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Judge issues arrest warrant to cyclist- 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00

A French judge has issued an arrest warrant against American cyclist Floyd Landis for allegedly hacking into an anti-doping laboratory computer.

Judge Thomas Cassuto is seeking to question Landis about computer hacking dating back to September 2006.

According to Judge Cassuto, Landis, whose 2006 Tour de France title was stripped when doping tests revealed abnormally elevated testosterone levels, wanted to prove the laboratory where his samples were tested was wrong.

The French anti-doping agency launched legal action against unnamed persons after they found their laboratory computer system had been hacked into in September 2006.

Landis, the first rider to be stripped of a Tour victory, has continually denied any wrongdoing.

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