Landis Decision, Monday

by Jen See on Jun 27, 2008 11:02 AM EDT in News

Monday, TAS will announce its decision in the controversial case regarding Floyd Landis, who tested positive for synthetic T during the 2006 Tour de France. At last, we will know the outcome of the 2006 Tour de France. The decision is expected at 17.00 European time. Five lawyers from TAS considered the 35 hours of testimony offered by 24 experts. The decision by TAS cannot be appealed, so in one way or the other, we will at last come to the end of the Landis story. If TAS decides in Landis's favor, he is free to ride and remains the winner of the 2006 Tour, though he has already been removed from the official record books. If TAS finds against Landis, he will complete a two year sanction and Pereiro is the official 2006 winner.

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"At last, we will know the outcome of the 2006 Tour de France"

“At last she won’t pull the ball away at the last second”

by Jens on Jun 27, 2008 11:15 AM EDT reply actions

Awesome :-)

Heh. Maybe I should steal that for the OP ;-)

by Jen See on Jun 27, 2008 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions

Outcome

Chance of reversal: 1 percent. And this sentence has a 1 percent margin of error.

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 27, 2008 11:38 AM EDT reply actions

If they rule against

When can he ride again and will he?

If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to do it again?

by CannonDowell on Jun 27, 2008 11:47 AM EDT reply actions

Depends on whether CAS changes the start date of his suspension, assuming they affirm the decision.

Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....

by Cyclingrush on Jun 27, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions

If memory serves correct,

I believe his suspension will be complete in January ‘09. My guess is that he will then become the DS at Rock. Of course, by the time January rolls around, The Floyd will have had some type of blowout with Ball-istic and he’ll decide to ride for a Pro Conti squad so he can join Basso, Heras, and Vinokourov at the Giro. Let the good times roll.

by The Team Chef on Jun 27, 2008 12:02 PM EDT reply actions