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LeMond said he was surprised when Landis called him last August.

LeMond testified under oath that Landis implicitly admitted to doping during a phone call. 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.

Landis listens to LeMond's testimony on Thursday.

On a day when the International Tennis Federation announced it would send drug test samples taken from the upcoming French Open to the WADA accredited lab in Montreal instead of the Laboratoire National du Dépistage du Dopage outside Paris, the LNDD’s credibility faced more harsh scrutiny on the other side of the Atlantic as the Floyd Landis arbitration hearing rolled on in Malibu, California. While the ITF claimed its decision to swap labs was a question of finances — and not of competence — the Landis defense team continued to make its case that the LNDD wasn’t fit to test samples from

Di Luca wins back the jersey, too.

The Amalfi Coast, beautiful and getting there was half the fun

Narrow roads kept the pace low early in the stage... or maybe they were just checkin' out the view

Di Luca credits his team's big effort.

Bettini fought back and stayed in the race.

Popovych lost 34 seconds... not insurmountable

Brutt was on the attack again.

Pérez Cuapio went with 8km to go...

... the attack caused Piepoli and others to give chase.

Di Luca shows who's boss

Saoldelli lost nearly a minute

Mongongu spent most of Wednesday on the stand

LNDD director Jacques de Ceaurriz with analysts Claire Frelat and Cynthia Mongongu

Editor’s Note: Denver-based attorney Antonio Gallegos is in Malibu,California, this week to observe the Floyd Landis arbitration hearing.Gallegos works for the firm of Holland and Hart, concentrating in commerciallitigation and government investigation. He is also an avid cyclist andis developing a sports law practice. At the end of each day Gallegos willbe providing VeloNews.com with analysis on what happened and why. Here’shis take on day one of the arbitration hearing that is expected to lastup to 10 days.General impressionsWhat we saw today is USADA trying to make its case that the

The Italian Olympic Committee's (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri hit out Tuesday at the people putting pressure on disgraced cyclist Ivan Basso to clam up. The Giro d’Italia champion had been collaborating with CONI after admitting to having been involved in “an attempt to dope,” but Torri said that Basso has now suddenly stopped helping them with their inquiries. "The results from the first phase (of the inquiry) are a little less brilliant than we were hoping for," Torri told a press conference in Rome on Monday. "After a completely negative first interview (on May 2),

Day two of the Floyd Landis hearing brought further clarification as to who each side may call to testify before the arbitration panel during the upcoming week. Most of the potential witnesses come from the scientific world, but there are a few names more familiar to cycling fans. Among them is Greg LeMond, the first American to win the Tour de France, and a vocal critic of doping in cycling. LeMond won the Tour title in 1986, and then two more times in 1989 and ’90. He was listed on the USADA side of the ledger, one spot above former pro cyclist Joe Papp. On Monday, USADA lead counsel

Defense attorneys continued to attack the credibility of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s case against Floyd Landis, as the Tour de France winner entered the second day of the arbitration hearing regarding his alleged synthetic testosterone positive doping test that could cost him a win in the world’s most prestigious bike race. Tuesday’s hearing was punctuated by charges of questionable methods on the part of the French national anti-doping laboratory, and the very public dismissal of a French-English interpreter. Following the conclusion of USADA witness J. Thomas Brenna’s testimony, the

Editor’s Note: Denver-based attorney Antonio Gallegos is in Malibu,California, this week to observe the Floyd Landis arbitration hearing.Gallegos works for the firm of Holland and Hart, concentrating in commerciallitigation and government investigation. He is also an avid cyclist andis developing a sports law practice. At the end of each day Gallegos willbe providing VeloNews.com with analysis on what happened and why. Here’shis take on day one of the arbitration hearing that is expected to lastup to 10 days.There were three key points during the cross-examination of USADA witness Dr. J.

Landis spent another day in a lawyer's kit... an unwelcome and uncomfortable uniform for this time of year.

A great day for the Giro's final stage on Sardinia.

The day's escape formed early

Ignatiev and Visconti go on their own...

The chase got serious with 50km to go.

Liquigas just wanted to protect the jersey.

They almost made it.

Ouch! Hushovd apparently suffered only cuts and bruises. He'll ride again on Wednesday.

Landis and wife Amber arrive at Pepperdine Law School

Christopher Campbell (L), President Patrice Brunet (C) and Richard McLaren listen during the Landis hearing.

Landis attorneys Howard Jacobs (L) and Maurice Suh listen during the hearing on the doping allegations against the 2006 Tour de France champion.

Perhaps more than anyone, Óscar Pereiro will be watching Monday's start of the Floyd Landis disciplinary hearing with keen interest. The 31-year-old Spanish rider has the most to gain if Landis loses in his bid to clear his name of allegations that he cheated his way to the 2006 Tour de France victory. Pereiro finished second to Landis and would be awarded the 2006 maillot jaune if things don’t swing Landis’s way. VeloNews caught up with Pereiro earlier this year to gauge his feelings on the Landis case, his own brush with scandal and what he was thinking when he jumped right back into

Floyd Landis moved a step closer to finding out whether his name will go down in Tour de France history or infamy. Landis’s scheduled 10-day arbitration hearing to determine whether he used synthetic testosterone to win the 2006 Tour commenced in the moot-courtroom of the Pepperdine University Law School in Malibu, California, with science — not cycling — taking center stage. If he wins the case he’ll avoid becoming the first Tour champion in 100 years to be stripped of his title. If Landis loses the win is no more, and he faces a two-year racing ban, and an additional two-year exclusion

Not to be denied: You just knew Petacchi had to win one of these days again.

Di Luca says he's cool with it.

CSU's Mann adds points to his school's tally

Three of the best and McEwen emerges on top

Mara Abbott takes a corner in the D2 crit.

McEwen phones home with the news

Mara Abbott leads the field through a corner, after being involved in the earlier crash.

More than nine months after Floyd Landis was crowned 2006 Tour de France champion — and subsequently charged with illegal doping — the American will attempt to clear his name when his arbitration hearing begins Monday at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. The stakes are simple — and very high. If Landis and his attorneys can convince at least two members of the three-person arbitration panel that he did not use synthetic testosterone to win the ’06 Tour, he’ll retain his title and could re-commence his racing career. But if the U.S. Anti Doping Agency successfully prosecutes its

Di Luca takes the jersey

British cyclist Chris Hoy broke the high-altitude 500-meter world record at the outdoor velodrome in La Paz, Bolivia, on Sunday. Clocking a time of 24.758sec, Hoy's time knocked a massive 1.092 seconds off the previous record set by Frenchman Arnaud Duble at the same Alto Irpavi velodrome venue in 2001. Hoy had earlier failed for the second day in succession to beat the high altitude one kilometer record set by another Frenchman, Arnaud Tournant, seven years ago. Hoy, the Olympic and world kilometer champion, clocked 0:58.880, missing out on that record by just 0.005 of a second. It

Spectacular scenery

Natalie Klemko of Midwestern State taking a corner...

Mara Abbott, truly the hitman of Whitman.

Early escape, lots of work... and the inevitable catch.

... and winning

Abbott scored her third-straight stars-and-stripes jersey, winning the women's Div. II road race

Popovych is a bit sore, but 'okay,' says Discovery

Jennifer Bodine picks her wheel to ride with one lap to go.

Boyd nails the men's Div. I title...

First, the Villanova Monterleone trimmed the group to three...

Bodine celebrates her win in the D2 crit.

... and Dad's there to share the moment.

... then Brutt tried his luck.

D1 men's omnium winner Mark Hardman of Virginia repeats.

The view from the back of the D1 race

The peloton starts to pick up the pace...

Charles Gallegher of Virginia Tech shows the signs of an earlier dust up.

The dirt road, 1.5 miles of crushed limestone, certainly made it interesting. Over 100 flats, by some counts.

Rebellin, Bettini and Gasparotto.

Phil Mann of CSU

That's got to hurt. The chase group in the D2 men's race piles it up on the gravel.

McEwen tears it up.

D1 Men's winner Phil Mann of CSU.

Larson wins the Division I women's race,

Marzot wins the sprint for D2 Men's Road champ.

The Landis case enters a new phase on Monday

...and celebrates the moment in style.

Landis hearing begins Monday

Why so many flats? Crushed limestone and light tires don't mix.

Antonio Gallegos

... especially here.

Marzot takes the Div. II title