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Landis Can't Overturn Ban

Court upholds doping prohibition that cost cyclist '06 Tour de France title

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 30, 2008 12:23 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Cyclist Floyd Landis lost perhaps his final chance to keep his 2006 Tour de France title today, the AP reports, with a key panel upholding a 2-year doping ban. The three-person Court of Arbitration for Sport said Landis’ drug test was the product of “less than ideal laboratory practices, but not lies, fraud, forgery or cover-ups” as the American claimed.

Floyd Landis listens to questions from reporters in this July 28, 2006 file photo. Landis has lost his final chance to retain his 2006 Tour de France title.
Floyd Landis listens to questions from reporters in this July 28, 2006 file photo. Landis has lost his final chance to retain his 2006 Tour de France title.   (AP Photo/Jasper Juinen, File)
In this July 27, 2006 file photo, Floyd Landis holds his trophy on the podium after the final stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race between Antony, south of Paris, and Paris.
In this July 27, 2006 file photo, Floyd Landis holds his trophy on the podium after the final stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race between Antony, south of Paris, and Paris.   (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
Floyd Landis, center, pedals as the Arc de Triomphe is seen in the background, on his way to winning the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, in Paris, in this July 23, 2006 file photo.
Floyd Landis, center, pedals as the Arc de Triomphe is seen in the background, on his way to winning the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, in Paris, in this July 23, 2006 file photo.   (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Floyd Landis rides up the Joux-Plane pass to win the 17th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Morzine, French Alps, in this July 20, 2006 file photo.
Floyd Landis rides up the Joux-Plane pass to win the 17th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Morzine, French Alps, in this July 20, 2006 file photo.   (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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