I believe "normal" is 1:1 or 2:1. He tested at 11:1. However, I tend to
believe him, and we should give him the benefit of the doubt for now.
Testosterone takes weeks to build in the system to be effective as a doping
agent, so his phenomenal time in one segment wouldn't be due to that
necessarily. I believe they tested him right after the segment.

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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On 28 Jul 2006 07:05:50 -0700, "Joe" wrote:


OzOne wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:39:33 -0400, "Scotty"
scribbled thusly:




I just heard on the radio that they're going to retest him.

Scotty

Test the B sample.

First off OZ no one dopes with testosterone during a race, It will do
nothing short term for preformance enhancement.

The Phonak cycling team was quick to distance itself from Tour de
France winner Floyd Landis, but the smart money says Landis won't be
stripped of his title despite a positive test for ''elevated levels of
testosterone.''

Phonak suspended Landis and removed all references to him from its
website, but Landis intends to challenge the test results and history
appears to be on his side.

Landis told SI.com Thursday that an elevated level of testosterone is
different from a positive test and that this is a fairly common problem
among pro cyclists. Landis has retained Spanish doctor Luis Hernandez,
who has aided other riders' appeals of similar test results. Landis and
ESPN cycling analyst John Eustice both noted no cyclist has ever lost
an appeal of a test for elevated testosterone levels.

Landis also said the next step is to submit to an endocrine test that
might help him prove he just happens to be a guy walking around with an
inordinate amount of testosterone in his blood.




The test that he failed is a "ratio test". There are two types of
testosterone, and only one of them is considered a performance
enhancer. The test reports the ratio of the two types of testoterone,
and the performance enhancing testosterone must be less than 4 times
the amount of the other one to pass the test. This test is wide open
to interpretation for a number of reasons, not the least of which is
that you can have more than 4 times the amount of the performance
enhancing testosterone due to having LOW levels of the other one.

CWM