Tour de France winner Floyd Landis tested positive for the male sex hormone testosterone, according to a statement Thursday by his Phonak racing team.

The Phonak statement says the team management and Landis are both "totally surprised," and Landis will ask for an analysis of his backup "B" sample "to prove either that this result is coming from a natural process or that this is resulting from a mistake."

Swiss-based Phonak says Landis has been suspended by his team pending the results.

If the second sample confirms the initial finding, he will be fired from the team, Phonak said.

Arlene Landis, his mother, told the Associate Press Thursday that she wouldn't blame her son if he was taking medication to treat the pain in his injured hip, but "if it's something worse than that, then he doesn't deserve to win."

I agree.