Floyd Landis said his competitive cycling career might be over, AFP reported Sunday, citing Belgian newspapers.

Landis won the Tour de France but is expected to lose his title after testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone. He continues to maintain his innocence, but said he didn't think he would race in the upcoming season even if he's cleared by a U.S. arbitration panel.

And while weighing up his future, he told the Belgian press that even if he is cleared by an American arbitration body early in the new year, he will likely miss the coming season.

"There's a minute chance of me racing again in 2007," Landis, 31, said, Belgian dailies Het Laatste Nieuws and Het Gazet van Antwerpen reported.

"Even if I'm not suspended, who will want to sign me?"

Landis' former team, Phonak, fired him and then disbanded its racing team.

"And if they suspend me for two or four years — a humiliation which I hope doesn't happen — it's over for me," Landis said, the newspapers reported.

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"As things stand now, I don't see myself as a bike racer."

Landis also lamented his "reputation is ruined" and said the scandal led to the suicide of his father-in-law, the newspapers reported.

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