Landis Must Forfeit Tour Title

Disgraced champ's positive France tests upheld

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 20, 2007 3:07 PM CDT

(Newser) – Cyclist Floyd Landis lost his doping case today, and must give up his 2006 Tour de France title after arbitrators voted to uphold test results showing Landis cheated during his victory. He was banned from cycling until 2009; short a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the American will be the first to lose a Tour title.

In an 84-page decision, the three-member panel confirmed the accuracy of a carbon-isotope ration analysis, though the lab work did “lack the vigor the Panel would expect.” For his part, the leader of cycling’s governing body said he was pleased, charging that Landis “got a highly qualified legal team who tried to baffle everybody with science and public relations.”

Floyd Landis of the U.S. rides during the 19th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race, a 57-kilometer (35.4-mile) individual time trial from Le Creusot to Montceau-les-Mines, France in this July... (Associated Press)

Cyclist Floyd Landis listens to testimony during his arbitration hearing on the doping allegations against the 2006 the Tour de France champion at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., in this May... (Associated Press)

2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis of the US, holds up his trophy after the final stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race between Antony, south of Paris, and Paris, in this July 23, 2006 file... (Associated Press)

Floyd Landis of the U.S. reacts as he crosses the finish line 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... (Associated Press)

Floyd Landis testifies during an arbitration hearing on the doping allegations against the 2006 Tour de France cycling champion at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., Saturday, May 19, 2007. (AP... (Associated Press)

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