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National News: Landis Case - Monday's Hearing
Published: May 22, 2007 - 07:41 AM
Doctors question lab's findings in Landis case
<img border="0" align="right" src=http://images.velonews.com/images/news/12293.18679.t.jpg>Meier-Augenstein said that based on what he had seen he 'would not have great confidence in the results'
If Floyd Landis is cleared of charges that he used synthetic testosterone to win the 2006 Tour de France, Monday could go down as the arbitration-hearing version of stage 17. Bolstered by scientific testimony from a pair of defense side experts, the Landis team appeared to poke significant holes in the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's allegation that he cheated his way to victory on the Champs-Elysees.
Landis had been scheduled to take the stand on the seventh day of this nine-day hearing at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, but his turn didn't come up until late afternoon, and the three-man arbitration panel opted to postpone his cross examination until Tuesday morning at 9:30.
Based on the number of remaining witnesses and possible rebuttal witnesses, testimony in the proceedings may wrap up soon enough to allow for closing arguments on Wednesday after all. Last week it appeared that wouldn't be the case, and that the final stage of the hearing would have to be rescheduled.
... VeloNews
<img border="0" align="right" src=http://images.velonews.com/images/news/12293.18679.t.jpg>Meier-Augenstein said that based on what he had seen he 'would not have great confidence in the results'
If Floyd Landis is cleared of charges that he used synthetic testosterone to win the 2006 Tour de France, Monday could go down as the arbitration-hearing version of stage 17. Bolstered by scientific testimony from a pair of defense side experts, the Landis team appeared to poke significant holes in the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's allegation that he cheated his way to victory on the Champs-Elysees.
Landis had been scheduled to take the stand on the seventh day of this nine-day hearing at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, but his turn didn't come up until late afternoon, and the three-man arbitration panel opted to postpone his cross examination until Tuesday morning at 9:30.
Based on the number of remaining witnesses and possible rebuttal witnesses, testimony in the proceedings may wrap up soon enough to allow for closing arguments on Wednesday after all. Last week it appeared that wouldn't be the case, and that the final stage of the hearing would have to be rescheduled.
... VeloNews
