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Pounding the French to Delay Landis Inquiry

By VeloGuy on January 26th, 2007

Agence France Presse reports :

World Anti-Doping Agency chief Richard “Dick” Pound (pictured, right) said Wednesday that he has asked the French anti-doping agency (AFLD) to postpone its investigation into Floyd Landis (pictured below, left) until the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency ends its inquiry.

Landis tested positive for a skewed testosterone-epitestosterone ration following Stage 17 of the 2006 Tour de France and has been fighting to clear his name ever since.

“In December we asked the French agency to suspend its inquiry into Floyd Landis until the end of the American anti-doping procedure,” said WADA’s Pound. “They seem ready to do that, although without renouncing their judicial rights.”