Russell
11-15-2006, 08:01 AM
from Velonews...
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis's efforts to clear his name got a small boost Wednesday when officials at France's national anti-doping laboratory admitted making an "insignificant" numbering error on a urine sample that later tested positive for testosterone.
The French newspaper Le Monde reported Wednesday that the B sample had "ill-advisedly been indexed with the wrong number on the accompanying report."
"The identification number of Floyd Landis was 995 474 while on the report it was listed as 994 474. That doesn't signify that the B sample did not belong to the American. But it will be seized upon by his lawyers who will try to bring new elements to his (defense) case at a presentation on Friday."
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This does look like a typo, but will the lab go back and test 994 474? If that test is negative than it looks bad for Landis, if the test is positive I think to would look good for him. As I recall, his A sample was tested at 1:4.5 and his B sample at 1:11.
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis's efforts to clear his name got a small boost Wednesday when officials at France's national anti-doping laboratory admitted making an "insignificant" numbering error on a urine sample that later tested positive for testosterone.
The French newspaper Le Monde reported Wednesday that the B sample had "ill-advisedly been indexed with the wrong number on the accompanying report."
"The identification number of Floyd Landis was 995 474 while on the report it was listed as 994 474. That doesn't signify that the B sample did not belong to the American. But it will be seized upon by his lawyers who will try to bring new elements to his (defense) case at a presentation on Friday."
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This does look like a typo, but will the lab go back and test 994 474? If that test is negative than it looks bad for Landis, if the test is positive I think to would look good for him. As I recall, his A sample was tested at 1:4.5 and his B sample at 1:11.