When Floyd Landis' attorney Maurice Suh took to the floor in the embattled Tour de France winner's...
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The presentation claims testosterone is "a drug that does not(Image credit: Floyd Fairness Fund)
The document directly targets the French lab, labeling it 'incompetent.'(Image credit: Floyd Fairness Fund)
When Floyd Landis' attorney Maurice Suh took to the floor in the embattled Tour de France winner's arbitration hearing in Malibu, California on Monday, he came armed with a Powerpoint presentation - the contents of which Cyclingnews can now reveal in full. In the 34 page presentation, entitled "Opening statement on behalf of Floyd Landis - Winner of the 2006 Tour de France", the Landis camp clearly outlines a series of eight points it feels are key to the American's case including, one of which claims testosterone is "a drug that does not have a beneficial effect during a race like the Tour".
The document then goes on to quote a number of UCI and World Anti-Doping Agency codes which, again, it feels are key to the hearing including: "USADA 'shall have the burden of establishing that an anti-doping rule violation has occurred.'(UCI Cycling Regulations, Art. 16 and World Anti-Doping Code, Art. 3.1)"
The document, supplied to Cyclingnews by Floyd Fairness Fund executive director Michael E. Henson, then goes on to blast the LNDD (Laboratoire National de Dépistage du Dopage / National Anti-doping Laboratory) lab in Châtenay-Malabry, which carried out the testing on Landis' sample, branding it 'incompetent'.
The full presentation, which features a series of supporting documents from the case, can be viewed here.
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