US cyclist Floyd Landis on hacking charges
French police are looking for US cyclist Floyd Landis and Arnie Baker, a retired doctor and Landis’ coach and adviser.
A judge has issued a national arrest warrant for Landis “in connection with a case of data hacking at doping laboratory Chatenay-Malabry in 2006?, says the San Jose Mercury News, going on:
“The laboratory had uncovered abnormally elevated testosterone levels in Landis’ samples collected in the run-up to his 2006 Tour de France victory, leading to the eventual loss of his medal.”
French judge Thomas Cassuto “issued an arrest warrant for Landis last month, in connection with a computer hacking case,” the New York Times has Astrid Granoux, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, saying.
“That means he would be arrested if he came to France,” Granoux said Monday, adding that the warrant had not been distributed outside of French territory.
Landis, who raced for the Ouch Pro Cycling Team last year, parted ways with the team last fall. He could not be reached for comment Monday.
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