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Published: May 17, 2007 - 09:02 PM
LeMond drops bombshell at Landis hearing
<img border="0" align="right" src=http://images.velonews.com/images/news/12271.18613.t.jpg>Three-time Tour winner Greg LeMond said he was threatened by a member of the Landis team on Wednesday night.
Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond testified under oath Thursday that Floyd Landis implicitly admitted to illegal doping during a 36-minute phone conversation the pair had last August.
LeMond also testified that he received what he characterized as a threatening phone call from a member of the Landis team on the eve of his testimony on the Pepperdine University campus in Malibu, California.
According to LeMond, Landis called him in August to ask why the former Tour champ had been so publicly vocal in the days after it was reported that Landis's A sample from stage 17 of the Tour had tested positive for synthetic testosterone. LeMond made numerous TV appearances in the aftermath, and spoke in general terms about why he thought Landis should come clean if he had in fact doped at the 2006 Tour de France.
"At first, I didn't believe it was him," said LeMond during direct questioning from USADA attorney Tim Barnett. "I was shocked he was calling me only because I thought it was a prank phone call. I confirmed it was really him and he asked why I would be making these public comments."
LeMond explained that he told Landis that if he did have a positive that it was a devastating thing for the sport.
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<img border="0" align="right" src=http://images.velonews.com/images/news/12271.18613.t.jpg>Three-time Tour winner Greg LeMond said he was threatened by a member of the Landis team on Wednesday night.
Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond testified under oath Thursday that Floyd Landis implicitly admitted to illegal doping during a 36-minute phone conversation the pair had last August.
LeMond also testified that he received what he characterized as a threatening phone call from a member of the Landis team on the eve of his testimony on the Pepperdine University campus in Malibu, California.
According to LeMond, Landis called him in August to ask why the former Tour champ had been so publicly vocal in the days after it was reported that Landis's A sample from stage 17 of the Tour had tested positive for synthetic testosterone. LeMond made numerous TV appearances in the aftermath, and spoke in general terms about why he thought Landis should come clean if he had in fact doped at the 2006 Tour de France.
"At first, I didn't believe it was him," said LeMond during direct questioning from USADA attorney Tim Barnett. "I was shocked he was calling me only because I thought it was a prank phone call. I confirmed it was really him and he asked why I would be making these public comments."
LeMond explained that he told Landis that if he did have a positive that it was a devastating thing for the sport.
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