BUSH CONGRATULATES TOUR DE FRANCE WINNER FLOYD LANDIS
President George W. Bush offers his congratulations to Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, during a phone call from the Oval Office at The White House on July 23, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kimberlee Hewitt/White House)
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PARIS, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Floyd Landis Wednesday again appealed the decision to throw out his 2006 victory at the Tour de France on doping allegations.
PARIS, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The American Arbitration Association Thursday upheld the overturning of Floyd Landis’ victory at the 2006 Tour de France.
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