Summary
Floyd Landis will be stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title and must serve a two-year ban from competitive cycling after an arbitration panel ruled Thursday that he used synthetic testosterone.
The decision, a 2-1 verdict by a panel that included a former Olympic wrestler, came nearly four months after a nine-day evidentiary hearing, the longest anti-doping hearing in U.S. history.See the full content of this document
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Landis Loses '06 Tour Title
A majority ruled against Landis but found fault with the French laboratory that handled the cyclist's tests, determining that performance-enhancing drugs fueled a dramatic comeback in Stage 17 of the Tour by the former Phonak team member.
The two-year suspension is retroactive to Jan. 30 for Landis, the first person in the Tou...See the full content of this document
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