An international arrest warrant has been issued for US cyclist Floyd Landis, accused of hacking into a French drug-testing laboratory, France's anti-doping authority said on Monday.
Pierre Bordry, head of the authority, told AFP Landis used documents "illegally hacked from the authority's laboratory computer system" in his defence after he was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France win following a positive test for drugs.
The warrant was issued by a French judge on January 28 in response to the failure by 34-year-old Landis to answer a summons issued in October, Bordry said. The same judge had already issued an arrest warrant for Landis in November.
The judge intends to ask him "to explain how he came to obtain certain information that was used in his defence," added Bordry.
Landis was stripped of his Tour de France win in September 2007, more than a year after he crossed the finishing line.
He carried on the legal fight to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), sports highest appeal authority, who threw out his case in June 2008.
Landis tested positive for testosterone during the 2006 edition of the world's most famous cycling race.
