Hi All,
The Floyd Landis story will not end. He's not currently riding on a major cycling team, but his problems continue. He is now facing an international arrest warrant for allegedly hacking into an anti-doping lab computer. Really Floyd?
A quick timeline - Floyd won (ummm...until he was DQ'ed) the 2006 Tour De France. About a week after the Tour ended, he tested positive for a high testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio and was disqualified - awarding the title to Oscar Pereiro. Rather than take his punishment, he dragged out the process through the courts, losing court battle after court battle, eventually losing his final appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. This last appeal included having to pay the CAS's legal fees (in excess of $100,000).
Eventually, Landis returned, racing for the American team Ouch Cycling in 2009. He still wished to return to European cycling in the future - although this latest allegation might finally end his career.
This latest allegation circles around an IP address that came from Floyd Landis' coach Arnie Baker. The anti-doping lab reported way back in late 2006 that this computer hacking had occured, and that data was removed or changed on the computer in question. It is still unsure what exactly happened, but it seems that the French asked Landis and Baker to testify about this matter last year - and they didn't. So now the international arrest warrant is issued. Is this a case of the French unjustly targeting an American? Or is the Landis story going to take another gossipy turn?
As always - stay tuned...
1 comment:
Once again Landis rises to the top. How many other pro cyclists have the computer skills to hack into a lab's systems? You da man Floyd, you da man.
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