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Originally posted by svandamme
these guys have an army of cooks and chemists hidden in the shadows, all working on building these goons in a way that doesn't get detected...

who's to know what they have found , they aren't afraid to use animal hormones, not kidding , 2 years ago , a flemish cyclist and his cook got busted with products that aren't even legal for cows...

No doubt.

so who's to tell how this stuff works and why it shows up in weird, and normally unlogical ways ???

if the test says he has synthetic traces of any hormones, then it doesn't matter what we know about how it should work , the boys in the shadow know a lot more , they are not limited by what testing procedures the FDA allows...they hardly have a conscience either...

maybe they found a wonder dope that we don't know the name of yet... and it just happens to show up , as a fluke, in the test as a synthetic trace of what is know...

either way , a synthetic trace, comes from a synthetic product, not a naturally elevated anything...

is this synthetic thing officially confirmed yet or not ?? haven't been watching the news much lately..

It is supposed to be synthetic Testosterone. The reason why it illogical to be present is that the reason for doping with testosterone is to build muscle. Landis has been tested (random I believe) a number of times during the same race without an elevated ratio. Trying to use testosterone for short term gain makes no sense. That is why this finding is illogical. It has not been confirmed. I think that the testing should be conducted by two independent labs, frankly don't have much trust in this French lab.