Appeal Dropped By Floyd Landis

US cyclist Floyd Landis has dropped an appeal of a suspended sentence that was imposed by a French court over a shady espionage operation for hacking the computers of an anti-doping laboratory.

 

A one-year suspended jail sentence was received by Landis and his former trainer Arnie Barker in November 2011 after they were found guilty by a French court of fraudulently receiving documents from the official LNDD anti-doping agency. Landis appealed against the verdict though Barker accepted it. Two former EDF executives responsible for security of the group were also found guilty.

 

The disgraced cyclist who has previously admitted to using performance enhancing drugs and accused Lance Armstrong of using and promoting the use of performance enhancing drugs had been accused of using a hacker to get documents from the LNDD. Landis was stripped of his title as winner of the 2006 Tour de France. His lawyer Emilie Bailly said Landis had been "ruined by the different legal procedures and does not have the means" to come to France for facing the judges at Nanterre, a suburb west of Paris.

 

Last year, the court fined French state energy giant EDF 1.5 million euros ($2 million) in the same trial for using the consultancy to spy on environmental campaigners Greenpeace. It was admitted by EDF that it hired the consultancy to "monitor" Greenpeace but said it was unaware that Quiros had hacked into the computer of the group's former head of campaigns for France, Yannick Jadot, in 2006.

Armstrong Must Come Out Clean, Says Former Teammate

The man who helped tip the bucket on Lance Armstrong's doping network, Tyler Hamilton, hopes Armstrong clean as the damning evidence continues to pile up.

Hamilton won an Olympic gold medal before handing it back after himself admitting to doping and said he may likely have been "prepared to go to the grave" with his own secrets before being caught. Hamilton said there is probably a lot of money at stake if Lance comes out and tells the truth but he will lead a happier second half of his life by coming out clean.

Hamilton said he frequently used performance enhancing drugs and avoided testers and added that the reputation of cycling has taken a big hit with the Lance Armstrong doping scandal but things had improved. Tyler Hamilton further added that authorities should provide some kind of amnesty for those willing to accept their past wrongdoings. "But if there's some way to continue in the sport, like maybe serve a small penalty, come clean - which will be good for the future of the sport - and then be able to continue after a small penalty then I think that will encourage a lot of people to come out. "If we get a lot more people to come out, then moving forward the sport's going to be in a lot better place. We can't move 100 per cent in the right direction unless we know exactly what happened in the past."

Hamilton also reaffirmed his admiration for Aussie Tour de France champ Cadel Evans and said, "We were never teammates, you know I raced alongside of him for quite a long time and some of my ex-teammates, George Hincapie being one of them, had told me that Cadel was a super hardworker obviously, but he was clean."

Armstrong Once Predicted His Possible End

The disgraced cyclist, Lance Armstrong, once eerily forecasted what all would happen to him if he ever got caught in a doping scandal. He said he would be losing all his sponsors and people who trust him, even cancer survivors.

Armstrong said so under oath in deposition testimony from 2005. CNN now will broadcast portions of it after obtaining the video of that testimony as part of its documentary, "The World According to Lance Armstrong."

For more than a decade, the cyclist has denied doping but this time the cyclist is under oath and possibly committing perjury in a dramatic show of defiance for the world to see.

The video provides further context and takes on new meaning in light of recent events even though much of the content of his testimony previously was made public in writing.

"What the testimony shows is Lance Armstrong's willingness to perjure himself - and not just once but repeatedly, again and again and again," said Quentin McDermott, who reported the documentary. "What it also demonstrates very clearly is his willingness to smear and vilify those eyewitnesses who were prepared to tell the truth."

When asked what would happen if he were found to be guilty of doping and whether sponsorship agreements would go away, he said, "All of them," Armstrong testified on Nov. 30, 2005. "And the faith of all the cancer survivors around the world. So everything I do off of the bike would go away too. And don't think for a second I don't understand that. It's not about money for me. Everything. It's also about the faith that people have put in me over the years. So all of that would be erased. So I don't need it to say in a contract you're fired if you test positive. That's not as important as losing the support of hundreds of millions of people."

Team Sky Riders And Staff To Sign Anti-Doping Pledge

After the damaging case of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, who has been accused of being a serial drug cheat, Team Sky has told its riders and management to sign a pledge declaring they have never doped.

Team Sky made it very clear that those don't sign would be thrown off the squad. The team said we would ask everyone, including riders and the management, to sign up to a written policy for confirming that they have no past or present involvement in doping. The team includes Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, runner-up Chris Froome, and top sprinter Mark Cavendish and said it wants to "reaffirm" its commitment to a clean sport.

Dave Brailsford, the boss of Team Sky, informed his charges of the policy on the first day of their end-of-season camp. The statement from the team also added that it is important to be open about the steps we are taking and Team Sky wants only those members who are free of the risks of doping and the new rule applies to management, support staff, and riders.

After the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) released a lengthy and detailed report accusing Lance Armstrong and his United States Postal Service team of widespread doping, Team Sky sports director Sean Yates who worked with Armstrong when they were both employed by the Motorola and Astana teams denied any knowledge of doping. A key member of Sky's 2012 Tour-winning team, Australian Michael Rogers who worked with disgraced doctor Michele Ferrari, also denied using performance enhancing drugs.

Most sophisticated doping program

The 1,000-page report from the US Anti-Doping Agency has described the Lance Armstrong's United States Postal Service team as running "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping program that sport has ever seen".

The anti-doping agency sets out its case against US national icon and cancer-campaigning champion and the former cycling hero as a bully who coerced his teammates into taking performance enhancing drugs and a cheat who made payments of thousands of dollars for doping programs.

The report concluded Lance Armstrong's goal of winning made him go dependent on EPO, testosterone, and blood transfusions and he even coerced his teammates to use drugs or be replaced.

The lawyers of Armstrong attacked the report as "a one-sided hatchet job, a taxpayer-funded tabloid piece rehashing old, disproved, unreliable allegations based largely on axe-grinders, serial perjurers, coerced testimony, sweetheart deals and threat-induced stories."

The report lists nine witnesses: Frankie Andreu, Michael Barry, Tom Danielson, Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, Stephen Swart, Christian Vande Velde, Jonathan Vaughters and David Zabriskie. Floyd Landis, a former teammate of the cyclist, said Armstrong doped and Tyler Hamilton – whose revelatory book has just been named on the shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year – soon joined to attack the American cyclist, who won the Tour de France seven times and now may face perjury charges for making a false statement that he never used performance enhancing drugs.

Benefits Of Mesterolone-Proviron Advantages

Proviron or Mesterolone originally developed as a drug for treating depression in men gained prominence as a potent drug to treat sexual dysfunction and promoting the count and quality of sperm. This drug is also used for improving the release of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone to stimulate testes so that the level of naturally-producing testosterone can be improved to a significant extent.

The IUPAC name of Proviron is 1 alpha-methyl-17 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-androstan-3-one and it has an active life of eight to twelve hours. Proviron can be detected over a period of 5-6 weeks and is indicated medically to treat serious wellness problems such as low libido and erectile malfunction. Mesterolone also has the potential to enhance potency of testosterone when used in an anabolic steroid cycle and can be used as an effective anti-aromatase. Use of this drug is also associated with an increase in the level of free testosterone that can further promote protein synthesis and muscle gain; Proviron is equally effective in reducing the level of free estrogen in the body by minimizing ability of the estrogen receptors to bind to estrogens.

Mesterolone is even recommended to increase fructose concentration up to normal values to enhance the chances of procreation and routinely prescribed to those with androgen-deficiency, easy fatigability, lack of concentration, weak memory, disturbances of libido, depressive moods, general vegetative complaints, and irritability. Abuse of Proviron may cause side effects like pain in liver area, headache, loss of appetite, depression, unexplained weight loss, aggression, symptoms of an enlarged prostate (change in urination), acne, or hirsutism.

Tips For Using Clenbuterol-Clen Benefits

The use of Clenbuterol (Clen) should always be recommended by a qualified medical practitioner as it is an extremely potent drug and may lead to side effects when abused or of a low grade.

Like all prescription drugs, Clen should always be purchased from a legal steroid store or pharmacy with a prescription and must be used only for legal or medicinal purposes. It should never be abused or overdosed in hopes of quick results as that can lead to side effects such as difficulty in breathing, gastrointestinal irritation, myocardial infarction, skin rash, urticaria, diaphoresis, nausea, tightness in the chest, vomiting, dizziness, depleted phosphate levels, dry mouth, insomnia, muscular shivering, cardiac hypertrophy, palpitation, potassium depletion, loss of concentration, frequent mood swings, and drowsiness.

Clenbuterol abuse may also cause health complications such as increased blood pressure, muscle cramps, excessive sweating, heartburn, face flushes, tremors, and restlessness and use of this drug is not recommended to those suffering from hyperthyroidism, tachycardia, tachyarrhythmia, heart or thyroid diseases, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, prostatic hypertrophy, urinary retention, glaucoma, ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. People who are administered with antibiotics, Accutane, oral 17-alpha-alkylated steroids, or hepatotoxic (toxic to liver) elements should not use this weight loss drug and breastfeeding or lactating women and children should refrain from using this drug. Clenbuterol is best stored in a tightly closed container in a cool and well-ventilated area and at a controlled room temperature of 20° to 25°C (68° to 77°F) with excursions permitted to 15° to 30°C (59° to 86°F) besides protecting it against heat, moisture, direct sunlight, and sources of ignition.

Abuse of Letrozole

If you are planning to use Letrozole (Femara) as an oral non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor immediately after or at the end of an anabolic steroid cycle, it is important for you to have a clear understanding and tips on how to use Letrozole.

Use of Letrozole is not advised to pregnant and breastfeeding women and children or those having allergies to the drug or any of its ingredients or those treated for high blood pressure, liver damage, stroke, and kidney damage or making use of drugs like Prasterone, Tamoxifen, DHEA, and Androstenedione. When abused or overdosed, it can cause side effects such as hot flushes, night sweats, vomiting, bone pain, loss of appetite, headache, stomach pain, cough, and breast pain; use of the drug is not indicated to those treated for high blood fats (cholesterol), bone problems (such as osteopenia, osteoporosis), stroke or blood clots, heart disease (such as chest pain, heart attack, heart failure), high blood pressure, kidney problems, and liver problems. Abuse of this drug may cause chest/jaw/left arm pain, confusion, coughing up blood, sudden dizziness/fainting, pain/swelling/warmth in the groin/calf, weakness on one side of the body, vision changes, sudden/severe headache, slurred speech, bone fractures, mental/mood changes (such as depression, anxiety), swelling of arms/legs.

Drugs like estrogens (such as ethinyl estradiol, conjugated estrogens), estrogen blockers (such as anastrozole, tamoxifen) may interfere with Letrozole’s functioning and best avoided and Letrozole (Femara) is best stored at a controlled room temperature of 20° to 25°C (68° to 77°F) with excursions permitted to 15° to 30°C (59° to 86°F).

Advantages Of Primobolan

Primobolan (also known as Methenolone enanthate) is one of the most popular anabolic steroids in the world of professional sports. The dihydrotestosterone (DHT) based anabolic steroid is an ester derivative of Methenolone. Use of this performance enhancing drug does not lead to formation of excess estrogens that means it can be used by even those prone to excess estrogen formation.

This anabolic steroid has an active life of 5 days and can be easily detected in the urine for up to 3-8 weeks. Primobolan or Primo is available in oral as well as injectable forms and can be purchased online, with or without a medical prescription and recommended to AIDS patients for gaining and maintaining body mass. This steroid is also indicated to women with breast cancer as it can inhibit estrogen biosynthesis. Sportsmen admire it to produce more of active and total testosterone by stimulating the promotion of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and luteinizing hormone (LH) and the steroid is equally beneficial to promote protein synthesis, nitrogen retention, and muscle mass in as short as six to eight weeks.

The performance enhancing drug is not 17-alpha-alkylated, but is 1-methylated for oral bioavailability and one of the best drugs to suppress the synthesis of endogenous testosterone from the testes.

Primobolan is ideally used orally in dosages of 25 mg once a day and stacked with Deca Durabolin, Testosterone, Dianabol, Clenbuterol, T3, and Anadrol. Some sportsmen even use growth hormone or thyroxin with it. Dose of injectable Primo is 200-350 mg two times a week.

Side Effects Of Anabolic Steroids

If you are planning to use anabolic steroids in the near future for improving performance, looks, and/or muscle growth, it is important for you to have clear and complete understanding about steroids before initiating such use. This is primarily because while medically guided use of these potent drugs can be extremely benefits, steroid use in absence or contravention to qualified advice can cause side effects, which may be mild or severe (or temporary or permanent) in nature.

The abuse of anabolic steroids can promote the loss of hair and shrinking of the testes in males. Steroid abuse may even lead to jaundice, dramatic increase or appearance of acne, enlargement of the pores to give a rough feel and look, formation of breasts (gynecomastia), very soft muscles, and tendency towards fat deposits in men. Anabolic steroid abuse may even cause lowering libido (sexual desire) or drop in count or quality of sperm, inability to make an erection, or inability to conceive.

Abuse of these performance enhancing drugs by girls and women may lead to an increase in body and/or facial hair, deepening of the voice, irregular menstruation, thinning of the hair, and increased aggression. When abused (by men or women), steroids can even cause stopping the progress of bone growth, increase in cholesterol, increased risk of heart disease, liver problems, and kidney complications. Steroid abuse in the long term can even cause salt and/or water retention and this may make the skin appear swollen besides putting a huge strain on the heart. Some of the other side effects of anabolic steroids include paranoia, anxiety, depression, stress, hallucination, violent behavior, increased aggression, mood swings, or extremely jealousy.