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Thread #60985   Message #1794865
Posted By: Bill D
27-Jul-06 - 05:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Tour de France, Anyone?
Subject: RE: BS: Tour de France, Anyone?
well, it's been on TV with an interview with a guy who knows more...what he says is that Landis actually has LOWER than normal testosterone, and that it was only a ratio that was abnormal. He also said there are two factors that might have caused this....the cortisone shots he had been getting for the hip pain (all approved and noted), and his having had some beer to celebrate the stage. Alcohol sometimes alters the endocrine system.

Anyway, they now have to test the 'B' sample to see if it was perhaps a faulty test...then debate the results.