Patrick Lefevere, the President of the International Association of Professional Cycling Teams, might sue Tour de France winner and suspected doper Floyd Landis, Eurosport reported.

"We should take him to court for what he is now doing to cycling," Lefevere told Sportwereld.be. "Why not? Why not take the American approach of dealing with things and apply it here? As long as Landis continues to maintain that he knows nothing, this sort of scenario becomes more likely.

Lefevere is also the Belgian manager of Quick Step, one of the teams at the Tour.

"I feel like throwing up when I hear him. Landis has turned the clock back 20 years," Lefevere said.

Several riders for Landis' Swiss-based Phonak team, which has fired him over the scandal, have been involved in drug cases, including American Tyler Hamilton, winner of the time-trial gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The International Cycling Union, the sport’s governing body, refused to issue Phonak a racing license for 2005 because of the team’s doping record. Three Phonak riders — Hamilton, Oscar Camenzind and Santi Perez — were all found guilty of doping violations in 2004 and fired.

"Look, one doping case per year is possible to explain, but ten in three years? Teams like that should be out of the ProTour. I had warned the Tour management before the start of the Tour. I'm certainly not a judge and the fate of Phonak is not yet sealed, but I would gladly like an explanation."

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