WASHINGTON - Disgraced US rider Floyd Landis said on Wednesday he was appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the doping case which has landed him a two-year ban and cost him the 2006 Tour de France title.

US cyclist Floyd Landis attends an arbitration hearing in Malibu, California in this file photo from May 22, 2007. Landis said on October 10, 2007, he was lodging an appeal against his two-year doping ban with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Landis had 30 days to appeal last month's divided ruling by an arbitration panel that upheld findings that he used synthetic testosterone in winning the 2006 Tour de France. [Agencies] Landis had been given 30 days to appeal last month's ruling by an arbitration panel which upheld findings by a French laboratory that he had used synthetic testosterone in winning the 2006 Tour.

"After much thought, I have decided to appeal my case to the Court of Arbitration of Sport," Landis said in a statement. "I want to take this opportunity to say again, that I am innocent of the doping allegations against me.

"I hope that the arbitrators of the case will fairly address the facts showing that the French laboratory made mistakes, which resulted in a false positive.

"Although the process of proving my innocence has been difficult for me and my family, I will not stop trying to prove my innocence."

The 31-year-old Landis was stripped of his title as winner of the race and given a two-year racing ban following the arbitration panel's 2-1 ruling on September 20.

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