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Landis drug appeal reaches the final stage

Floyd Landis is set to begin his final appeal against the doping ban that cost him the 2006 Tour de France title at a Court of Arbitration for Sport in New York.

An arbitration panel in the USA last year upheld findings by a French laboratory that Landis, 32, had used synthetic testosterone to win the 2006 race.

"Floyd is happy to have this opportunity to clear his name," said the American's attorney Maurice Suh.

"We are confident the evidence will prove his innocence and allow him to resume his career."

The closed-doors hearing for Landis, who was also banned for two years, is expected to take up to five days.

The International Cycling Union stripped Landis of his 2006 Tour De France title after the arbitration ruling by a US panel, awarding the title to Spain's Oscar Pereiro.

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