"B. Lafferty" <
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> If Floyd's B sample is intact and the chain of custody accounted for;
> B sample is then tested and results in the same T/E reading as the A
> sample; the B is then subject to CIR which shows the presence of
> synthetic testosterone; is that a slam dunk against him or is there
> some way around these findings. Don Catlin says no, the drug "police"
> don't lose those types of cases. Any rbr "experts" want to weigh in
> with fact/argument and not hyperbole.
There are quite a few "ifs" in your comments, but one is missing. If
Floyd's samples both test positive, does that mean he took
performance-enhancing drugs? _That_ seems to me to be the most important
question. No doubt that if both samples are positive, he will be
immediately stripped of his TdF title without an immediate and
convincing explanation, and no doubt the entire business will follow him
around the rest of his life regardless of the eventual outcome of this
case. There are simply too many unknowns at this point, IMHO, to make
speculation worthwhile. As there are innocent people behind bars and
criminals who go free, so too it is in the world of drug testing of
professional cyclists. All that a positive drug test means is exactly
that, a positive drug test.
You ask us to refrain from hyperbole, but the dictionary defines
hyperbole as "extravagant exaggeration", and exaggeration as "to enlarge
beyond the truth." If there is no truth to yet be had here, hyperbole
isn't possible. So far in this case, anything is possible. Maybe he
did, maybe he didn't, maybe if he did, he knew, maybe he didn't know,
maybe someone else knows some things that he doesn't and/or that we
don't, etc.., etc., etc.
Better to go out and ride a bike or otherwise get a life than to
consider every facet of this case.
Just my opinion, not an "expert."
-S-