MALIBU, Calif. - A midlevel pro cyclist testified he was a drug cheat at the Floyd Landis arbitration hearing Friday, describing in detail how synthetic testosterone helped him recover in multi-day stage races like the Tour de France.
Joe Papp, who received a two-year doping suspension that hadn't been made public until this testimony, was brought to the witness stand by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
USADA used his testimony to refute earlier claims made by Landis' attorneys that testosterone couldn't help Landis win the 2006 Tour and that he'd be crazy to use it if he knew he might be tested.
"It's such a false statement that it makes me angry," Papp said. "Why …
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