French "Gall"

The President of the French anti-doping agency, Pierre Bordry, had some comments to make about the Floyd Landis case. However, he made one glaring comment pertaining to the newly admitted to "administration error" made by the lad. (The lab incorrectly indexed Floyd's B sample with the wrong ID number and then corrected it later - which supports the Landis team's claims of slopping work at the lab).

Mr. Bordry remarked:

"For his defense, M. Landis uses all the legal means that he wants. If he reveals that the laboratory made errors - formal, or substantial - it would be good if we were officially informed so that we could respond, on the form or on the substance (of the accusations). However, I note that, at the moment, Mr. Landis prefers to organise press conferences to give his arguments: we're moving out of normal procedure here."

Part of Floyd's defense is that the lab in correctly (and illegally) leaked the information of his positive "A" sample test when the results aren't usually even made public until after the result of the "B" sample. Now the French are upset that Floyd is disclosing the errors made by the lab to the public and that his entire defense is being made public. The French seem to be expecting behavior accounted to them that they certainly are not giving towards Floyd and other riders (This same lad was found legally at fault for similar actions with Lance Armstrong). This would be like during the court case of a wrongful death suit with a hospital where the hospital doesn't want the facts known public and if they are found that they need to be informed about them first so that the Hospital can react to the public first.

I think it's all about the fact that the French (and this lab specifically) believe there is NO way they can do any wrong and therefore the ends justify the means.