Landis and the dope

The awful mist of scandal continues to fall on the Tour of France with Landis being the latest victim. The story is that he tested positive for high levels of testosterone. Only the A-sample has tested positive so the press is constantly reminding us that he is not guilty yet, but I think the people who believe this should go talk to Ullrich.

It is no surprise that Phonak is getting out of cycling. It seems that any grand tour they do well in ends up with them getting the call from the UCI later on; Hamliton, Perez, Gutierrez and now Landis. I cannot see how all this bad publicity is helping their brand.

Hopefully Landis' B-sample turns out to be negative. I don't think any one wants to go through another set of appeals 'a-la' Hamilton. Let's also hope it is negative so that Phonak can at least enjoy one of their grand tour accomplishments.

Let's hope that iShare has a better stomach for this business.