Floyd Landis' Lawyer Is Confused

I don't know the first thing about cycling doping beyond the idle chit chat of racing wannabes. I also do not have any knowledge of Floyd Landis' training choices, nor hold a particular desire to uphold or condemn him before all the facts are made public.

I do think, however, that his lawyer is not helping his cause by coming up with a most convoluted series of illogical statements at a press conference meant to save his client's reputation. (For those who have not followed the story: Floyd Landis won the Tour de France after two breathtaking escapes and was tested positive for testosterone doping after the first of these most impressive comebacks in Tour de France history.)

These are four of the statements artfully lined up by his lawyer, for the whole world to hear (it probably takes a debater to spot this though):

1. Floyd naturally produces higher levels of testosterone (and epitestosterone) than other cyclists.
2. Floyd was tested 14 times prior to the Tour de France. None of these tests seem to indicate this higher than natural level of testosterone.
3. The positive test performed on Floyd shows this higher level of testosterone.
4. The positive test is wrong and its methodology is suspect.

In short, all the right tests show the wrong results; only the wrong test shows the right results. The wrong test is therefore suspect. Really, this chap would help his client more by coming up with convincing chains of statements !