Judge in France Issues Arrest Warrant for American Cyclist Landis
Written by playerpress.com, Monday February 15 2010
A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for
French judge Thomas Cassuto is seeking Landis in order to question him about computer hacking dating back to September 2006 at the Chatenay-Malabry lab.
Months earlier, the laboratory had uncovered abnormally elevated testosterone levels in Landis' samples which were collected in the run-up to his 2006 Tour de France victory.
Because of the findings, Landis was stripped of his title and banned from cycling for two years.
The American cyclist attempted to challenge the drug test results before an arbitration hearing in
The French claim that they discovered the whole scheme because Landis used the hacked files for his defense. He wanted to show that the lab made mistakes in the handling of the tests.
Because Landis did not respond to a summons issued in November, The French judge issued the warrant on Jan. 28.
An international warrant has also been issued for Arnie Baker, a retired doctor and the longtime Landis coach and adviser.
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