17 Feb 2010

Landis denies hacking charges

6:09 am on 17 February 2010

The American cyclist Flloyd Landis has denied hacking into the French anti-doping laboratory and that he has not been served with a warrant for his arrest.

Yesterday it was announced that a French judge had issued an arrest warrant for Landis in connection with his Tour de France 2006 doping case.

Landis tested positive for testosterone during that Tour de France, and the controls were handled by the French lab... in November of that year, the lab said that its computers had been hacked, with data being removed or changed.

Landis says there has been no attempt to formally contact him.

Landis says he didn't know why the French judicial system was pursuing the hacking charges.