Landis tests show testosterone traces - report

Further analyses of urine samples from 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis have shown traces of synthetic testosterone, French newspaper L'Equipe reported yesterday. The seven samples, taken during the 2006 Tour, had at first been tested negative...

Further analyses of urine samples from 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis have shown traces of synthetic testosterone, French newspaper L'Equipe reported yesterday.

The seven samples, taken during the 2006 Tour, had at first been tested negative but were retested by a French laboratory, L'Equipe said on its website.

American Landis faces a disciplinary hearing in the US next month after testing positive for testosterone during the 2006 Tour.

If found guilty of doping, Landis, who denies any wrongdoing, faces a two-year suspension from the sport and the possibility of becoming the first Tour winner to be stripped of his title.

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