Landis blames French test lab for doping sample inconsistencies

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2006

DOYLESTOWN, United States (AFP) — Tarnished Tour de France winner Floyd Landis blames his positive doping test on the French laboratory that examined his sample in comments made to a newspaper here Sunday. In a story posted on the website of the Intelligencer newspaper of suburban Philadelphia, Landis confirmed plans to ask Monday that the result be thrown out because of "contradictions" between his "A" and "B" samples.

"On Monday we'll submit a request for the case to be dropped because, based on the 'A' and the 'B' sample, there are too many contradictions for the two to be the same sample," Landis said. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong fought similar charges of taking banned substances from the same lab that tested Landis's samples, the US cyclist said....