Tour chief backpedals from Landis ; The cyclist's backup drug-test results from the Tour de France come back positive, likely costing him the title FINAL Edition

[Floyd Landis] now faces the prospect of becoming the first champion in the Tour's 103-year history to lose the title over doping allegations. Tour officials wasted no time in distancing themselves from the American and said runner-up Oscar Pereiro likely would be declared the new winner in tim...

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Published inThe Orlando sentinel
Main Author Abrahamson, Alan
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Orlando, Fla Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 06.08.2006
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Abrahamson, Alan
Landis, Floyd
France
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Summary:[Floyd Landis] now faces the prospect of becoming the first champion in the Tour's 103-year history to lose the title over doping allegations. Tour officials wasted no time in distancing themselves from the American and said runner-up Oscar Pereiro likely would be declared the new winner in time. "It goes without saying that for us, Floyd Landis is no longer the winner of the 2006 Tour de France," race director Christian Prudhomme said.