Landis loses his Tour title after drugs test defeat

13 April 2012

Floyd Landis will officially be stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title after losing a court case in America against a positive drugs test.

The arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed Landis used synthetic testosterone to fuel a spectacular breakaway win on Stage 17.

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Landis, who has repeatedly protested his innocence, claimed incompetence at the French lab where the test took place. Yesterday's decision, handed down nearly four months after a bitterly fought hearing, leaves Landis with only one more outlet to salvage his title — an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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