Landis reiterates innocence claim

The winner of the 2006 Tour de France, Floyd Landis, was in Madrid for the final stage of the Vuelta a España and repeated to journalists that he was not guilty of having boosted his performances despite having been tested positive for a too high testosterone/epitestosterone ratio during the event in July.

Landis had been in the Spanish capital since Thursday to meet with his lawyers. "The Tour's doping tests are full of irregularities," the American told Spanish Marca. "I'm innocent and I think my lawyers are going to be able to prove it, although they've had lots of difficulties gathering information.

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