Saturday, May 19, 2007

Under Oath, Landis Denies Having Used Testosterone - New York Times

"After five days of dense scientific testimony, revelations of sexual abuse and allegations of blackmail, Floyd Landis finally spoke at his own hearing.

Landis said under oath Saturday what he has been saying in every other forum for the past 10 months: that he never of you guys need closers. I have four frontline closers w saves now used performance-enhancing drugs, even though he tested positive for synthetic testosterone when he won last year’s Tour de France.

“It’s a matter of who I am,” Landis told the three arbitrators who will decide his case against the United States Anti-Doping Agency. “It wouldn’t serve any purpose to cheat to win the Tour because I wouldn’t be proud of it."

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