Yo. keeping cool? :sweat: :sweat:

:hehe:

krim wrote:Yo. keeping cool? :sweat: :sweat:

:hehe:

:boot: nothing like a good serving of a boot in the morning.

it's been triple digits the past week, the housewarming party was a success and i'm still cleaning the house.. god knows i'm not throwing another party at my house again... but i think it's cooling down.. like 99-ish.. :P

littlemissfab wrote:Hisashiburi Minna!

Okay, I just got myself to finish the last ep of bleach that's subbed. I got the husband into watching it too. Hehehe. I'm at ep 90 he's at ep 2. Oh well. Anyway, anything new with you guys?

no wonder you were gone for a hot minute...you went on a 90 episode crackhead binger

Yay, i got the boot! :victory: :dancing:

krim wrote:Yay, i got the boot! :victory: :dancing:

I wonder if she's aware of your recent promotion to the law enforcement community [/list:u]

I doubt she was here long enough to notice the color change. :hehe:

im like a hypercolor shirt... :rofl:

gaijin mark wrote: I wonder if she's aware of your recent promotion to the law enforcement community [/list:u]

she might stop givin' the boot with heels on.

krim and law enforcement? you better be talking about law enforcement in jdorama and not in the real world....

:boot: steel toe at that...

you didn't know i was a police sniper? :beaten: :victory:

littlemissfab wrote:Hisashiburi Minna!

Okay, I just got myself to finish the last ep of bleach that's subbed. I got the husband into watching it too. Hehehe. I'm at ep 90 he's at ep 2. Oh well. Anyway, anything new with you guys?

:wave:

Not much for me...

littlemissfab wrote:krim and law enforcement? you better be talking about law enforcement in jdorama and not in the real world....

:boot: steel toe at that...

If he was law enforcer in the real world.....Weed and all that other stuff that gets people high on life would legal.......or so I think..... :sweat:

BUNCHKINS BUNCHKINS!!!!!
:glomp:

wow.. where's dochskidoodles??
q?

hiding from you and your steel toes.. :beaten:

krim wrote:hiding from you and your steel toes.. :beaten:

:tolerance:

:beatyou:

:boot: