Landis Loses '06 Tour Title

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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.

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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...

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