Floyd Landis lost the expensive doping case and his Tour de France doping title.
Arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion Floyd Landis has used synthetic testosterone to help fuel his comeback... spectacular as it was.
The decision came after four months of fighting.
Landis' one remaining recourse is to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The vote was 2-1 to uphold the results.
Landis must forfeit his Tour de France title and is subject to a two year ban.
If he doesn't appeal, he will be the first to lose the title because of a doping offense.
Add Floyd Landis to the list of cheaters that includes sportsment and teams in the NFL, NBA, MLB, F1.
Lesson learned - stay far far away from controversy.
Too often people want to know what they can get away with, how close can they get to wrongdoing without doing wrong....
What they, we, should do, is to see how far away we can get.
The Bible puts it this way, "refrain from all appearances of evil."
Major Results from the career of Floyd Landis in 2006
1st, Overall Tour de France
1st, Stage 17, Tour de France
1st, Overall Tour of Georgia
1st, Individual Time Trial, Tour de Georgia
1st, Overall Paris Nice
1st, Overall Tour of California
1st, Individual Time Trial, Tour of California
What do you think?
Source: The Biz of Knowledge Blog
Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American cyclist. He is a time-trial specialist as well as a strong climber. Landis turned professional in 1999 with the Mercury Cycling Team. He joined the US Postal Service team in 2002, and moved to the Phonak Hearing Systems team in 2005. Landis was fired from the Phonak team on August 5, 2006, after testing revealed an abnormally high testosterone/epitestosterone ratio after stage 17 of the 2006 Tour de France.
Landis has been stripped of his title as winner of the 2006 Tour de France, and been subject to a two year ban from professional racing, following an arbitration panel's ruling on September 20, 2007.
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