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Government

May 12, 2012

Taking new tack against dopers

Months after federal prosecutors in Los Angeles dropped a criminal probe into Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, a federal prosecutor in San Diego has reignited controversy by investigating disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis.


By Gabe Friedman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


One Saturday last month, disgraced professional cyclist Floyd Landis and his former lawyer hopped on their bikes for a grueling race through the peaks just north of Los Angeles.


The punishing 50-mile ride took Landis, 37, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP attorney Maurice Suh, 47, nearly seven hours. But the trek was likely a breeze compared to Landis' continuing tour of the criminal justice sy...

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