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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
US cyclist Floyd Landis to appeal again over Tour de France win
American cyclist Floyd Landis is putting forward an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) again on Wednesday in his last attempt to get his 2006 Tour de France win re-approved.
Floyd Landis, 32, had tested positive for higher than normal levels of testosterone during the Tour de France and had been punished with a two-year ban, and last autumn an arbitration panel upheld laboratory results that showed he had used synthetic testosterone during the race.
Floyd Landis's appeal will be held at a New York law office and is thought to take as much as five days.
The final CAS ruling on Floyd Landis' case will be announced from Lausanne, where the court of arbitration is held.
Floyd Landis had tested positive for the hormone after he won the 2006 Tour, and because he was found guilty of doping the Spanish rider Oscar Pereiro was declared the 2006 Tour de France winner instead.
Floyd Landis has maintained his innocence since the matter came to light and despite the positive test, blaming mistakes in the testing procedure for the results.
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