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Floyd Landis doping case

Floyd Landis on the Tour de France on July 23, 2006

The Floyd Landis doping case was a doping scandal that featured Floyd Landis, the initial winner of the 2006 Tour de France. After a meltdown in Stage 16, where he had lost ten minutes, Landis came back in Stage 17, riding solo and passing his whole team. However, a urine sample taken from Landis immediately after his Stage 17 win twice tested positive for banned synthetic testosterone as well as a ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone nearly three times the limit allowed by World Anti-Doping Agency rules.[1] The International Cycling Union stripped him of his 2006 Tour title. Second place finisher Óscar Pereiro was officially declared the winner.[2] The only previous Tour de France winner to be disqualified at the time was the 1904 Tour's winner, Maurice Garin; however, in the following years Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong would have tour wins revoked.

  1. ^ Macur, Juliet (2006-08-05). "Backup Sample on Landis Is Positive". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  2. ^ "Backup Sample on Landis Is Positive". Velonews. 2007-09-20. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05.

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