Originally Posted by blue_nose
The simple fact remains that Floyd’s team was first to release a statement that Floyd failed the test.
Uh-uh. That the team knew *at all* was a leak! According to UCI protocol the B sample must be tested before the team and rider are contacted. If Phonak knew, then others knew, and they apparently decided to get out in front of the tabloids.
After Floyd pulled out of two cycling events
Huh? What two events? He isn't scheduled to ride again until 2007, and due to the hip operation nothing in 2007 could be taken as a certainty. You wanna be more specific?