May 15, 2007

Floyd Landis's: arbitration hearing started yesterday. The aforementioned link is to Trust But Verify (which I learned about thanks to Amateur), a blog that has been following the case and has transcripts of testimony. The Floyd Fairness Fund website has information on live streaming videos and recaps.

posted by apoch to other at 12:58 PM - 7 comments

The live streaming video has been down all day but is supposed to return "shortly".

posted by apoch at 12:59 PM on May 15, 2007

Floyd is old and boring. The juicy stuff is all happening with Basso, and the will he/won't he name names cliffhanger. Latest news: Seems the cycling mafia is still as strong as ever, with certain "sponsors and sports directors" doing their best to enforce omerta. "As we all know, during bike races, the easiest thing is to end up in a ditch. They (Basso and Scarponi) have expressed their fears on that matter." Scary. Being hounded out of the sport is one thing (see Manzano, Simeoni, Gaumont etc), but deliberately pushed into a ditch?

posted by afx237vi at 03:25 PM on May 15, 2007

Don't forget Landis is innocent until proven guilty.A lot of prominent people believe in him, including Lance Armstrong,Eddy Merckx,Greg LeMond,and the largest bike shop in Texas,where he held a rally recently.I believe he has a strong case and will be exonerated.

posted by sickleguy at 04:32 PM on May 15, 2007

Was that the bike shop where he was selling his autograph for $25 a go? Classy. Bet there were boxes of unsold "I Believe" Tyler Hamilton tee-shirts in the back room, too. (I'm in a cynical mood today.)

posted by afx237vi at 04:40 PM on May 15, 2007

Greg Lemond is potential witness for USADA, not Landis. While I'd like to believe Floyd has a chance, the USADA has never lost a case at arbitration. And even if he wins - damage is already done. No accolades will be coming his way. His TdF win will always be considered suspect by many. Basso is a joke. He clearly got caught redhanded with his hand in the cookie jar, but only admits to planning to steal a cookie. What a joke. Guess I'm cynical today too.

posted by BikeNut at 05:14 PM on May 15, 2007

I think you're both justified. The sport has gotten to the point that cynicism is one of the first things that comes to mind. Before long, a Tour de France championship will have all the prestige of a MLB home run record.

posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:17 AM on May 16, 2007

Don't forget Landis is innocent until proven guilty. Don't forget this isn't a court of law.

posted by lil_brown_bat at 09:42 AM on May 16, 2007

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