Following the positive result of Floyd Landis’ B sample, Oscar Pereiro may now consider himself the winner of this year’s Tour de France, but honestly, after yet another drug controversy in cycling, there are no winners.

Landis once again denied the results of the B sample stating, “I have never taken any banned substance, including testosterone. I was the strongest man at the Tour de France, and that is why I am the champion.”

Well Floyd, it seems that there was a reason you were the strongest man - performance enhancing drugs will most definitely help athletes go beyond their normal limitations, and in your case, they did the job. Unfortunately for you, you’ll be remembered as the drug cheat who disgraced a sport that was already in danger of dying following drug scandal after drug scandal. You’ve disagraced yourself and ruined what remaining credibility cycling had.

The Tour de France no longer recongnises Landis as their champion

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