{"id":57,"date":"2006-08-04T22:08:26","date_gmt":"2006-08-05T03:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2006\/08\/04\/keep-the-faith\/"},"modified":"2006-08-04T22:08:26","modified_gmt":"2006-08-05T03:08:26","slug":"keep-the-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2006\/08\/04\/keep-the-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep the Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am amazed at my investment in Floyd Landis&#8217; achievements in the 2006 Tour de France.\u00c2\u00a0 While I am very clear that even the most decent of riders can end up dopers (thank you, Tyler, for that lesson), Landis&#8217; alleged violation continues to make no sense to me.\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow, at 5am EDT, we are supposed to get the results of the B sample.\u00c2\u00a0 Like most of the rest of the world, I expect it will come back with with same result.\u00c2\u00a0 I wish that could settle matters.\u00c2\u00a0 But it really won&#8217;t.\u00c2\u00a0 Not for me, and not for most cycling fans.\u00c2\u00a0 With respect to pro cycling, the only thing I want more than to be reassured of Floyd&#8217;s innocence, is to be certain of the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Ah well.\u00c2\u00a0 Until then, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floydlandis.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/04\/175\/\">more from the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am amazed at my investment in Floyd Landis&#8217; achievements in the 2006 Tour de France.\u00c2\u00a0 While I am very clear that even the most decent of riders can end up dopers (thank you, Tyler, for that lesson), Landis&#8217; alleged violation continues to make no sense to me.\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow, at 5am EDT, we are supposed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","category-personal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am amazed at my investment in Floyd Landis&#039; achievements in the 2006 Tour de France.\u00c2 While I am very clear that even the most decent of riders can end up dopers (thank you, Tyler, for that lesson), Landis&#039; alleged violation continues to make no sense to me.\u00c2 Tomorrow, at 5am EDT, we are supposed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MB\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"cycling,personal\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2006\/08\/04\/keep-the-faith\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blacknell.net | Politics, open government, and safe streets.  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