Floyd Landis

The admission of doping by Floyd Landis and his allegations on Wednesday through Thursday are having some major repercussions in the cycling community and in particular in the US. These serious and significant allegations are coming at the time that two big multistage races are going on. Landis will face discreditation since he is breaking the code of silence related to Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service team of the late 90's and early 2000's. Floyd Landis knew this information when he was caught in a drug test at the Tour de France in 2006 and should have revealed it then rather than fighting the charges. The problem is that if you just won the biggest race in the sport you must attempt to protect your financial interests rather than admitting to the offenses committed. If the recent news was released then Landis' credibility would not be under attack like it is today.
It is absolutely necessary that the U S Anti-Doping Authority and World Anti-Doping Authority thoroughly investigate the allegations. This includes interviewing all parties and even trying to get as paperwork to clarify what is happening. For one thing we need to clear up what was happening. This was in the period of cycling where the fight against doping was at its crucial moment. More importantly if the allegations of blood doping by Lance Armstrong are true then we will be understand why it seems to be so ubiquitous in the most recent doping cases.
These allegations put the most scrutiny on Lance Armstrong and his seven Tour de France victories. There have been allegations previously about Lance Armstrong that have never gone very far. In addition many of his former teamates have been caught in drug tests. These include Floyd Landis, Tyler Hamilton, and Roberto Heras. In my opinion the record books will contain an asterisk just like Barry Bonds because the feat was amazing but the performance enhancing drugs use raises some doubts.