See the story below. It seems the FRENCH lab that handled his samples has big problems. Anyone else surprised?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17296295/

They just couldn't stand it that another American won the TdF. It is obvious they are willing to do anything to stop it even it significantly taints the sport and their race.

good news

is he still officially the winner?

Not yet.

Yes, he is still the winner. The title has not been revoked yet.

My angst grows more and more over the legal concept of "discovery." Why does it take seven months (or more) to discover that some technicians in the lab may have screwed up? Answer: personal accountability and ethics are in the toilet. If they would have been honest in the first place - either Floyd or the technicians - none of this would be occuring. (I personally believe in Floyd and his very strict upbringing in PA; in other words, I don't think he is capable of lying.) As it is, Landis is left swaying in the wind with respect to his yellow jersey and the "official" win of the 2006 Tour de France.

Reminds me of Rushworth Kidder's phrase:

“Where ethics fail, the law rushes in to fill the gap.”

Indeed, allegations were charged against Floyd and he had no recourse but to have his lawyers "rush in to fill the gap." Who knows where this will end, but it has forever ratcheted-up the seedy landscape surrounding what was once a proud and distinguished event.


BTW, Rushworth is a Ph.D., former lead writer for the Christian Science Monitor, and founder of the Institute for Global Ethics. As a writer for the CSM, he was the first Westerner to go to Chernobyl in the Ukraine and witness the devastation firsthand. At its core (no pun intended), it was a failure of personal accountability on a massive scale. Several layers of safeguards were removed - some even at gunpoint by supervisors - just to see how far they could go in their experiments. Ahem, you just don't do that with all things nuclear! That's what prompted Kidder to create his Institute for Global Ethics.


[This message has been edited by Cotton79 (edited 3/7/2007 8:39p).]

That's awesome. I love it when the French have egg on their face(which is often).

This is better because we continue to own them at their beloved Tour de France.

I never believed that Floyd would cheat. It is just not in him from my impressions of his character.

I never trust the French when it comes to the Tour.

Look at the past 6 years of all the uncomfirmed accusations against Lance.

The French hate the fact that an American has won their race for so many years now.

The question is, what American is next?

What is the latest on this situation?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18306874/print/1/displaymode/1098

the latest

Cotton - I read one of Kidder's ethics books (How Good People make tough choices)....thought provoking and common sensical are two phrases to describe his work.

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[This message has been edited by Sandwedge82 (edited 4/26/2007 11:03p).]

lets boycott the tour de france and start an american version of the race. frenchies are too stupid to host an event like that.

lets boycott the tour de france and start an american version of the race. frenchies are too stupid to host an event like that.