Ging er ’98 auch schon.
Zitat cn:
But even if the B sample confirms the A result, Landis is not necessarily guilty of taking an illegal performance enhancing drug to boost his testosterone. Some riders can prove that they have an elevated Testosterone/Epitestosterone (T:E) level, if they undergo an endocrine test performed by a credible doctor. Landis said he will use Spanish doctor Luis Hernández, who has helped other riders prove a high T:E count. „In hundreds of cases,“ Landis told SI, „no one’s ever lost one.“
In 1999, Colombian rider Santiago Botero was able to prove his elevated testosterone levels (over four times the allowed limit) were natural. His doctor at the time was Kelme’s Dr Eufemiano Fuentes.
Landis is looking for other answers too. He is allowed to take cortisone for his degenerating right hip, although he said during the Tour that he had only had a couple of injections this year. But he also told SI that he’d been taking daily doses of a thyroid hormone to treat a thyroid condition. Even if either of these can explain his high T:E ratio, Landis realises that it will be hard to convince people. „I wouldn’t hold it against somebody if they don’t believe me,“ he said.
Aber: Wenn Landis den erhöhten Wert tatsächlich natürlicherweise haben sollte, wäre er dann nicht schon früher auffällig geworden?
Er wurde doch nicht zum allerersten mal getestet.
Zur Medikamententheorie:
Welchen Unterschied macht es denn, ob die Werte durch direktes Doping oder Medikamente für seine schlimme Hüfte zustandekommen?
Er ist viel besser prepariert an den Start gegangen als seine Kollegen.
Auch, wenn er die Medikamente gezwungenermaßen einnimmt bleibt es Wettbewerbsverzerrung, wenn die solche kuriosen Nebenwirkungen haben.
aktualisiert.
