Armstrong blasts ruling on Landis

Armstrong, who has endured doping accusations throughout his career, has criticised the French lab where Landis8217; tests were conducted.

Although the arbitrators faulted the lab8217;s practices in their ruling and warned that future errors could result in the dismissal of a positive finding, the panel still upheld Landis8217; positive doping test.

8220;When you are giving someone the death penalty, which they essentially did, you cannot tolerate shoddy work, which they clearly did,8221; Armstrong said. 8220;I don8217;t understand that type of rationale. I don8217;t understand the verdict.8221;

8220;It8217;s tough for Floyd; it8217;s tough for cycling. But at the same time, it8217;s also really tough and unfortunate for the fans of all athletes. You never know when you8217;re in that position, when an athlete8217;s in that position, and you want to make sure that every thing8217;s done right.8221;