<p>The UCI rules used to be 6:1 ratio of testosterone to epi testosterone; it was recently changed, both by cycling and running organizations. Apparently there is enormous variation in men. Floyd is being treated with cortisone shots for his hip–for which he has permission–as well as thryroid medications. There are tests which differentiate between natural testosterone and synthetic testosterone, and I hope that the B sample will be tested using those mechanisms (which are expensive and not done routinely).</p>
<p>For those of you who are surprised that people care so much about the Tour, I’ll point out that a lot more people care about the Superbowl–but that the Tour is similar. In fact, more people watch the Tour live than watch the Superbowl–but that’s because it takes 20 days and 2200 miles, which means there’s a lot of space on the side of the road to watch it go by.</p>