Why Landis is Probably Telling the Truth

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Floyd Landis is telling the truth. In order to understand why he is telling the truth one has to under stand the extreme difficulty of this brutal Sport. Floyd Landis is not Delusional. He is not the Perry Raymond Russo of the Jim Garrison Case when an Innocent Clay Shaw was taken to trial on the back of a Delusional Pseudoscientific Conspiracy orientated witch hunt. Jeff Novitzky is not Jim Garrison. Of course this is a Hypothetical statement. But You don't tell lies to Jeff Novitzky or You will go to Jail. Jeff Novitzky is taking what Landis is saying very seriously. So much so that it has led to an ongoing investigation. Why do people have a hard time accepting the fact that Lance Armstrong has used performance enhancing Drugs. Eddie Merckx has used drugs. People accept that. Novitzky does not care about Armstrong doping. The doping aspect is not the crime. All he need's to do is to prove it in a court of Law so that Lance Armstrong can face the serious charges of Defrauding the United States Government. Wire Fraud. Conspiracy. Racketeering. Drug Trafficking. In order to understand the brutal nature of this Sport. One cannot experience it's brutality by watching or reading about it. The suffering of these Athletes at this level is a clique to those who have not experienced it. It is more difficult than any one can imagine. Trained and talented these Guy's really do suffer to the extreme. Especially in three week grand Tours. Your testosterone levels will drop from the extreme exertion. Again that is a clique to those who have not experienced it. Your red blood cell count will drop. Recovery is the Key for the successful athlete. Your testosterone levels will drop as i have said. That needs to be replenished in order to recover. Your red blood cell count will drop significantly. So Your oxygen uptake is compromised to quite a degree. Autologous Blood doping and testosterone are the two most common method's of Doping. Cycling is not going to get any easier and the prize money will continue to rise. The fight against Doping is a futile and costly affair. Doping will continue in Cycling. Apart from the physical recovery of extreme exertion most people don't factor in the Mental Recovery. It takes a long time for an athlete to recover Mentally from the exertion of a race such as the Tour De France. Most of the exploits that have been witnessed on Television in regard's to Professional Cycling over the Years is attributed not only to talent and training but also to Performance Enhancing Drugs. It is not humanly possible for Any person to Ascend Alpe D'Huez in Under 40 minutes without the use of performance enhancing drugs. Such as Epo. That much is certain. It cannot be done. Factor in 100 miles prior to ascent with other climbs, and after two weeks or so of extreme exertion. Sub 40 minute times on Alpe d' Huez are totally impossible. Sub 40 minute times are impossible even with rest prior to an attempt. Sub 40 minute times are not possible in one day Time Trial ascends on Alpe D' huez. I would regard any time under 43 0r 44 minutes to be suspicious. Greg Lemond and Bernard Hinault on a stage to Alpe d' Huez in 1986 rode up there in 48 Minutes respectively. Those are clean times. Greg Lemond at the time had a vo2 max of 92.5 the highest ever recorded in a cyclist. 48 minutes is an excellent time on alpe d'huez. The record times for this famous ascend are well ahead of this great time and were no doubt created with the use of EPO. That much is certain . Armstrong, Pantani, Ullrich, Sastre, Riis, Indurain ect. Greg Lemond is the last Professional Cyclist to win the Tour De France without the use or Drug's. 1986 , 1989 and 1990. He is probably only one of a handful of riders to ever win a Three Week Grand Tour without using illegal stimulants of some sort.

All cyclists dope. Some get caught. You could never keep up if you didn't. Win seven times? Forget it. He just didn't get caught. Dispute this? Then get Lance to allow all his B samples in the refrigerator to be tested - he won't; he cannot.

Let them all cheat and that'll level the cheating playing field.