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Article: Landis' drug test ruled valid
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- September 21, 2007
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CYCLING: USADA arbitrators rule 2-1 against U.S. cyclist. Barring
a last appeal, he must forfeit Tour de France title.
By Eddie Pells
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS - The verdict said "guilty."
Like so much else in the confusing, contentious Floyd Landis
doping case, though, none of the answers are really that simple.
Landis lost his expensive and explosive case Thursday when two of
three arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006
Tour de France champion used synthetic testosterone to fuel his
spectacular comeback victory.
The decision means Landis, who repeatedly has denied using
performance-enhancing drugs, must forfeit his Tour title and is
subject to a two-year ban, ...