European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 29 Lemond testimony shakes up Landis hearing three time tour Champ alleges receiving threat by Eddie Pells the associated press a tip for All potential arbitration witnesses out there never take to the Mike after Greg the three time tour de France Winner stole the show at the Floyd Landis hearing thursday during a explosive bit of Tes Timony filled with talk of sexual blackmail and backstabbing that led to the on thespot fir ing of Landis business it was Landis who asked for this hearing to be though he  have expected a scene like this to break and though its hard to know what Impact these blockbusters had on the Arbi it will be hard to top Lem Ond for sheer water cooler conversation Over the final five what i Felt was right was to come Here and Tell the Lemond said when his Short time in the witness chair was people say its the message that hurts this but its not its cheating that hurts this and that All i have to Kevork Greg a three time tour de France Speaks after testifying against fellow cyclist Floyd Landis on Lemond had been called by the anti doping Agency to testify about conversations hed had with Landis that could have been harming to Landis claim that he has been wrongly accused of Dop ing during last years tour de France Lemond wound up disclosing he had been sexually abused As a and Felt compelled to go Public with that after receiving a Call wednesday from Landis will who knew that secret and threatened to reveal it if Lemond showed up to shortly after Lemond dropped those Geoghegan walked up to apologized and admitted he made the Lemond that led to his prompt As announced by Landis attorney Maurice it was a real it was real and i think it shows the extent of who it Lemond i think theres another Side of Floyd that the Public Hast who is not allowed to comment to Media during the sat stoically As he watched Lemond wreck his making it worse was that the Cross examination of de signed to expose his motives and impeach his was called off because Lemond re fused to answer questions about Lance i just have to this is completely Landis attorney Howard Jacobs he wanted to ask Lemond about suggestions he has made in the past that a seven time tour de France win might have but Lemond didst think that was the main i think they didst want me coming Here Lemond i dont know if you didst do anything Why would you mind me coming Here today Lemonds original testimony was supposed to be about conversations he said he had with Lan Dis shortly after news of his Posi Tive a urine Sample had been leaked to the Media last Lemond said he urged Landis to come clean in his Back up b Sample also came Back he said he encouraged Landis to help his sport and More import help at this he what Good would it do if i it would destroy a lot of my friends and Hurt a lot of Lemond Tes he said he used the Story of his being sexually abused when he was 6 As an example of How its Good to get things out in the it nearly destroyed me by keeping the Lemond he testified that he told Landis that very few people knew that about then revealed the Call Geoghegan made in an attempt to intimidate the Lem Ond pretended he was Lem ones he til be there Tomor Row and we can talk about How we used to perform a sexual Lemond i thought this was intimidation to keep me from coming a message left on Geoghegann cell phone by the associated press was not before Lemond things were going Well for the Landis team during the crossed lamination of Claire a technician at the French lab who tested Landis positive b Sample from last years stage 17 for syn thetic relat acknowledged she knew she was working on Landis Posi Tive doping she said she knew because of Media reports she had read of his positive a Sample the Cross examination was in line with the questions asked wednesday of relats Cynthia who tested Landis positive a Sample from stage both women also participated in testing of the negative backup b samples that were done last month at the request of four of those seven negative tests showed abnormal testosterone the difficult testimony of the French speaking witnesses was done through a it was designed to show a pattern of incompetence at the French lab where the tests were after Uvada called Christiane director of the world anti doping Agency accredited lab in to Dis cuss testing standards in the pro Cess used on Landis Lemond insisted he appeared Only to help a sport he thinks has been ruined by an unabated culture of the sport is paying the Price for All the dishonesty and he the whole House of cards is starting to Touro University education without b 0 u ii d a j acuity i inquiries i apply Contact us i support 1 course net Grad 2006 faculty career opportunities alumni the most powerful weapon in your arson Al one mouse lick and you Are on your Way to a degree in computer science for at no 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