Tour de France 2006 champion Floyd Landis has received a two-year ban from cycling after arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed he used synthetic testosterone win a spectacular comeback victory, the Associated Press is reporting.
The decision leaves Landis with only one more outlet to possibly save his title - an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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